The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and Islamic Relief (IR), a humanitarian and development organisation, have signed an agreement worth 1 million pounds (PKR 118,3
Bowing to pressure from the opposition, the government has announced a package of Rs2,000 crore to the farmers of cotton, soya, and paddy in the regions of Vidarbha (eastern Maharashtra), Marathwad
The United Nations released what are probably the most optimistic figures on AIDS since the disease was first identified. New infections have fallen drastically, mainly through the use of drugs that can stop people passing on the virus. (Editorial)
Bhubaneswar: Expressing grave concern over the inordinate delay in sanction and release of flood assistance, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to
President Barack Obama called Thursday for an intensified fight against HIV/AIDS, directing an extra $50 million to the care and treatment of patients domestically and significantly raising the U.S
The drought-induced famine crisis in Somalia has eased somewhat, United Nations officials said on Friday, with the number of people facing imminent starvation dropping to nearly 250,000 from 750,00
The high water is devastating even for a country inured to monsoon rains and waterlogged rice fields: wide swaths of Cambodia’s countryside have become giant lakes, with villagers and livestock mar
Rising food prices contribute to food insecurity, which is a clear and serious threat to human security. Interest in food security as a catalyst for political instability and conflict has grown rapidly since 2007–2008, when food protests and riots broke out in 48 countries as a result of record world prices.
Indonesia, the current chair of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), has provided financial assistance to the six Asean countries currently affected by natural disasters.
The US government through its premier development agency, US Agency for International Development, is funding a four-year $40.5 million project to construct 100 primary school/cyclone shelters in t
