The main questions for the 2010 UK elections will be about public spending: where to make cuts, and how deep should they be? Full Article at openDemocracy

This week, DFID and 16 other government donor organisations including the EU will be joining the Thailand Burma Border Consortium and its 12 member organisations including Christian Aid to mark the 25th anniversary of the Burmese refugee crisis along... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net

The Madhya Pradesh government has asked the British High Commission to extend Project Utthan for another year. Full Article at Business Standard

KANDAHAR, 4 November 2009 (IRIN) - Afghanistan appears to be getting drier: Since the 1996 drought many traditional irrigation sources such as springs, streams, rivers and man-made subterranean aqueducts have been drying up in the southern... Full Article at IRINnews.org

BHOPAL: British High Commissioner Richard Stagg on Tuesday said that of the Rs.300 crore provided to Madhya Pradesh for development programmes from his country's Department for International Development (DFID), Rs.80 crore were to tackle malnutrition. Full Article at Times of India

Department for International Development (DFID) of Britain today suggested the Madhya Pradesh government to adopt the Thaliand model in combating malnutrition problem in the state. Full Article at Webindia123