Read Fiscal Spillovers Notes on Macroeconomic
New Delhi (ABC Live): Fiscal Spillovers Notes :Are fiscal spillovers today as large as they were during the global financial crisis? How do they depend on economic and policy conditions? This note...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory Gets WMO Tag
New Delhi (ABC Live): Hong Kong Observatory :World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Petteri Taalas has awarded a certificate to the Headquarters of the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO)...
View ArticleWHO Conforms The Black Death is Back Again
New Delhi (ABC Live):Black Death : The World Health Organization has issued an alert that Bubonic and Pneumonic Plague are back, ravaging Madagascar since August this year, causing panic in the heavily...
View ArticleKnow Post Uruguay Round Market Access Conditions
New Delhi (ABC Live): Post Uruguay Round Market Access Conditions : World trade had been liberalized considerably as a result of the Uruguay Round but significant trade barriers remained there —...
View ArticleUN Report Child Mortality Confirms 7000 Newborns Die Every Day
New York (ABC Live); UN Report Child Mortality : More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, United Nations agencies said in a new report issued Thursday, which argued that...
View Article#MeToo Becomes Voice Against Sexual Harassment
New York (ABC Live); #MeToo : Casual indifference to sexual harassment is unacceptable, the head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality today said, urging women and men to...
View ArticleGlobal Leaders Endorse Montevideo Roadmap 2018-2030
New York (ABC Live); Montevideo Roadmap 2018-2030 :Global leaders have pledged to take bold action to reduce suffering from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include the world’s leading killers –...
View ArticleRead IMF View on Global Recovery Challenges
Munich (ABC Live): Global Recovery Challenges: IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton conveyed IMF views on Sustaining the Global Recovery Challenges. as Sustaining the Global Recovery...
View ArticleWMO Accredits Radio Spectrum for Meteorology
New Delhi (ABC Live): Radio Spectrum :The recent spate of devastating tropical cyclones and fires has once again demonstrated the life-saving importance of weather forecasts and disaster warnings,...
View ArticleUNESCO Releases Report on Accountability in Education
New York (ABC Live): UNESCO : Blaming just the teacher or the school for systemic educational problems can have serious negative side effects, warns a new report from the United Nations educational...
View ArticleIndia May Withdraw from Russian SU-57 Project
New Delhi (ABC Live): SU-57 Project : The Indian Air Force (IAF) has expressed its reservations on one of the most ambitious joint Indo-Russian defence programs to date: the co-development and...
View ArticleClimate Change Vulnerable Nicaragua Joins Paris Deal
UN Climate Change News, Bonn (ABC Live): Climate Change Vulnerable Nicaragua : The head of UN Climate Change Patricia Espinosa today welcomed the Climate Change Vulnerable Nicaragua ’s accession to the...
View ArticleAfghanistan,Nigeria,Pakistan Hurdles in Polio Eradication
New York (ABC Live): Polio Eradication :Despite progress towards global eradication of polio, sustained commitment is needed to overcome the final hurdle and stamp out the disease once and for all, the...
View ArticleKnow China Nuclear Power in 21st Century
Vienna (ABC Live): China Nuclear Power : Some countries are introducing nuclear power for the first time; others are expanding their fleet. This will be one of the topics on the agenda of the...
View ArticleCDP Report Accredits Corporate Low-Carbon Goals
New Delhi (ABC Live): CDP Report : A new CDP Report , formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, shows that a growing number of companies are stepping up their response to climate change by embedding...
View ArticleKnow The WTO Agriculture Committee Mandate
New Delhi (ABC Live) : WTO Agriculture Committee :The WTO Agriculture Committee oversees the implementation of the Agriculture Agreement. Its key responsibility is to monitor how WTO members are...
View ArticleIndonesia Becomes the 100th Member of Madrid Union
Geneva (ABC Live): Madrid Union : In a landmark moment in Madrid System history, the Government of Indonesia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO’s Director...
View ArticleUNSC Bats for Enhanced Women’s Participation
New York (ABC Live): UNSC; At the Security Council today, a senior United Nations official called on Member States, regional organizations and civil society for greater partnership to boost women’s...
View ArticleIndustrial Commodities Prices to Rise in 2018
New Delhi (ABC Live) : Industrial Commodities Prices : Prices for industrial commodities are forecast to level off in 2018 after big increases this year, the World Bank’s October Commodity Markets...
View ArticleWorld Radiation Centre Releases Measuring Sunlight Video
New Delhi (ABC Live): World Radiation Centre : WMO has launched a new video on the critical role that the WMO World Radiation Centre plays in “Measuring sunlight.” The video can be found here and...
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