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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide India up to $700 million in loans to accelerate its rollout of infrastructure projects through public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives.

New York: Israel should end the blockade of Gaza, cease evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ensure that the rights of children are respected and that all allegations of torture and ill-treatment are promptly investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in an annual report released today.

New York: The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has welcomed a new mechanism to monitor and implement a global treaty to fight corruption, the result of week-long negotiations in Doha, Qatar.

New York: The United Nations food agency today launched a school feeding programme in Iraq, providing some 172,000 children with a free daily snack to help boost attendance and learning in eight of the country's poorest districts.

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cautioned against the erosion of diversity and rise of discrimination as the forces of globalization and technology bring disparate communities across the world closer together, in a message marking the International Day for Tolerance.

The Haryana Assembly elections are over and the new ministry, though yet incomplete, is in office. The question is: how will the surprising electoral outcome affect the future of the state's mainstream political parties?

China is leading the world out of recession and has a key role to play in the longer-term reform and rebalancing of the global economy, Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said in a speech to the International Finance Forum in Beijing today.

New York: United Nations efforts to strengthen agriculture and enhance food security received a boost today, ahead of a major summit set to begin on Monday, thanks to new initiatives with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and a leading Brazilian university.