A closer knit South Asian community is not beyond the realms of possibility now. At the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad from January 4 6, leaders of the region took some of the boldest steps ever since the groupin

The Union ministry for food and consumer affairs has urged all states and Union territories to expedite the process of identification of the

National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM) activists today slammed the river-linking project managers for being

The Tamil Nadu Government has announced two new schemes for comprehensive development of and poverty reduction in all the villages in the state. Presenting the Budget for 2003-2004 in the Assembly,

The Maharashtra state government filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, asking for more time for transporters to phase out their eight-year-old vehicles or convert them to compressed natural gas

The World Bank in its draft 'Pakistan Public Expenditure Review' (PPER) has demanded of the government increase in spending on poverty alleviation, improving social service delivery at local level,

Reclamation of waste land through integrated use may prove an effective means for poverty alleviation in rain fed areas including Potohar (Pakistan). Vegetable farming, household poultry and off-farm

The SC ordered the tagging of cases against soft drinks pending before it. The SC was responding to a petition seeking a ban on the sale of 12 soft drinks which were found to contain a certain

An Israeli women gave birth to healthy twins from 12- year old frozen embroyos, the world's longest period of freezing before a successful doctor said. The boy and girl were born nine months ago to a