Keya Acharya
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 2010 (IPS) – Their ongoing negotiations remain shrouded in secrecy, but there are already reports that India and the European Union (EU) will have a free-trade agreement ready by the end of August, and that they will be putting signatures to it before the end of 2010.
Yet it is a potential development that is causing more nervous chatter than joyous jitters here in India, where drug manufacturers in particular have raised concerns over India s trade interests and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues.
India s 7.5-billion-dollar drug industry is among the world s top five bulk medicine producers. It is also among the world s 20 top pharmaceutical exporters, with its export business growing at 17.8 percent per year.
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One quarter of children in Uruguay are overweight or obese.
Students at Public School 124 in Melilla lining up to buy snacks during recess. Credit: Victoria Rodríguez/IPS
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 10 2012 (IPS) – Uruguayan schoolchildren are learning that cookies, candy, potato chips and soft drinks are bad for their health.
Some schools have taken the initiative and banned junk food from school snacks.
The authorities announced a ban on unhealthy food in schools but have not yet enforced it.
In the meantime, a bill presented by the opposition to prohibit the promotion and advertising of junk food on school premises was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on S…
Children residing at a Protection of Civilians (POC) site run by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) perform at a special cultural event in Juba March 27, 2015. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 2015 (IPS) – The rising death toll of civilians, specifically women and children, in ongoing military conflicts is generating strong messages of condemnation from international institutions and human rights organisations – with the United Na…