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Experts say merely waiving IPR will not raise vaccine supply unless pharma companies transfer the technology and trade secrets that will enable others to produce the vaccines Topics exim matters | T N C Rajagopalan | Coronavirus Vaccine Last Wednesday, the Biden administration signalled its intention to support the proposal of India and South Africa at the World …

The agricultural sector carries immense importance for the Indian economy. It plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India. It contributes about one-sixth of the national income and provides direct employment to nearly 50 per cent of the workforce. It has positioned itself as more relevant for meeting the food, feed, fodder, …

Image Source : PIXABAY ‘Next 10 years going to be India’s golden moments in technology, pharma, e-commerce, manufacturing sectors’ The next 10 years is going to be India’s “golden moment” in key sectors like technology, pharmaceutical, e-commerce and manufacturing, said a top venture capitalist from Silicon Valley, pointing at the USD 20 billion foreign direct investment …

Technology is an enabler that makes data available at a single touch and helps in cost optimization, collaborations and governance, experts said at a closed-door roundtable meeting. At the event titled Microsoft Future of Work—CXO Dialogues, hosted by Mint in Mumbai last month, they also sought to dispel perceptions that digitization and automation were responsible …

By Amit Kapoor India has an abundance of mineral deposits. The country is the second-largest producer of steel; the third-largest producer of coal; the fourth-largest producer of iron and has the fifth-largest bauxite reserves in the world. Overall, India produces over ninety different types of minerals. A country with such a rich resource base should …

For the historian of science and technology, the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious push for electric vehicles (EVs) should ring a bell. After many decades, India is witnessing once again the unseemly fraternisation of high technology and authoritarian governance. On the one hand, the government has championed EV, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and packaged sundry technologies into …