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| 'Outlays have had no relationship with outcomes' | 15-NOV-09 |
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| As an Indian, and one who has held high ministerial office, it is only right that I begin by portraying the reality of my own country before drawing comparisons with my South Asian neighbours. The World Food Programme tells us that half the world’s hungry live in India. |
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| Climate talks in Barcelona important: Boer | 03-NOV-09 |
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| Noting that climate talks in Barcelona were not meant to resolve tough political issues on finance and emission reduction targets, United Nations climate chief, Yvo de Boer, said the negotiations before the Copenhagen summit should be used to consolidate areas of consensus. |
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| Green technologies can be profitable, say global CEOs | 30-OCT-09 |
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| The public discourse on climate change has tended to frame the issue as a tradeoff between development and greening; as a choice between generating wealth and creating a less carbon-intensive environment. |
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| India may import rice in 2010 | 29-OCT-09 |
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| India, the world’s second-largest rice grower, may import up to 3 million tonnes next year as the government secures supplies in case the nation faces another year of drought, triggering a price surge, a trader said today. |
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| Arvind Subramanian: New letter and spirit | 28-OCT-09 |
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| Never mind that it was a confidential communication. Never mind too that the establishment came down on him and crushed any possibility of his private views translating into public policy. Never mind, in short, that it is back to the status quo with a vengeance. The impact of the leaked letter from Jairam Ramesh, minister of state for the environment, to the Prime Minister on the terms of India’s international engagement was nevertheless seismic with the aftershocks sure to reverberate for some time. The terms of the debate, especially on the tone and possibly also on the substance of India’s external entanglements—and not just in the climate change negotiations—have been altered, possibly for good and definitely for the better. Consider in turn the motives, content, and implications. |
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| D Ravi Kanth: The maze of migration | 13-OCT-09 |
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| There is a side spectacle to every Olympic defeat. President Barak Obama would have noticed it when he presented Chicago’s bid to hold the 2016 Olympics. Notwithstanding the star power he displayed in the presence of his wife Michelle during his short-three-hour-trip to Copenhagen, there was just one question posed to him. And, it came from an unexpected quarter: Pakistan. |
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| Doing business with United Nations | 13-OCT-09 |
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| The United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) has witnessed a 15 per cent drop in the number of Indian vendors entering into contracts with the United Nations for supply of goods and services over the last four years, according to Paul Buades, director, UNPD. Addressing a seminar on ‘Doing business with United Nations’ organised by CII in Hyderabad on Monday, CII-AP Chapter chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad said unlike in China, there was no handholding for Indian companies, particularly in the small and medium sector. |
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| The case for migration | 07-OCT-09 |
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| It takes courage to defend migration these days. At a time when the movement of people, within nations and between nations, is coming up against political and social barriers, the United Nations Development Programme has boldly set out a package of reforms in its Human Development Report (HDR), 2009, to make the life of migrants easier. |
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| 'The king of kings' holds forth at the United nations | 04-OCT-09 |
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| Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made history by visiting America to attend the UN General Assembly. After being introduced in the General Assembly Hall as the “leader of the revolution, the president of the African Union, the king of kings of Africa,” Gaddafi violated protocol by giving a rambling speech for 90 minutes, instead of the allotted 15. Gaddafi, who brought his own translator as his chef de mission, said he would speak in a dialect of Arabic that only his personal interpreter could understand. Finally, he spoke in Arabic and the chief of the UN’s Arabic translation services had to pitch in because, exhausted after his speech, his translator reportedly shouted: “I can’t take it anymore,” and collapsed. |
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| 'Institutions have not kept pace with global issues' | 04-OCT-09 |
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| When this United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ends next year, the UN would have completed 65 years of existence. These past decades have seen the world change in fundamental ways. Connectivity defines our global condition, and the challenges that we collectively face are global. The resolution of these challenges, as we are aware, require global approaches and solutions. What may happen in one part of the world has an impact on other regions. |
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