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New York, Mar 14 (JEN): The United States and China drove international patent filings to a record level last year with applications for the first time surpassing the 200,000 mark, the United Nations intellectual property agency on Thursday reported, with record highs also reached for trademark and design applications. more
Arab region integration could raise development: UN

New York, Feb 26 (JEN): Inclusive economic integration in the Arab region would create six million new jobs by 2020 and increase regional gross domestic product by three per cent, the United ...

Fish profits not reaching small-scale farmers: UN

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): The international fish trade is breaking records, the United Nations on Friday reported, but the benefits of the trade are not trickling down to the small-scale fishi ...

UN calls for investment in rural Africa

New York, Feb 13 (JEN): Rural development is key to Africa’s prosperity, yet it has been undervalued by Governments, international lenders and policy advisers, the UN International Labour ...

UN commission focuses on growing inequality

New York, Feb 12 (JEN): Against the backdrop of a weak global economic recovery and harsh fiscal austerity measures, continued unemployment and an aging world population, the United Nation ...

Food prices fall in three months: UN

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): Global food prices declined for the first time in three months as lower prices for cereals, sugars, oils and meat outstripped gains in dairy values, the United Nations ...

Illicit financial outflows from Africa crippling development: UN

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and former South African President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday stressed the need for global efforts to address the pro ...

Pradeep Kashyap to address Calcutta Business School

Kolkata, Feb 7 (JEN) The Father of Rural Marketing in India, Pradeep Kashyap, will address the fourth convocation of Calcutta Business School (CBS) on Feb 8 at the B-School's campus in Kolka ...

UN urges job creation, inclusive growth strategies

New York, Jan 30 (JEN): Raising the alarm against deepening income disparities in countries around the world, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) called Wednesday fo ...

FDI rises to pre-crisis levels: UN

New York, Jan 29 (JEN): Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to levels not seen since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, increasing by 11 per cent in 2013 to an estimat ...