China kept up the momentum in its drive to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Tuesday, signing a deal with India and holding a second day of crucial negotiations with the European Union

Several former world leaders condemned the mindless growth in nuclear armaments and the developed nations' apathy towards the need for sustainable development patterns at a meet organised by the Tata

The World Bank has said that incomplete and partial reforms, particularly in agricultural and labour sectors, have resulted in a slowdown in poverty eradication in poverty eradication in India and

India has witnessed a sharp decline in poverty with the number of people living below the poverty line coming down from 56.44 per cent in 1973-74 to 37.24 per cent in 1993-94, India Rural Development

The US President, Mr. Bill Clinton, pledged to keep pushing for an accord with other members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the launch of a new global trade round. In a speech to the World

World business and political leaders kicked of their annual meeting in Davos on the global economic situation with special focus on future of globalisation even as India seeks to project its fresh

To sustain the literacy rate which is expected to reach 70 per cent by the end of this year, a rural library-cum-IT centre with Internet access facility is expected to be set up in every village,

The outgoing chief economist of the World Bank has not relented from his criticism of the international financial community, which he accuses of excluding poor countries from the decision-making

The government has constituted a National Rural Road Development Committee (NRRDC) to ensure 100 per cent connectivity between villages through the construction of all weather roads within a span of

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finalise a private sector development strategy for India in the first half of this year as active private sector participation is necessary for pro-poor and