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India says no BRICS candidate for World Bank
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) India Monday said the BRICS forum of emerging countries have no plans to field or rally behind a common candidate to head the World Bank, but stressed that it supported "an open and merit-based process". "I have not heard anything so far (about a common candidate)," Sudhir Vyas, secretary for economic affairs in the external affairs, told reporters while briefing on the
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) India Monday said the BRICS forum of emerging countries have no plans to field or rally behind a common candidate to head the World Bank, but stressed that it supported "an open and merit-based process". "I have not heard anything so far (about a common candidate)," Sudhir Vyas, secretary for economic affairs in the external affairs, told reporters while briefing on the
Obama picks health expert for World Bank top job
The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank.
The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank.
TB causing half million annual deaths in South-East Asia: WHO
Tuberculosis accounts for nearly half million deaths every year in the South-East Asian region even as the number of people suffering from the it has come down by 40 percent, the World Health Organisation (WHO) noted Thursday.
Tuberculosis accounts for nearly half million deaths every year in the South-East Asian region even as the number of people suffering from the it has come down by 40 percent, the World Health Organisation (WHO) noted Thursday.
Pak notifies negative list for trade with India
The Pakistan government on Wednesday issued a notification for switching over to a negative list regime for trade with India, where the number of products facing a bar on import from the eastern
A pacemaker in brain can treat epilepsy
Thirtythree-year-old epilepsy patient Shalini Arora's condition was deteriorating with each passing day as the medication which had helped her for years finally failed. It was then that a team of doctors installed a pacemaker in her brain providing much needed relief to her.
Thirtythree-year-old epilepsy patient Shalini Arora's condition was deteriorating with each passing day as the medication which had helped her for years finally failed. It was then that a team of doctors installed a pacemaker in her brain providing much needed relief to her.
62% of Pak Hindu-Christian women fear being left out by Muslims if discriminated: Poll
Nearly 62 percent of Hindu and Christian women in Pakistan fear that a majority of Muslims would not come to their aid if they were being discriminated against.
Nearly 62 percent of Hindu and Christian women in Pakistan fear that a majority of Muslims would not come to their aid if they were being discriminated against.
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