-Kafila.org Dear Prime Minister Modi ji, We, the undersigned, wish to share with you some of our concerns on India's position on intellectual property (IP), particularly in the context of bilateral relations between the United States of America and India. We gather from the US-India Joint Statement dated 30 September 2014 that the Indian Government (a)greeing on the need to foster innovation in a manner that promotes economic growth...
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How Sivakasi redeemed itself -TE Narasimhan
-The Business Standard The cracker industry in Sivakasi is estimated to be worth about Rs 3,500 cr B Bagyalakshmi, S Mahalakshmi and K Sankaralingam have two things in common. All used to work in firecracker and matchbox making units at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. However, they rebuilt their lives after studying at the National Child Labour Project (NCLP)'s special training centres, run with the financial assistance from Central and state governments. While...
More »Gruelling gram -GVR Subba Rao
-The Hindu With no takers for their produce, bengal gram farmers are caught between losses and auction notices issued by banks for loan recovery VIJAYAWADA (Andhra Pradesh): The cold storages in Andhra Pradesh are full to the brim with bengal gram stocks, with the farmers finding no takers for the produce. Close to 17.23 lakh quintals of bengal gram, mostly Kabul variety, is lying in cold storages as there is no remunerative...
More »Heart disease is affecting Indians early, US study says -Malathy Iyer
-The Times of India MUMBAI: In the Indian pool of heart patients, almost every second patient has high blood pressure, every fourth has diabetes and every fifth had plaque deposits in his/her arteries. This scientific picture of Indian heart diseases, at a time when prime minister Narendra Modi tours the US, comes from the American College of Cardiology's newly set up study centres across India. ACC is a not-for-profit medical association that...
More »Stop prescribing antibiotics for fever and cold, Indian Medical Association will tell doctors -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Faced with the scary prospect of losing lives to simple infections in the future, India is finally waking up to the dangers of reckless antibiotic use. The Indian Medical Association, a pan-India voluntary organization of doctors, will on Sunday launch a nationwide awareness programme on overuse of these live-savers, a practice that has led to emergence of drug-resistant organisms. IMA will also ask fellow practitioners to...
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