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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new approach to improve its development efforts in the Pacific.

New York: The introduction of free meal programmes not only ensures children are fed, but are crucial to keeping the poorest and most vulnerable in school while providing a boost to learning and health, according to a United Nations report.

New York: With no Israeli-Palestinian negotiations underway, no agreed terms of reference for such talks, and Israel's refusal to freeze settlements posing a key challenge, a senior United Nations official today called for “immediate actions on the ground” to prevent Middle East peace efforts from unravelling.

NEW DELHI: The fate of the growing number of contract and casual workers in the country will be on top of the agenda of the 43rd session of the Indian Labour Conference (ILC).

The Liberhan report has come out at the worst time for the BJP. Even before the party could decide on a smooth succession to the next generation of leaders, the revival of the memories of the only successful, though highly divisive, movement it had ever organised was bound to exacerbate its internal rifts.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Viet Nam is planning a major overhaul of its secondary education system to reflect the changing needs of the labor market and to keep its economy competitive and robust.

New York: The trend in new HIV infections around the world has slowed notably over the past eight years as more people than ever before are able to live with the disease, according to a United Nations report released today.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Low-lying Pacific island countries, which are among the most vulnerable in the world to climate change, are stepping up efforts to counter the threats posed by rising sea levels and extreme weather events.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Nepal appeal to even more tourists through a project to improve the country's airports and civil aviation safety standards.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Papua New Guinea is targeting sweeping improvements to its national airports under a $640 million plan to strengthen safety and services, and to open up new economic opportunities for the resource-rich Pacific country.