India has the largest number of stunted children below the age of five in the world, according to the latest United Nations Children's Fund report. Approximately 200 million children, under the......
Highlighting that safe disposal of faeces is critical for reducing the number of diarrhoea cases, United Nations on Thursday stressed on the need for hygienic sanitary practices to combat the......
With an estimated eight lakh people displaced in Lebanon following breakout of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the United Nations has sought immediately $149 million from international......
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation on Tuesday awarded a $20,000 biennial prize for rural communications to leading Kerala daily Malayala Manorama.The honor was......
US President George W Bush has chosen Condoleezza Rice, his national security advisor, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, a senior administration official said in Washington, DC on......
For several years now, a beef producer in the US has been trying its best to test its cattle for mad cow disease. The brain-wasting disease is rare, but deadly, since it can kill people who eat......
The United Nations food agency has sounded a fresh alarm that fast rising food prices across the globe are eroding its capacity to serve millions of people already dependent on it and the situation......
Ahead of the UN General Assembly annual session, nearly 50 world leaders and the United Nations on Monday raised concerns about the rising gap between rich and the poor, but disagreed with United......