Prabir Purkayastha

Prabir Purkayastha is an engineer and a science activist. He is President of Free Software Movement of India and Editor, Newsclick.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Prabir Purkayastha

News

The Oppenheimer paradox: Scientists vs. the military-industrial complex
August 4, 2023 By Prabir Purkayastha
The Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb represented multiple ruptures in society, which still cast a cloud over the world today.
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World

Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage?
May 28, 2020 By Prabir Purkayastha
The U.S. and Britain were the only holdouts on the declaration that COVID-19 vaccines should be a public good, and not under exclusive patent rights.
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