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BHOPAL: A string of decisions taken by the Education department has put the BJP government of Madhya Pradesh in an embarrassing situation. The government is also drawing flak for not taking certain decisions vis-a-vis the education set-up of the state. And the latter has even created a law and order problem.

Air India's official reaction to the near catastrophe at the Mumbai airport on September 4 when 213 passengers on board of a burning Boeing-747 flight before its take-off to Riyadh had to be rescued through flight chutes was probably the most horrendous one in the annals of corporate communication. An arrogant looking spokesperson of the airline appeared on television screen in almost all national channels saying that these things are minor incidents and normal in air-traffic business and gave full marks to the airlines staff for saving the lives of the passengers and the crew.

Nothing seems to be going right for the left parties since they lost in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. The CPI-M's troubles seem to be brimming over. The party has gone down from its best electoral performance in 2004 to its worst electoral show in 2009 losing 63 per cent of the seats it had. As if its worst-ever electoral performance was not enough, the party has now become embroiled in critical situations in its strongholds of West Bengal and Kerala. Instead of improving, it is deteriorating with infighting, factionalism, scandals and disconnect with the people. The top leaders are indulging in a game of passing the buck with no one taking responsibility.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Board of Directors today approved a $500 million short-term loan to help Kazakhstan mitigate the negative impacts of the global economic crisis on Central Asia's major economy.

New York: Haiti has “a remarkable opportunity” to overcome decades of misrule and neglect, but major hurdles remain and the international community must step up its support to ensure the Caribbean country can consolidate its gains, the United Nations Special Envoy and former United States president Bill Clinton has said.

New York: Male circumcision is a cost-effective means to prevent the spread of HIV, according to a new United Nations-backed report, which found that one HIV infection could be averted for every five to 15 procedures performed on heterosexual men.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana, which earned the stigma of being the state of Aya Ram Gaya Ram during the sixties when politicians almost daily changed parties and political parties formed and broke alliances, is again witnessing the phenomenon.

One year after the Lehman Brothers collapse on Wall Street (September 15, 2008), triggering the worst financial crisis and recession since the 1930s, the outlook for the world economy is still misty amid uncertainties about the pace of emerging recovery, which would remain jobless at least till 2010. Though the world growth and trade volume are projected to shrink by 2.5 per cent and 10 per cent in 2009 respectively, a rebound is widely assumed to be occurring in the second half of the year. The pointers cited include some leading European economies coming out of recession in the second uarter, progress toward financial sector stabilisation, and revival of manufacturing in select economies (including USA) and exports in certain others such as Germany.

New York: The United Nations emergency humanitarian relief wing today warned of an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea rife in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa that is threatening to continue its spread across other regions of the country.

New York: Despite significant Government efforts, children in Colombia continue to be killed, maimed, tortured, raped, recruited and abducted in the long-running conflict, mainly by illegal armed groups, a new United Nations report warns, calling on all parties to abide by their international obligations.