Vietnam Hosted Subregional Workshop on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Hanoi (ABC Live): From 17 to 18 March 2014, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam hosted a Subregional Workshop on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage at the Vietnam Agency for Radiation...
View ArticleFAO Launches Report on Farmers’ Organizations in Bangladesh
New Delhi (ABC Live):FAO launched the report Farmers’ Organizations in Bangladesh: A Mapping and Capacity Assessment at an interactive event in Dhaka on 5 March, 2014. The report was produced under the...
View ArticleAtmospheric Carbon dioxide All Set to Remain above 400 ppm during 2014
New Delhi (ABC Live): Last year, atmospheric carbon dioxide briefly crossed 400 parts per million for the first time in human history. However, it didn’t cross that threshold until mid-May. This year’s...
View ArticleMalaysian Flight MH370 May Suffer World First Cyber Hijacking
New Delhi: The mysterious disappearance of Malaysian “Boeing 777″ Flight MH370 has been dominating the world news for a week. Currently 26 countries are involved in the search of the liner, but so far...
View ArticleIndia with 99 million Waterless People Stands at 2nd Position after China:...
New Delhi (ABC Live):The 2014 World Water Development Report, which was released earlier in the week by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN Water says , 768 million...
View Article18 Poor UN Member States Lose Voting Rights Due to Non Payment of Contribution
New Delhi (ABC Live): The 18 extremely poor Member States of United Nations from Africa have lost their rights to vote in general assembly due to nonpayment of their contribution to UN. At present, 18...
View ArticleRBI Extends Banks Working Hours till March 31, 2014
Mumbai (ABC Live): With a view to providing greater convenience to tax payers, it has been decided that all designated branches of agency banks and RBI Offices conducting government business will keep...
View ArticleRBI Hikes Maximum Limit for Investment in IINSS-C
Mumbai (ABC Live):The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with Government of India, has decided to increase the maximum limit for investment in Inflation Indexed National Saving Securities-...
View ArticleWTO Urges US Congress to Sanction Much-delayed IMF Quota and Governance...
WASHINGTON (ABC Live): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde Tuesday urged U.S. Congress to support the much-delayed IMF quota and governance reform package which...
View ArticleChinese Import Restrictions on Rare Earth Materials Violate WTO Rules: WTO
GENEVA, March 26 (ABC Live): The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled on Wednesday that China had acted inconsistently with WTO rules with regard to the export measures imposed on the rare earth...
View ArticleUNSC Condemns Yemen Terrorists Attack
26 March 2014 (ABC Live): The United Nations Security Council condemned the recent attack in Hadramawt, Yemen, in which 20 soldiers were killed, reaffirming that all acts of terrorism are criminal, and...
View ArticleWorld Bank’s Russian Economic Report №31 Confirms Country 1.3 percent GDP...
Moscow, March 26, 2014 (ABC Live):- Russia’s economy is navigating an economic downturn with real GDP growth slowing to an estimated 1.3 percent in 2013 from 3.4 percent of 2012. The lack of more...
View ArticleNHRC Issues Notice to Haryana Government Over One Room School for 412 Students
New Delhi, 26th March, 2014 (ABC Live):The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Principal Secretary, Education, Government of Haryana on a media report about a one room...
View ArticleChina, India Releases Joint Study Report on in Low Carbon Development
New Delhi (ABC Live): China and India, two of the top three carbon emitters in the world, have released a joint report on the practical measures that can be taken to address climate change. A new...
View ArticleUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Feels Climate Change Impact in Greenland Visit
26 March 2014 (ABC Live): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saw first-hand the impacts of climate change during a visit today to Greenland, where the melting of ice sheets is accelerating. “I am just...
View ArticleUNIPSIL Claims Peace in Sierra Leone After 15 Years of Its Operations
26 March 2014 (ABC Live): With more than 15 years of United Nations peace operations in Sierra Leone set to wrap up at the end of this month, the top UN official there said today that while the West...
View ArticleWorld to Organize World No Tobacco Day on 31th May
New Delhi (ABC Live):30 April 2014 — Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies...
View ArticleAfter Iraq, Afghanistan United All Set to Face Exit in Libya
New Delhi (ABC Live): The situation in Libya may lead to further escalation of violence. The country lives under dual power: the proponents of the “Muslim way” support recently appointed Prime Minister...
View ArticleMix Afghanistan Reactions on US Decision on Zero US Troop By 2016
New Delhi (ABC Live): After U.S. President Barack Obama announced plan on Tuesday to keep nearly 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after 2014 but virtually withdrawing all by the end of 2016, Today,...
View ArticleChina Imposes Anti-dumping Duties on Perchlorethylene from EU, United States
New Delhi (ABC Live): China’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday decided to levy anti-dumping duties on perchlorethylene (PCE) from the European Union and the United States starting Saturday. Companies...
View Article