A 17th century inspiration

The US' outlook on patents

Superiority complex

New diet regime for calves

New Genesis

The mapping of human genes opens up new frontiers and also gives rise to fresh fears

Cry neem

There is more to neem than fighting a patent

News snippets

Electric cattle

Bullock-powered pump to tide over farmersÔÇÖ electricity woes

Why Modi's razzmatazz diplomacy isn't serving African interests

Missing from Modi’s foreign trips is a focus on issues most pressing for Africa’s people

South gains words but loses its genes

While the North has made no commitment to reduce its emissions,, the South commits itself to protect the world's biodiversity

The North wants to exploit the biodiversity of the South

P Pushpangadan , director, National Botanical and Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow,speaks to Archana Srivastava on India's biodiversity

Price of patents

Experts believe that the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament may give rise to an escalation of …

Targeting the Third World's-Yulnerability

BRAZIL

Jumping the gun

The bill fails to utilise obvious relief routes offered by TRIPS

Hong Kong: a beginning?

In making TRIPS responsive to needs of poor countries?

Patent folly

New amendment threatens to kill cheap, generic drugs

In Court

Kill pill

Sustainable Development Goals: A paradigm shift in United Nations' fund flow

A report cites the changing funding patterns of the UN and its reliance on corporate partners

Will India manage to survive international pressure to save its pro-people patent law?

US continues to question India’s patent regime in its latest report. The country was kept in the category where unfavorable conditions …

India's game plan on GATT: Will it work?

The government says there are opportunities to improve the Dunkel packager but not all are convinced that it is trying hard enough. …

What's in a neem?

A lot, apparently. Neem -Azadirachta indica -and the I?roducts derived from it have traditionally been widely used for centuries, especially in …

AMAZON

Stranglehold tightens

A palliative gesture