The Great Indian IPR Dilemma

Close on the heels of the allegation by the  foreign banks that India is not playing by the  rules in revealing the names of account holders in foreign banks, another controversy is awaiting to happen. That is the stand of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to  review patent regime in India and to find out whether Indian authorities are adhering to tenets of compulsory licensing, data protection and incremental innovation....

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Today in Kerala is the day of Boozers

If yesterday was the day of the booze haters today belongs to the opposite camp. A bench of Kerala High Court stayed the order of the single judge regarding closure of bars in three and two star hotels. The stay is for one month till the double bench court decides on the issue. it has given the bar owners a short reprieve and some degree of confidence to fight out the case.  The stay  of the order of th single bench which ...

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MGNREGA Connect

If  you ask me what is the lasting connect between governors and governed in India, I  would say it is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, popularly known by its acronym MGNREGA. Of course, I owe an explanation. Because, it is the only scheme that gives the employment cover for those who are willing to work. Though it guarantees work up to 100 man days in a year, in effect the total employment per year...

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