A powerful earthquake rattled a remote area of central Italy on Wednesday, leaving at least 120 people dead and scenes of carnage in mountain villages. IMAGE: Rescuers walk through rubble......
US President Barack Obama will host a two-day summit on nuclear security beginning April 12, during which key global leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are likely to get together to......
United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday said the presence of one billion hungry people in the world was unacceptable and noted that farmers are the 'heart and soul' of food security and poverty......
The government on Friday said that the G-8 resolution -- on curbing the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology to non-Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty signatory countries -- was......
The government on Monday asserted that India was not worried by the decision of G-8 nations to curb the transfer of some sensitive nuclear technology to nations which have not signed the Nuclear......
US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cozied up to each other at a summit of the G8-G5 groupings at L'Aquila in Italy on Thursday. Leaders of the world's......
A new variety of rice that can withstand flood and developed by India has received praise from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who said it is helping farmers to have higher productivity. Gates, a......
With over one billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to 'leverage every tool' to combat......
The White House on Thursday emphasised on the need to have countries like India and China on board on climate change, which it said is crucial for success of the Copenhagen meet in December on the......
Top UN officials on Friday praised the recent $20 billion pledge made by G8 countries to boost food security in developing and poor countries. "We are really pleased that food security is now back......