Biological Wealth and Intellectual Property Issues -- Rights Over Biological Wealth -- Biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) -- Patenting in Biotechnology -- Patenting in Agriculture and Medicine -- Should We Take an Interest in Intellectual Property Rights? -- Drug Development and Intellectual Property -- Global Issues in Biotechnology -- Global Economy and Genomics -- Risks Resulting from the Application of Agricultural Biotechnology: What is the True Situation? -- Persistence of GMOs in the Environment -- GMOs: Safety Measures -- E.U.-U.S. Biotechnology Recommendations -- GMOs and Politics -- Culture and Biodiversity -- Culture and Biodiversity -- Peasant View of the Forest and Its Impact on Biodiversity -- Sacred Groves and Biodiversity -- Issues in DNA Technology -- Who Owns the DNA? -- DNA Research, Gene Therapy and Cloning -- DNA Technology in Forensic Medicine -- Public Perception of Genetic Engineering -- "Terminator" Gene -- Terminator Technology: A Re-Evaluation -- Ethics -- Ethics and Genetic Engineering -- Third Culture, Ethics, the Missing Piece in the Puzzle -- Haldane's Dilemma and Its Relevance Today -- Cloning Again! -- Stem Cell Research: Which Way to Go? -- Race and Human Dignity -- Developing Countries -- Politics of Biotechnology -- Economics of Biodiversity -- Role of Science in Developing Countries -- Indian Tradition in Science -- State of Science in India -- WSJ Critique of Sen's Views Seen as Wrong-Headed -- Infrastructure Versus Technological Development -- Miscellaneous -- Controversial Sterilization of Women from the Developing World -- My Tryst with Chandra -- Understanding Violence -- Hunger Project -- Further Progress Made for the Hunger Project -- Recipients of the National Medal of Science and Technology Announced -- International Genetics Congress in China -- Why Should We Be Interested in the Census?