Asia warming faster than global average, the report said, adding that early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans, however, have saved thousands of lives.
Other UN bodies India was elected to was include Entity for Gender Equality and Women Empowermnet, Children's Fund, Population Fund, UN Development Programme among others.
Eighty-three per cent of the 1.4 billion people who live in LDCs are covered by mobile broadband signals –3G or above. But only 36 per cent are connected online.
The journey of Shahryar Khan, who retired as Pakistan’s foreign secretary and also served as chairman of PCB, traversed through the realms of sport, statecraft, and beyond.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
COMMENTS