WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) begins
NI Wire, Tue, 18 Nov 2008
Representatives of 160 ratifying countries currently meeting in Durban, South Africa will negotiate guidelines for a provision in the global tobacco treaty that will determine whether millions of people
YV Reddy nominated to UN task force on financial reform
NI Wire, Sat, 15 Nov 2008
YV Reddy, former governor, Reserve Bank of India, has been nominated to the United Nations task force formed to examine possible reform of the global financial system.
G20 summit: India against protectionist policies
NI Wire, Sat, 15 Nov 2008
As the leaders of world's 20 biggest economies gathered in Washington on Friday to take part in the two-day summit of Group of Twenty (G20) hosted by US president George W Bush
Swiss city Lausanne says 'no' to Gandhi street
NI Wire, Sat, 15 Nov 2008
Lausanne, fifth largest city of Switzerland, has said "no" to the request of naming a street after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.
Three points, PM underlines to discuss at G-20
NI Wire, Fri, 14 Nov 2008
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has underlined three points that he will discuss at the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy being held in Washington on November 14 and 15.
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