The NATCO CL fallout

The compulsory licence granted to Natco may not be a trendsetter but it will shake up the pharmaceuticals market

Simply Put: It’s a fish eats fish world

Bitter WTO pill

India, Brazil help the North force its way at Hong Kong

Cancun impact felt in Dubai

The tone and tenor of the failed Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Cancun found an echo in the annual meetings of …

Lethal link

An expert on toxicology and a campaigner deeply concerned with the health impact of chemical pesticides, Romeo F Quijano was at the forefront …

India compromises on WTO deal

Under pressure from the US, it accepts conditions not part of G-33 proposal

International pressure and the civil society

US plan to settle WTO disputes

Doha round in indefinite suspension

Fighting a flawed WTO regime

India and G-33 are pushing for reform of the agriculture subsidy system but the US and EU have a different agenda for the upcoming Bali meet

The fine line for judges

Judges have recused themselves in a number of cases but there are no clear guidelines on what constitutes conflict of interest  

No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use

Toxicitea tangle

Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …

Bt-by-Bt assessment

On November 10, 2002, people wearing 'Bollgard' caps visited cotton farmer R Narsimha Reddy at his home in Aleru, a village in Nalgonda, Andhra …

Same indifference

The hunt for new markets

What liberalising trade on environmental goods and services in the WTO is about

Copping out

India needs a proper GM regime, if it wants a global say

Pushing limits of drug access

Relying solely on gross national income to determine priorities in global health is not working any more

WTO trade facilitation pact: farmers' organisations ask Modi government to protect India's food security interests

Appeal comes a day before WTO general council meet takes up agreement that ostensibly would streamline cross-border trade

NCD battle starts now

The UN agreement on non-communicable diseases will get snagged on the issue of intellectual property rights for drugs

Simply Put: WTO Abu Dhabi

Atlantic divides

WTO ruling on EU-US spat over GM could impact South

Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks …

Branding from origin

The French system of orgin labelling can be adopted for Indian medicine

US plays dirty on tar sands

The EU appears to have backed off on important climate change policy because of pressure from US-backed Big Oil