New York, Sep 19 (ANI): Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said developed countries should not expect miracles at the Copenhagen Climate Summit to be held in December. Ramesh said ...

London, September 16 (ANI): The World Bank has determined that climate change will be a serious barrier to growth in poorer nations and must be curbed now. According to a report by BBC ...

Washington, August 17 (ANI): A group of scientists has reported the development of new 'biofactories' which can produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant. The Devil's claw plant, which lies ...

L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Friday criticized by name by the G8, the group of the world's wealthiest and most industrialized countries, for the ongoing turmoil in ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Convincing her father to let her go to school has paid dividends for a teenaged Indian girl from a tribal area of Orissa. She ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) It can be termed as the new 'G' order of the world where the presence of various nations spells out their international political and ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The outreach meeting of the G8, the grouping of the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries, with the world's emerging economies G5, Thursday outlined ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Trade protectionist policies of some countries, especially in the times of global economic crisis, have been given a thumbs down by the joint declaration of ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Even as they jointly declared to conclude the Doha development round on trade talks by 2010, the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries or ...

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Heading for the G8-G5 summit in the Italian earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the developed economies for the present global financial ...

New Delhi/Washington, Apr.28 (ANI): As senior diplomats and politicians from 17 biggest greenhouse gas emitting (1) countries assembled in Washington DC for the climate talks under the 'Major Economies Forum' (MEF), they ...

Geneva, March 25 (Xinhua) The number of asylum seekers in industrialised countries continued to increase last year with some 383,000 new applications, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. New ...

Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): Its not just lifestyle, human emotions too have a significant impact on an individuals well being, says a new study. Researchers from University of Kansas have found ...

Tokyo, Jan 29 (DPA) Japan Thursday executed four convicted murderers, the Justice Ministry said, a decision expected to draw renewed protests from groups opposed to the death penalty.Japan is one of the ...

By Dr Tim France "…I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life giving my time, money and skills to worthwhile endeavours where I could make a difference. I didn’t know ...

Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): Children from poor family backgrounds are more likely to be shorter in height than their well-fed peers, according to a new study from University of Montreal. The ...

Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Researchers from Switzerland and the UK have found that commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines (PPVs) do not seem to be effective for preventing pneumonia. In many industrialized countries, ...

Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): A new research has determined that contrary to earlier projections, few developing countries will be able to afford more efficient technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ...

Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): Eating high fat diet with low amounts of omega 3 fatty acids may increase the risk for Alzheimer''s disease, according to a team of Universite Laval researchers. In ...

Geneva , Sept 14 (ANI): The number of children who die before the age of five has declined by 27 percent over the last 17 years, a report released by the ...

DPA Geneva, July 21 (DPA) The European Union (EU) is prepared to slash tariffs on agricultural imports by more than half, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Monday on the first day of ...

DPA Toyako (Japan), July 8 (DPA) The leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) highly industrialized countries vowed Tuesday to honour a pledge to raise by $25 billion the level of annual aid ...

DPA Toyako (Japan), July 8 (DPA) The Group of Eight (G8) leaders warned Tuesday that spiralling oil prices were threatening global economic growth. Meeting in the northern island of Hokkaido, the heads of ...

DPA Toyako (Japan), July 7 (DPA) The United States and France clashed Monday over plans to accommodate India, China and other large developing countries into the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries, according ...

Washington, June 4 (ANI): Medical researchers have developed a new approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water, using a genetic tool. Developed by engineers from Duke University, the relatively ...

DPA Bonn, June 2 (DPA) A fresh round of UN climate talks began in the German city Monday, aimed at building on the climate conference held in Bali in December last year. Some ...

(Lead) DPA Tokyo, April 17 (DPA) Business groups from the Group of Eight (G8) countries Thursday called on their governments to push for innovation to fuel the fight against climate change. It is essential ...

(Lead) DPA Bangkok, April 4 (DPA) A UN-sponsored climate change meeting in Bangkok started to wind up late Friday after hours of delay blamed on strong disagreements between the developing and developed countries on ...

Xinhua United Nations, April 2 (Xinhua) Developing countries at a UN special debate Wednesday called on industrialized countries to honour their commitments by providing more resources to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals ...

DPA Geneva, March 18 (DPA) A five-year downward trend in asylum applications in industrialized countries was reversed in 2007, mainly due to an increased number of Iraqis seeking asylum, the UN refugee agency ...