'Water shortage is a very, very serious situation'

It has been argued that the next world war will be fought not over oil, but over water. In India, water riots have broken out in Madhya Pradesh this year and people have lost lives fighting......

How to assess our financial vulnerability

I first worked on Latin America in the late 1980s. At that time many of the countries of the so-called "Southern Cone" of South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil and Peru) were engaged in......

Reviving the world economy - G20 and beyond

Battered by the most severe crisis since the Great Depression, there were high hopes that the meeting of the 20 most powerful world leaders in London on April 2 would provide a significant impetus......

'India has the highest number of hungry people'

As chances of a petrol price hike had people rushing to fill up their car fuel tanks over the weekend, there was further bad news on another front. Food prices, according to a latest report, will......

Scandal-hit France back in training after boycott

The troubled France team returned to training on Monday to prepare for their final Group A match against South Africa, a day after boycotting a session in support of expelled striker Nicolas......