US Pharma Cos Profiteering from Covid Drugs: India Needs to Assert Right to Produce Drugs at Cheap Prices – 2 Articles
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US Pharma Cos Profiteering from Covid Drugs: India Needs to Assert Right to Produce Drugs at Cheap Prices – 2 Articles

After his disastrous handling of the pandemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir. India needs to break Gilead’s patent and issue compulsory licenses to manufacture the drug locally.

No Holy Cow in a Democracy
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No Holy Cow in a Democracy

Sankara Narayanan There is a general tendency to name anyone questioning the activities of the armed forces engaged in war with an enemy nation as anti-national. This labelling also extends to the reporting of commission and omission of the armed forces operating against native Indian combatants in conflict zones such as Jammu & Kashmir, North-East…

India’s Dependence on Imperialist China: “Make in India” Ends Up as “Made in China”
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India’s Dependence on Imperialist China: “Make in India” Ends Up as “Made in China”

India’s dependence on imperialist China in the economic field is so complex and deep-rooted that the call for boycott of Chinese products is going to be well-nigh impossible to implement in the immediate future.

Call for Revoking Auction of Coal Blocks, Investment in Sustainable Energy Sources: Two Statements
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Call for Revoking Auction of Coal Blocks, Investment in Sustainable Energy Sources: Two Statements

NAPM condems Centre’s announcement of auction of coal blocks for commercial mining, saying it will destroy bio-diverse rich, adivasi heartlands; UN Chief also calls upon countries to make investments in non-polluting energy sources.