Pakistan and Iran on Monday agreed to expedite the import of a 1000-megawatt power plant and decided to hold expert-level meetings every two months to review the progress of the electricity import project.

The decision was taken in a meeting between Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Iranian Deputy Economic Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Seyed Amir Mansoor Baroghei.

Many international statements have urged researchers, policy-makers and health care providers to collaborate in efforts to bridge the gaps between research, policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries. We surveyed researchers in 10 countries about their involvement in such efforts.

Gaps continue to exist between research-based evidence and clinical practice. We surveyed health care pro viders in 10 low- and middle-income countries about their use of research-based evidence and examined factors that may facilitate or impede such use.

Remote sensing has long been a useful tool in global applications, since it provides physically-based, worldwide, and consistent spatial information. This paper discusses the potential of using these techniques in the research field of water management, particularly for

Even as the threat of a fourth round of UN sanction loomed large over it, Iran appeared to have partially succeeded in ending its global isolation on the nuclear issue if one were to draw any conclusion from the two-day international conference on nuclear disarmament which ended in Tehran tonight.

Two-day event will be attended by 50 nations, including India, Russia & China

Under mounting global pressure to abandon its controversial nuclear programme, Iran hosts a two-day international conference here on Saturday on nuclear disarmament in a move clearly aimed at countering the high-profile Nuclear Security Summit convened by US President Barack Obama in Washington earlier this week.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other world leaders gathering here have cautioned the United States and the West against imposing new sanctions against Tehran while urging Iran to abide by its non-proliferation obligations.

Washington: US president Barack Obama declared the world safer after a 47-nation summit agreed to a four-year deadline to lock down loose nuclear materials to prevent them from falling into militant hands.

New Delhi: Recent hiccups in its relations with India over its controversial nuclear programme notwithstanding, Iran is looking forward to Indian participation in a conference on nuclear disarmament it is organising next month in Tehran.

India is in talks with Iran for buying piped natural gas but security and price remain serious concerns.

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna said on Thursday that New Delhi has taken up its concerns with Tehran.

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