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Veteran Congressman K Rosiah looks firmly in the saddle, at the behest of the High Command, with rebellious ministers getting back to work, as Andhra Pradesh goes through an economically difficult period of drought, high food prices, swine flu epidemic and a financial crunch. Right from the mourning period for the late lamented Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), a large section of Congress MLAs, mainly the first-time elected, and several Ministers in Rosiah Cabinet have been agitating for anointing his son, 'Jagan' (Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy), to wear his father's mantle.

NEW DELHI: Low level of employment and high prices of essential commodities and foodgrains have to be of utmost concern for the Government and its critics. Both issues have explosive socio-political potential. There cannot be any let-up in the situation in the near future owing to the continuing crisis and slowdown of the economy despite the Manmohan Singh Government trying to soft-peddle it.

New York: The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are undergoing a revolution that is “comprehensive and necessary” after years of accumulated suffering by millions of people across the region, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez told the General Assembly today as he urged other States around the world to follow the path of socialism.

New York: The Security Council today affirmed its commitment to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and established a broad framework for reducing global nuclear dangers, in an historic summit-level meeting chaired by United States President Barack Obama.

New York: The drought crisis in war-torn Somalia is turning increasingly acute and spreading to regions previously spared, with half the country's 7 million people in need of aid, an increasing risk of deaths, and insufficient international donor response, a senior United Nations official said today.

New York: The major international financial and economic arrangements are unfair and have not kept pace with a changing world, South Africa's President told the United Nations today, calling for the reform of key institutions so that poorer countries have a greater say in how they are run.

New York: The consumption of drugs should be made illegal to break the increasingly close links with production, trafficking and organized crime, Colombia's President told the General Assembly today as he warned about the dangers posed by the illicit drug industry.

The stakes are high for the Congress in the Assembly elections to Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. The party is ruling in all the three states and this will be the first test after the 2009 Lok Sabha elections which will give an indication whether the Congress will maintain its upward trend.

New York: French President Nicolas Sarkozy issued a warning at the General Assembly today that time is running out to reform global governance for politics, economics and the environment to address crises on multiple fronts.

New York: Farmers need to increase global food production by some 70 per cent in the coming decades to feed an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050, warned a paper published by the United Nations food agency today, which calls for urgent investment in agriculture.