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  • Open Source Biology: An Interview with Dr. Richard Jefferson

    Newsclick Production, August 28, 2010

    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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  • "Superbug" Controversy: Concerns & Debates

    Newsclick Production, August 28, 2010

    Recently, The Lancet, world's leading medical journal, named new 'superbug' after New Delhi and warned foreigners against medical treatment in India. It has led to controversies among the medical fraternity and confusion among people.
    Dr. Satyajit Rath explains that what are the real concerns and issues involved.

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  • Negotiating Multiple Identities: An Exclusive Interview with Tabish Khair

    Newsclick Production, 21 August 2010

    Tabish Khair, author of various books including poetry collection, an academic, political commentator and winner of many literary awards in an exclusive interview with Newsclick.

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  • Obama Administration: Well Begun Isn't Always Half Done

    Newsclcik Production, 21 August 2010

    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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  • David Cameron: Hard Selling Aircraft and Soft Selling the Host

    Newsclick Report, August 7, 2010

    David Cameron, the British Prime Minister visited India recently. His visit caused much more of a flutter in Pakistan than in India. They are still livid with his statement in Delhi that...

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  • The Meaning of USSF 2010

    Thomas Ponniah, 13 July 2010

    In 1933 Diego Rivera (1886-1957), completed his Detroit Industry fresco cycle. The abundant, controversial work, considered one the twentieth century’s outstanding achievements of...

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  • Renewed North-South Face-off in Climate Negotiations

    T. Jayaraman,14 june 2010, Newsclick

    The climate negotiations at Copenhangen appear to have set the trend for future climate talks in more senses than one. One is of course very much aware of the Copenhagen Accord, the product of...

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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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  • Ending Israel’s Impunity

    Newsclick, Sukumar Muralidharan, 22 March 2010

    Hagai Ben-Artzi won his few seconds of fame hurling the “anti-Semitic” jibe at U.S. President Barack Obama.

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  • Financial Euphoria and Aftershock

    Jayati Ghosh, Networkideas.org, 6 March, 2010

    It speaks volumes for the nature of capitalism that a slim little book first written more than half a century ago can still seem so...

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Web News

  • 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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  • The Wisdom of Teaching With Technology

    Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 04 2010

    Multimedia—dangerous!

    Online research—depthless!

    Classroom screens—dubious!

    If you're looking for a contrarian take on technology, Nicholas Carr is your...

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  • The Wisdom of Teaching With Technology

    Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 04 2010

    Multimedia—dangerous!

    Online research—depthless!

    Classroom screens—dubious!

    If you're looking for a contrarian take on technology, Nicholas Carr is your...

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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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  • Obama’s War

    Tariq Ali, Guernica, June 2010

    The esteemed historian and novelist on how there is only one path for the United States in Afghanistan: withdrawal. The following talk was given on April 19 to mark the thirtieth anniversary...

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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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