Change is the great constant of the world economy. India was still a colony when the allied powers shaped the international architecture at the end of World War Two. Today, India is a rising economic power that is contributing to world growth in new and powerful ways. Economic reforms in India and China, and the export-driven growth strategies of East Asia all contributed in the last 20 years to a world...
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महिलाओं पर बढता हिंसाचार-यूएन रिपोर्
यह बात जानी पहचानी है कि महिलाओं पर हिंसा के मामले में भारत का रिकार्ड खासा खराब है मगर चौंकाने वाली बात यह है कि महिलाओं के साथ हिंसाचार की घटनाएं लगातार बढ़ रही हैं। यूनाइडेट नेशन्स डेवलपमेंट फंड फॉर विमेन(यूनिफेम) की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार भारत में साल 2007 में पिछले साल के मुकाबले में महिलाओं पर हिंसाचार की घटनाओं में 12 फीसदी की बढोतरी हुई।रिपोर्ट में इस दर्दनाक तथ्य की तरफ भी...
More »Lola Nayar Interviews Kanayo Nwanze
The President of International Fund for Agricultural Development stresses that access to funds for developing countries will help them make ethical decisions in the quest for food security. Just days before the UN Climate Change summit at Copenhagen, Kanayo Nwanze, President of IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), stresses that access to funds for developing countries will help them make ethical decisions in the quest for food security. Nwanze was...
More »HIV+ children getting more attention: U.N. report
Children are now much higher on the global AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) agenda and there is a major shift in commitment, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s Board, to increase support for Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT). India has received extended support from the Global Fund for Preventing Parent-To-Child Transmission (PPTCT), according to the Fourth Stocktaking Report, produced by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund,...
More »UN reports promising trend in HIV infection rates, record numbers living with virus
The trend in new HIV infections around the world has slowed markedly over the past eight years, according to a United Nations report released today, which also notes that more people than ever before are living with the virus. The 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update reported that new HIV infections have been slashed by 17 per cent globally and that some 33.4 million people are now living with HIV, while AIDS-related...
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