Latha Jishnu

2 weeks ago | downtoearth.org.in | Latha Jishnu

For an organisation whose glory days are long past, new technology has helped the Indian Council of Agriculture (ICAR) find a place in the sun once again. In early May, ICAR, a vast organisation that employs several thousand scientists, announced that it had developed India’s first genome-edited (GE) rice varieties.

1 month ago | downtoearth.org.in | Latha Jishnu

Perhaps it was the best they could do, given the stark inequities of resources and technology among the nations of the world and the power imbalance in international forums. Perhaps it is natural that after three years of intensive negotiations that started during the COVID-19 outbreak, the worst pandemic in a 100 years, World Health Organization (WHO) members were relieved to agree on some essential steps to make the world somewhat safer from pandemics.

1 month ago | millenniumpost.in | Latha Jishnu

Patent battle over rare disease drugs puts affordability and access at the heart of India’s public health debateWe will begin with a standout paragraph in a recent judgment on a case involving access to life-saving medicines. Public health, it said, is not something that should be dealt with lightly.

1 month ago | hindi.downtoearth.org.in | Latha Jishnu

हाल ही में एक प्रमुख समाचार पत्र ने पेटेंट पर एक वैचारिक लेख प्रकाशित किया था जिसमें एक चौंकाने वाले प्रस्ताव की सिफारिश की गई थी। लेखक का कहना था कि भारत में पेटेंट का संस्कृत भाषा में भी पंजीकरण कराया जाना चाहिए। ध्यान रहे कि वर्तमान में यह केवल हिंदी एवं अंग्रेजी में होता है। लेखक ने दावा किया कि इससे भारत की तकनीकी प्रगति तो सुरक्षित रहेगी ही और साथ ही हमारी सांस्कृतिक विरासत की भी पुष्टि होगी। इतिहास में संस्कृत की भूमिका के बारे में उत्साहित होकर वह लिखते हैं कि जटिल ज्ञान प्रणालियों को...

1 month ago | downtoearth.org.in | Latha Jishnu

We will begin with a standout paragraph in a recent judgement on a case involving access to life-saving medicines. Public health, it said, is not something that should be dealt with lightly.