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Move to protect country's traditional knowledge

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to sign an agreement with patent offices across the world to allow patent examiners to access the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) created by the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) on India's traditional medicine systems.
The signing of the pact is expected to benefit the country immensely as it could help prevent scientists abroad from getting patents on various medical remedies that are already known to Ayurveda and other traditional medicine systems of India.
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