The GM maize rats

Findings of the Seralini lab on effect of Monsanto’s GM maize on rats set off a global furore

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

Unholy smoke!

Inclusion of intellectual property in bilateral investment agreements is injurious to the health of developing nations

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

India shakes up WTO

The fracas over India's refusal to meet the deadline on trade facilitation exposes rich nations' double standards

Foreign food invasion

A growing taste for foods from across the globe is adding hugely to India’s import bill for groceries and raising health concerns

Testing the CL route

Roche’s Herceptin will be a test case for government and generics industry as India readies to issue compulsory licences for life-saving drugs

Big tobacco blows new smoke rings

A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules

Seeking Food Sovereignty

Standing up to the US

India does not have to be apologetic about its patents law, which is fully compliant with WTO requirements on intellectual property protection

EU threat to farmers

Free trade pact with EU will have a severe impact on Indian agriculture, specially the dairy sector

The Avon lady lifts our biodiversity

Loopholes in the Biological Diversity Act being used to export India’s genetic material

A panchayat president who does not speak

Chettikulam’s support for the Kudankulam nuclear plant reflects the politics of Tamil Nadu—and its economic dependence on the project

Clash of the cyberworlds

In an increasingly digital world, the issue of Internet freedom and governance has become hugely contested. Censorship and denial of access occur …

Battle for the Internet

As the Internet becomes the public square and the marketplace of our world, it is increasingly becoming a contested terrain. Its potential for …

ICAR chases patents for pickle

The National Research Centre on Meat has odd ideas on what can be patented

The Bali myth of $1 trillion trade gains

Trade facilitation is a major imposition on developing countries with little likelihood of promised benefits

‘PESTICIDES’ IN DRUGS

Sharad Pawar’s provision for protecting test data in the Pesticides Bill could spill over into trade agreements and hit the drugs industry, too

Curious case of seaweed

AquAgri pays highest sum in royalty but benefits do not reach people

Wooing the judges, openly

There is conflict of interest as US patent owners schedule meetings with Indian judiciary and patent regulators

US pharma strikes back

Upset by the Supreme Court’s endorsement of India’s patent law, the American drug industry is lobbying with Obama to tighten the …

Contaminating millets

There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs

US piles on the pressure

Patent law, domestic content rules in solar and ICT policy come under attack

Big step for biocultural rights

The Nagoya Protocol promotes community stewardship of genetic resources. India needs to foster this

A schoolgirl’s nuclear nightmare

Varshini, 10, speaks for a new generation that is against nuclear energy