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......
The United States has reported its first suspected case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) in Washington state.Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said a Holstein cow had tested......
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......
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......
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......
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......