Lucknow (India): Bhartiyam Science Society, Manoyog, Save Ganga and Save Heritage organized national conference on Ecological Sustainability and River Systems in Lucknow recently.

Agra (India): Students from more than a score countries and local academics demanded a new World body for Education, on the UN Foundation day celebrations, held at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan.

Agra (India): Tourism industry in the Taj Mahal city of Agra fumed that it will be badly hit following advisory from five Western nations asking tourists to avoid India during the festive season.

Mathura/Agra: Thousands of brothers and sisters jointly took a holy dip in river Yamuna at Mathura's Vishram Ghat on Bhai Dooj.

Mathura/Agra: As the Hindu gods and goddesses wake up on the Devotthan Ekadashi, after a four- month long divine rest during which no auspicious ceremonies were conducted, the marriage season starts full blast from November 6.

As we celebrated the UN Foundation day last week, it is time to ask some uncomfortable questions about the real use of this august body.