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LUCKNOW: The Health sector in Uttar Pradesh presents an extremely dismal scenario as health indicators compare unfavourably not only with the national average but also with some of the other poor states.

Devastation by floods is a recurrent annual phenomenon in India. Almost every year, some or the other part of the country is affected by floods. Floods cause enormous damage to life, property-public and private and disruptions to infrastructure, besides psychological and emotional distress among the people.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways has finalized the salient features of the first ever 'Yuva Trains' which are targeted mainly for the unemployed youths of the country. These new class of trains are to be introduced soon. Initially two separate weekly trains will be introduced as a pilot service between Mumbai to Delhi and Delhi to Kolkata. If successful it will be extended to other areas of the country.

New Delhi: An agreement on extensive programme on Khadi Reforms has been signed here today between Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Asian Development Bank and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

WASHINGTON - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$5 million, Bank-executed grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the Rio Grande do Sul Biodiversity Project, which will improve the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in the Pampas grassland ecosystem of the State, integrating conservation with rural production.

SARAJEVO - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved US$35 million in financing for the Sarajevo Waste Water Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. The Project will help to rehabilitate waste water infrastructure in the Canton of Sarajevo and repair and replace primary and secondary waste water transmission pipes and other network rehabilitation. The project will also support capacity building and institutional strengthening of the Sarajevo Water and Waste Water Company (VIK).

WASHINGTON - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$34 million IDA credit to the Republic of Rwanda for the Land Husbandry, Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation (LWH) Project. The project's objective is to increase the productivity and commercialization of hillside agriculture in target areas for development.

Washington - Vietnam moved a step closer to its goal of reaching middle-income status by 2010, with the approval by the World Bank's Board of the first loan to Vietnam from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

New York: A cracked, flood-prone and sewage-infested stretch of road in a quarter of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, has been transformed into a resurfaced, smooth and clean highway for cars and pedestrians, improving both the health and image of the area, thanks to a United Nations-backed works programme.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the third review of Mongolia's economic performance under a program supported by an 18-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 15.33 million (about US$24.1 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to an amount equivalent to SDR 107.31 million (about US$168.6 million). The Board also approved the request for modification of performance criteria to reflect the revised macroeconomic data and framework.