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Qatar has agreed to consider to meet Indian demand for supplying LNG on a long term basis. This emerged at a meeting between Shri Murli Deora, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Mr. Abdulla Bin Ahmed Al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy & Industry, Government of Qatar at Doha today.

JAIPUR: The Congress government in Rajasthan has at last won the battle for an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and an Indian Institute of Management (IIM).

An abrupt decision of the Congress President Ms. Sonia Gandhi and her inner circle on Telengana on December 9 has landed the party into a political minefield, with its highly prized Andhra Pradesh - a major life-line in 2009 elections - imploding into warring factions, which could erode the party's future in this economically vibrant state.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will double its investment in the rehabilitation of Cambodia's dilapidated railway, a move that will position the country at the center of a growing trade network in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help finance a highway expansion in Thailand to stimulate trade and economic growth in its border regions and neighboring countries that make up the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

New York: A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the international community “to take urgent and decisive action against the continued illegal Israeli actions,” warning that Israel's settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory risk undermining the whole structure of international law.

New York: International assistance is vital to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from falling back into political crisis and potential new fighting as it prepares for elections next year after a decade of violence and conflict between Government and rebel forces, the top United Nations official for the country warned.

New York: As one of its first steps towards reducing its greenhouse gas footprint, the United Nations - after one of the most wide-ranging and painstaking exercises in its history - announced that it emits 1.7 million tons of carbon dioxide annually worldwide.

New York: The top United Nations human rights official has called for the universal abolition of the death penalty, citing a host of reasons ranging from the fundamental right to life to the possibility of judicial errors.