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India, South Africa patent waiver proposal in WTO gained huge mileage, says govt official

PTI -
Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said that the text-based negotiations is the way forward and it means that the members have broadly accepted the objective behind waiver proposal.

No time to lose, conclude talks on vaccines patent waiver by July-end: India to WTO

PTI -
India along with 61 co-sponsors submitted a revised proposal in May on TRIPS waiver for all WTO members regarding prevention, containment, and treatment of Covid.

Mahatma Gandhi’s great-granddaughter Ashish Lata Ramgobin jailed for fraud in South Africa

Fakir Hassen -
Ramgobin has been sentenced to 7 years in jail by a Durban court in Rs 3.22 crore fraud and forgery case and was refused leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence.

Covid pandemic — South Africa faces third wave, US inches closer to Biden’s vaccination goal

Pia Krishnankutty -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

India-SA to revise WTO proposal, US wants patent rights waived ‘only’ for Covid vaccines

Nayanima Basu -
US is learnt to have told both India & South Africa that while it supports temporary TRIPS waiver, it will 'only' be applicable to Covid vaccines and not to medicines, ventilators etc.

There’s a shortage of 4 million cybersecurity workers. South Africa is trying to fix that

Victoria Masterson -
Encryption and cybersecurity are among the key skills in demand as businesses speed up the adoption of new technologies.

WTO meet today could take up India-South Africa proposal to waive IP rights on Covid vaccines

Nayanima Basu -
As India reels under a massive second wave of Covid, US President Joe Biden has come under pressure domestically to support the move.

Covid-19 pandemic: 9 sacked for refusing vaccine in New Zealand, savings up in South Africa

Kairvy Grewal -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

WTO to again discuss Covid vaccine IPR waiver proposal by India, South Africa on Thursday

Nayanima Basu -
Under the proposal, India and South Africa have sought temporary relaxations for IP, patents and other such provisions laid out under the TRIPS Agreement of the WTO.

Covid-19 pandemic — South Africa’s banks ‘resilient’, Malaysia worried over cases in schools

Kairvy Grewal -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.
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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

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Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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