United Nations, Reform of the UN Security Council will be among the priorities during the 69th General Assembly session, which opened here, with the body’s new President Sam Kahamba Kutesa saying the need to reform the most powerful UN organ is “urgent”. “One of the priorities I highlighted for thisRead More

Washington, With a goal to end the US’ sole reliance on the Russian Space Shuttle in 2017, NASA selected two American firms to transport astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The space agency late Tuesday chose the US multinational Boeing Co and California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) forRead More

Toronto, Canada has imposed further economic sanctions and travel bans against Russia in support of Ukraine, Canadia’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Tuesday. Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Canada has imposed economic sanctions against hundreds of Russian companies, institutions and individuals, Xinhua reported. This time, Canada isRead More

Washington, Ahead of the crucial nuclear talks between global powers and Iran in New York, the US has said that the international community cannot accept Tehran’s current uranium enrichment programme. “I fully expect in the days ahead that Iran will try to convince the world that on this pivotal matter,Read More

United Nations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wishes Prime Mininster Narendra Modi would attend the Climate Change Summit next week at the UN in New York. “I really wanted to have him participate in the climate change summit meeting,” Ban said at a news conference Tuesday. But he noted that ModiRead More

New York, There is a distinct chance US Federal Reserve officials will rewrite their strategy for normalising monetary policy this week given signs that a roller-coaster debate over a new tool for controlling interest rates is nearing its resolution. Investors worldwide are watching the US central bank’s policy meeting thatRead More

United Nations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday night welcomed the support pledged by the United States for the global response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and called for “bold and courageous” international efforts to fight the epidemic. “The secretary-general warmly welcomes today’s announcement by the United States GovernmentRead More

* Starting tomorrow in Chennai to fetch investments for Punjab * Says he will apprise industrial houses about instant approvals and sanctions vis-à-vis congenial business environment) Chandigarh, Ascending a step forward to put Punjab on fast track of industrial growth, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal is allRead More

Ropar, To rein in dissidence among the party workers and for better co-ordination, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) would soon appoint leaders in charge of districts. The list was being finalised and the names for all districts would be announced in a day or two, said PPCC president PartapRead More

Amritsar, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani said the NDA government plans to kick off a nationwide debate on the current education policy through seminars, starting January 2015, which will form the basis for the changes to be made in it. Addressing a national seminar on ‘Revitalising Education Policy for SaferRead More