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Students in rural Uttar Pradesh to learn about herbal remedies

July 16th, 2008 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS -
By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, July 16 (IANS) School students in rural Uttar Pradesh will soon learn about herbs and their curative powers in an educational programme that aims to popularize, preserve and apply ...

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Kerala unveils intellectual property rights policy

June 27th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) Kerala Friday unveiled its intellectual property rights (IPR) policy aimed at safeguarding the state's rich base of ayurveda and herbal medicine. With this move, Kerala has become the ...

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Biopirates hijack traditional knowledge about nature

May 14th, 2008 - 10:40 am ICT by admin -
By Simone Humml Hamburg, May 14 (DPA) Business concerns in the West often make money by patenting their own medicines and agricultural products based on the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. A US ...

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West Bengal’s snake charmers close to starvation

February 18th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by admin -
Kolkata, Feb 18 (ANI): Snake charmers in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal have said that they are on the verge of starvation following a government order to ban the keeping ...

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India racing to record details of Ayurveda (Re-issue)

November 24th, 2007 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin -
London, Nov.24 (ANI Indian authorities have been collating information about hundreds of thousands of plants, cures, foods and even yoga poses to create a vast digital database of traditional knowledge dating back ...

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India racing to record details of Ayurveda

November 23rd, 2007 - 9:11 pm ICT by admin -
London, Nov.23 (ANI Indian authorities have been collating information about hundreds of thousands of plants, cures, foods and even yoga poses to create a vast digital database of traditional knowledge dating back ...

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