President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the United States must lead the world on renewable energy and pressed Congress to set greenhouse gas limits deemed crucial for the success of global talks on climate change.

Sandeep Joshi

Haryana

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will adopt 100 infrastructure projects of national importance (PNI) from various sectors for time-bound execution through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in case it emerges victorious in the Lok Sabha elections.

Manjushree G Naik,DH News Service,Idu (Karkala taluk):

THE long-term economic potential of Bangladesh cannot be realised unless the people feel confident about the first item on most people

Sri Lanka has almost eradicated Malaria and no Malaria deaths have been reported during last three years. It has also resulted in an unprecedented 99 per cent decrease in the reported incidence of Malaria during the last 10 years.

TNC Rajagopalan / New Delhi April 14, 2009, 0:52 IST

Around 0.2-0.4 percentage point agricultural and 0.5-1 percentage point industrial growths have been projected for this fiscal.

The forecast was made in a Bangladesh Bank's recent report sent to the parliamentary standing committee on finance ministry, showing a 6 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP).

Against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has forecast a slowdown in growth in the developing economies of the region to 3.6% in 2009, from an estimated 5.8% in 2008.

The Congress today came out with a