Intellectual property overview

India has urged WTO members to reach consensus on a proposal on waiver of certain provisions in a multilateral agreement on intellectual property to deal with COVID-19 crisis, stating that one cannot continue to engage in endless discussions when millions of lives are lost to the pandemic. Brajendra Navnit, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said at the General Council Meeting on March 1, that there is a need for concerted efforts by all the members to ensure that WTO makes a meaningful contribution to defeat COVID-19 and prove that it can indeed deliver in a crisis. In October 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal suggesting a waiver for all WTO members on the implementation, application and enforcement of certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement in relation to the prevention, containment or treatment of COVID-19. The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in ... » Learn More about India urges WTO members to reach consensus on TRIPS waiver proposal

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New Delhi: The Income Tax Department conducted raids on the properties of filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actress Taapsee Pannu and director-producer Vikas Bahl on Wednesday (March 3) in relation to a tax evasion probe against now shut production house Phantom Films. As per initial reports, a discrepancy of around Rs 300 crore has been uncovered during the probe. The company officials reportedly failed to explain this discrepancy. “During the search, evidence of huge suppression of income by the leading Film Production house compared to the actual box office collections has been unearthed. The company officials have not been able to explain discrepancy of around Rs. 300 crore,” the official statement by the Income Tax department said on Thursday. “Evidence related to manipulation and under-valuation of share transactions of the production house amongst the film directors and shareholders, having tax implication of about Rs. 350 crore has been found and is being further ... » Learn More about Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu I-T raids: Officials uncover discrepancy worth Rs 300 crore in film production house

Kiren Rijiju responds to India’s Badminton coach Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu and director Anurag Kashyap ’s premises were raided by the IT department on Wednesday. The raids continued even on Thursday. It has put the actress and her family under stress. Taapsee’s boyfriend Mathias Boe raised the issue before Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and urged him to look into the matter. Boe wrote, “Finding myself in a bit of turmoil. Representing India for the first time as a coach for some great athletes, meanwhile, the I-T department is raiding Taapsee's houses back home, putting unnecessary stress on her family, especially her parents. @KirenRijiju please do something." Income Tax raids properties of Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap in Mumbai The Income Tax Department on Wednesday conducted searches at premises linked to noted Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in Mumbai. Mathias Boe is a badminton coach. It can be recalled ... » Learn More about Taapsee Pannu’s boyfriend Mathias Boe requests Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju for help post IT raids at actor’s premises

Actress Kangana Ranaut , who is an avid social media user, is currently busy shooting for her upcoming film ‘ Tejas ’ in the city. ETimes photographers caught the actress exclusively in her character’s attire. In the pictures, Kangana can be seen sporting the uniform of an Indian Air Force officer. With her hair tied up in a neat bun, the actress surely nailing her look to the T. Have a look: Recently, Kangana had expressed her joy in essaying the role of a Sikh soldier in the film. She had tweeted, “Playing a Sikh soldier in Tejas. I never knew until I read my character's full name on my uniform today. I had an instant smile on my face. Our longings and love have a way of manifesting. The universe speaks to us in more ways than we understand.” Meanwhile, the actress will also be seen in ' Thalaivi ', which is a biopic on actor-turned-politician Jayalalithaa. She also has ' Dhaakad ' and 'Manikarnika Returns: The Legend Of Didda' in the pipeline. Kangana ... » Learn More about Exclusive photos! Kangana Ranaut reports for duty as she marches on in Air Force uniform on the sets of ‘Tejas’

Deepika Padukone’s new Levi's ad has run into a major controversy after it was claimed that the backdrop and the set of the ad in question, was identical to the one in Sooni Taraporevala’s ‘ Yeh Ballet ’. The production designer for the advertisement Rupin Suchak has admitted it to be the case. ETimes is bringing you the story FIRST. Take a look at the screenshots below: Rupin claims that he was told by the Levi's ad director Nadia Marquard Otzen to make it that way. He writes, “Yes we did :) in fact that’s what our director wanted so we had to recreate that”. Sooni, however, isn't amused. She lashed out against the ad saying that this kind of plagiarism is nothing but intellectual theft. "A couple days ago someone brought this @levis_in ad to my attention. I was shocked to see our Yeh Ballet dance studio set in this ad, because it was conceptualized & created out of a derelict space by @shalzoid (our PD) from scratch and dismantled after our shoot. Basically ... » Learn More about Exclusive! Deepika Padukone’s new Levi’s ad accused of plagiarism by ‘Yeh Ballet’ director

'The police had cautioned me that there could be some 'trouble' in Dhaka by the end of June.' "I t's time Sheikh Hasina accepts that the militants who attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka had connections with Islamic State," Anizzujaman , Professor Emeritus of Bengali at Dhaka University, tells Rediff.com 's Indrani Roy over the telephone from Dhaka. A resident of Gulshan, the area where the attack took place, Professor Anizzujaman, who has actively supported the cause of atheist bloggers in Bangladesh, received a death threat on his mobile in November after which the government provided him with a bodyguard. Professor Anizzujaman, below, left , believes the Bangladesh government should not waste time debating if the terrorists had connections with IS and instead track down the terror trail without delay. Gulshan is a high security area. Do you think an attack of this magnitude means there was a serious lapse on the administration's part? I ... » Learn More about ‘Time to accept that Dhaka attackers had an IS link’

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the entire fiscal stimulus announced by the government would be funded by borrowings and revenues, and taxpayers will not be charged even a single penny. "I am not expecting the stimulus to be funded by taxpayers. Not a rupee from the taxpayer. The entire amount .... is shown as revenue and borrowings. The government is borrowing to spend, but it is not taking from people," she said while interacting with journalists at the IWPC (Indian Women's Press Corps). The Aatmanirbhar Bharat package announced by the government in 2020 to perk up the economy was estimated to be about Rs 27.1 lakh crore, which amounts to more than 13 per cent of GDP . This also includes liquidity measures announced by the RBI. To a query on whether the government is considering to regulate cryptocurrencies , Sitharaman said, "We have been in discussion with the RBI. When things develop closer to anything else, we will announce. But, we are ... » Learn More about Entire fiscal stimulus to be funded by borrowing, revenues; not taking money from people: FM

The debate on Sardar Patel’s legacy is less about the Sardar and more about the acute sense of threat felt by the Delhi establishment at the rise of Narendra Modi and questions he has raised about the disproportionate share of credit given to a single family, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale. T he recent fracas over Sardar Patel’s legacy and the unease amongst the defenders of the dynasty (themselves members of minor dynasties) triggered a childhood memory of a text book lesson on India’s first prime minister. The textbooks, to highlight the hardships suffered by Nehru in going to jail, informed us that the Nehru family was so rich that Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal’s father; used to send his laundry to Paris! Just to confirm, this author checked with contemporaries and even some younger generation persons and all of them remember this bit! One wonders if this genuine example of unadulterated sycophancy is still part of the NCERT text books! Readers of this column can help in this ... » Learn More about The legacy of Sardar Patel: History as a political football!