India first country to launch a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library: WHOThe World Health Organization recognizes India's leadership in integrating Artificial Intelligence with traditional medicine. WHO releases ...
Bringing trad med into the prescriptionIndia's traditional medicine is set to gain global recognition. The Government of India has partnered with the World Health Organization. T...
Why India needs law to save granny’s remediesIndia was capable of protecting 2 lakh medicinal formulations including 36,000 Ayurveda formulations from being patented by others. But man...
India seeks global checks on patenting neem, yogaOn the other hand, several other countries such Mexico, which have a rich heritage, have argued for checks on patenting of traditional know...
Canadian firm Island Labs denied patent on concoction for hair growthThe decision was challenged by Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), a wing of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (C...
Over 1500 yogic asanas shortlisted to thwart patenting by foreign MNCs, individualsThe initiative will be a part of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, a unit of CSIR of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
India foils UK dermaceutical company's bid to patent ayurvedic mix for hair lossIndia has foiled an attempt by a European company to take patent on a medicinal composition containing turmeric, pine bark and green tea fo...
India wins patent war on hair loss formulaIndia successfully stalled a leading UK-based lab's move to patent a medicinal composition containing turmeric, pine bark and green tea for...
India foils Colgate-Palmolive's bid to patent traditional mouthwash formulaIndia has foiled consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive's attempt to patent a mouthwash formula containing herb extracts, used in tradition...
Kerala's Ayurveda Patent Cell's work infructuous: CAG"But, no patent rights for any of the formulations digitised were acquired as of December 2014," it said.
- Patent medicine
We also exploit an exogenous reduction in H1B (visa) quotas and find that herbal patents filed by firms based in the US are driven by scien...
India may win patent claims due to Traditional Knowledge Digital Library: Manmohan SinghIndia could win 105 claims on international patents due to its Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, Manmohan Singh said today.
- 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...
- Many Species, One Planet, One Future
Addressing a national seminar on International Biodiversity Day in New Delhi, Jairam Ramesh said, "We need to bring about convergence betwe...
- 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 ...
- Yoga piracy: India shows who's the guru
India is going all out to save yoga from western pirates.
- Cabinet okays patent examiners access to TKDL
The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to give patent examiners access to the country's Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).