- More items to find way into digital library to check biopiracy
India has begun work to include 220 additional Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha text in its Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), which w...
27 Jul, 2010, 05.40 AM IST
- Rich & poor countries now don’t agree on biodiversity
An international protocol on biodiversity is set to become the new bone of contention between the developed and developing countries. Rich ...
05 Jan, 2010, 02.49 AM IST
- Lamy says bio-piracy concerns will not take Trips forward
The developed countries have opposed a proposal by India and eight other developing countries to include rules on checking bio-piracy in th...
10 Aug, 2009, 05.47 AM IST
- Developing nations demand bio-piracy protection in Trips
India and eight other developing countries continue to be at loggerheads with the US over the issue of amending the Trips agreement-the int...
10 Aug, 2009, 02.28 AM IST
- Talks to cover changes in Trips pact
The WTO has agreed to hold informal consultations on a possible amendment to the agreement on trade-related intellectual property rights (T...
25 Jul, 2008, 01.36 AM IST
- India not ready for a trip on bio-piracy issues
India’s fight for tightening the Trips Agreement to check bio-piracy is slowly gaining support from more World Trade Organisation (WTO) mem...
18 Jul, 2008, 02.25 AM IST
- India not ready for a 'trip' on bio-piracy issues
India’s fight for tightening the Trips Agreement to check bio-piracy is slowly gaining support from more World Trade Organisation (WTO) mem...
19 Jun, 2008, 05.48 AM IST
- India seeks Trips to bio-piracy
India has insisted that the issue of amending the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights agreement (Trips) to check bio-pira...
09 Jun, 2008, 02.16 AM IST
- Developed nations veto trips talks
Developed countries, including Japan, Korea, the US, Australia and New Zealand, are continuing to oppose India’s attempts to start negotiat...
27 Mar, 2008, 02.09 AM IST
- WTO Trips panel to take up demand for bio-piracy curbs
India’s demand - backed by a host of other developing and least developed countries - for including `disclosure norms’ in the trade-related...
11 Mar, 2008, 12.29 AM IST
- Brazil investigates environmental, evangelical groups for conduct in Amazon rain forest
Brazil's intelligence service said a six-month investigation of environmental and evangelical groups active in the Amazon found evidence of...
31 Jan, 2008, 11.18 AM IST
- More support for India's Trips stand
While earlier it was supported by just seven developing countries including Brazil and China, its support base got widened with the least d...
03 Dec, 2007, 03.15 AM IST
- India's efforts to check bio-piracy suffer setback
India’s attempt to frame multilateral rules to check bio-piracy has been rejected by a group of developed countries including the US, EU, J...
15 Nov, 2006, 12.38 AM IST
- India to take up bio-piracy issue at WTO meet
India’s proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for checking bio-piracy and protecting traditional knowledge will be taken up at the...
20 Oct, 2006, 02.54 AM IST
- India leads drive to check bio-piracy
India is leading a group of nine developing countries including Brazil, China and Pakistan in an effort to frame multilateral rules to chec...
15 Jul, 2006, 12.27 AM IST
- India drums up support to tweak TRIPs pact
Close on the heels of introducing product patents, India has drummed up support from a number of WTO members to push for modifications in t...
06 Apr, 2005, 05.15 PM IST
- India seeks changes in TRIPS to prevent biopiracy acts
India, along with several other countries, has sought an amendment to the present WTO agreement on TRIPS to prevent biopiracy acts under wh...
01 Aug, 2002, 12.23 PM IST