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AnalysisIntellectual Property Rights are a privilege, not a human right
Intellectual Property Rights should be subsumed to human rights, national interests and the preservation of genetic resources More... Are intellectual property rights fundamental human rights?What are the implications of construing IPR as fundamental human rights? More... 'Anything that is worth copying is worth sharing': Prof Eben MoglenEben Moglen, principal proponent of the free software movement, believes that there is an inherent relationship between free software and free culture. Each is interdependent and enables the other More... Farmers or FIIs? The Bt cotton questionStudy after study has shown the pitfalls of Bt cotton. Every second cotton farmer who committed suicide in Vidarbha was a Bt farmer. But biotech industry lobbyists, who take a stock market view of agriculture, wouldn’t know this since these figures are not reflected in the Sensex, says PV Satheesh More... Battling the bottled water industryAmerican states are countering the $15 billion bottled water industry with campaigns on the purity of public water supply. Why are middle class Indian consumers opting for bottled water instead of demanding that the State provide potable and pure drinking water? More... Hunger stalks rising IndiaOver 500 hunger deaths are reported to have occurred in Kalahandi and other parts of western Orissa in the last few months. Indeed, all the 836 million who live on less than Rs 20 per day are probably unable to get two square meals a day. And yet the government is planning to double the price of foodgrain for the midday meals programme More... "The media can stigmatise -- or it can make people more aware"Participants at a recent workshop on media coverage of HIV/AIDS acknowledged that it is not always accurate and informative. But journalists also face problems in getting information and in convincing their editors to publish it More... The war against Novartis is not yet wonDrug activists must maintain their campaign against Novartis if they are to win the battle for the right to manufacture essential drugs More... ICAAP round upHIV estimates have fallen but there is no room for complacency. Ranjita Biswas reports on discussions at the eighth ICAAP held in Sri Lanka recently More... |
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