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Open Source Biology: An Interview with Dr. Richard Jefferson

The big multinational biotech companies can grant or deny the legal use of biological information due to which independent research organizations usually suffer. Patent restriction debate has escalated for past few years. Independent organizations like Bios has successfully dented the monopoly of big firms. Dr. Richard Jefferson talks to Newsclick about the issue.

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Illegal Mining in Karnataka: Truth Behind All Lies

The issue of large scale illeagal mining and export of iron ore has rocked the Karnataka Legislature and the Parliment for past few months. But it seems that like many others scams in our country this one will also go unexposed. Senior Jounalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta tells the truth behind all lies.

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Obama Administration: Well Begun Isn't Always Half Done

It's going to be almost two years that Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. During his presidential campaign he promised change. But may be the person who runs the best campaign does not necessarily turn out to be the best president. Prof. Vijay Prashad does detailed analysis of Obama Administration and his declined popularity.

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'India's New Capitalists' -- Interview with Harish Damodaran

Harish Damodaran has recently won the Ramnath Goenka Award for the Best Non-Fiction Book in English for his work, 'India's New Capitalists.' Newsclick did an exclusive interview with him on the book which talks about the relationship between the modern business class and caste system in India.

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India EU Free Trade Agreement

Amitayu Sen Gupta, Newsclick, 02 June, 2010

The ongoing India EU FTA has far reaching consequences for the agricultural sector and its production for both the partners. To...

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The EU India FTA – Free Trade or Re-inventing Colonialism?

Prabir Purkayastha and Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Newsclick, 20 May, 2010

The difference between the FTAs and the earlier trade talks under the WTO regime is that while the multilateral talks under WTO are relatively open with texts in the public domain, the...

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Sovereign Debt Crisis in Greece: Is there a way forward?

Rohit, Newsclick 12 May 2010

A short note on the debt crisis in Greece and the remedies offered.

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Secretive Free Trade Agreements -- Implications for the Country

Prabir Purkayasth, Newsclick, 10 May, 2010

The Free Trade Agreements that India is negotiating has serious implications for Indian agriculture, food and access to medicines and industry. If proper protection is not taken, FTAs through...

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GM Crops: The Societal Context of Technologies

Satyajit Rath, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi & Prabir Purkayastha, Delhi Science Forum/ May 8, 2010

The Bt Brinjal debate has featured technological worries relating to genetically modified crops which appear relatively minor in comparison to the critical issue of who controls...

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Caught in one's own net - A cartoon on the Indian Premier League

Indranil Mukherjee

A set of cartoons on the happenings in the Indian Premier League and its associated controversies.

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Reason for Germany's Industrial Expansion

Frank Thadeusz, Der Spiegel, August 18, 2010

Did Germany experience rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century due to an absence of copyright law? A German historian argues that the massive proliferation of books, and thus knowledge,...

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Hungary, the IMF and the EU

Jayati Ghosh, TripleCrisis, July 23, 2010

The more things change, the more they really do stay the same. For a while after the global crisis, we were told that the IMF had changed its position with respect to the strict and generally...

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BP in the Gulf -- The Persian Gulf

Stephen Kinzer, TomDispatch.com, June 2010

To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It's great not to be the only member any more!
Does boycotting BP really make sense? Perhaps not. ...

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The Cloud Panopticon

The Investigative Fund & Counter Punch 9 April 2010

In June 2007, Privacy International, a U.K.-based privacy rights watch- dog, cited Google as the worst privacy offender among 23 online companies, ranking the “Don’t Be Evil”...

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Banks' Record Profits Are a Political Matter

Thomas Piketty, Truthout, 23 February 2010

So BNP Paribas, the largest French and European bank, has just announced 8 billion euros of profit for 2009, tying its 2007 record. Some are already crowing: after all, isn't...

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China Tightens Belt but Keeps Eye on Social Rifts

Simon Rabinovitch and Zhou Xin, Retuters, 5 March 2010

Wen told the country's parliament that China's economy faced a clouded international outlook in 2010 and would stick to a steady policy course this year, shifting tack if needed to counter...

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