UN urges to 'Seal the Deal' on climate change

Five top United Nations officials have urged world leaders to "seal the deal" at Copenhagen in December on an ambitious new climate change pact aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. These......

Why India has not made a world-beating global invention

'If Indians are as smart as their counterparts in university, and have equal opportunity, then what is the reason that we cannot produce inventions of quality that are recognised by the world?'......

India, US, UN face BIGGEST cyber attack

In the biggest ever series of cyber attacks uncovered to date, hackers were found to have broken into the networks of the Indian government, the United Nations and United States defence companies.......

The nation-state tests its limits

Last week, as I was driving to work past Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai, I could not help but wonder what the gentlemen assembled there on August 8, 1942 would have made of some recent events. The......

World's most innovative nations, India's rank slips further

Europe reigns supreme among the world’s most innovative nations with Switzerland topping the charts.   Image: An innovative motor-cycle powered vehicle, 'chakda' popular in Gujarat.......

Rediff wins cybersquatting case against Pakistani

Online services major Rediff.com India Ltd has won a cybersquatting dispute against a Pakistani person, who was using an identical domain name and illegally incorporating the Indian firm's......

Patents: Japan beats US to be No.1

Japan granted the maximum number of patents in 2007 and has replaced the United States from number one position, a status it was enjoying for nearly a decade, a UN agency report says. "The USPTO......

Tata Sons wins case against travel portal

Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group firms, has won a case at the World Intellectual Property Organisation against the travel portal, MakeMyTrip, which has been using the term 'tata' in......

Ronaldinho wins cybersquatting case

Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho of FC Barcelona, edged out for European Footballer of the Year, won a cybersquatting case against a U.S. web site operator in a ruling by an international arbitrator......