Month: November 2017

Central vigilance commissioner K.V. Chowdary. Credit: PTI

CVC ‘Protecting Corrupt Officers’ in AIIMS, Says Whistleblower, Urges President to Order Probe

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 14/11/2017

Whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi's claims that despite the CBI indicting...

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Why the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Matters for India

Seemantani Sharma 14/11/2017

The proposed treaty on limitations and exceptions for libraries...

Thousands attend climate protest ahead of the Bonn conference. Credit: Reuters

Trump Administration Offers Fossil Fuels as Solution to Climate Change

Arthur Neslen and Karl Mathiesen 14/11/2017

The attempt was met with protest and walkouts on...

A recent report published by Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) suggests that new generation of vaccines are prone to high concentration of patent evergreening. Credit: Pan America Health Organisation/Flickr CC BY-ND 2.0

WIPO Report Downplays Patent Barriers to Vaccine Access

HU Yuanqiong 14/11/2017

As a traditional public health intervention, vaccines have been...

"We can't get [climate finance]," says Célestine Ketcha Courtès, mayor of Bangangté in Cameroon. Credit: UN Climate Change

For Africans, ‘America’s Pledge’ Is About More Than Pollution

Karl Mathiesen, Climate Home News 13/11/2017

US mayors and governors want to show the world...

Taken by NASA’s Goddard satellite on October 20, this picture shows the huge crop burning fires across the Indian states surrounding Delhi.

Delhi Smog Reveals Global Failures to Deal With Climate Change

Omair Ahmad 13/11/2017

Visibility has plummeted, a health emergency has been declared,...

The projected 2% increase in carbon dioxide emissions comes from growth in China’s smokestack industries and jeopardises the Paris climate agreement goals, say experts. Credit: Wikipedia

Driven By China, Global Carbon Emissions Rise in 2017

Li Jing, Climate Home News 13/11/2017

The projected 2% increase in carbon dioxide emissions comes...