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Nature 404, 427 (30 March 2000) | doi:10.1038/35006722

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India and US bring collaboration out of the freezer

K. S. Jayaraman

Ragunath Mashelkar, head of India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, describes collaboration with the United States as a "frozen chicken" that, as a result of political tensions between the countries, has been left in the freezer for nine years.Last week, the two countries agreed to set up a joint forum to promote greater interaction between government research institutes, universities and private industry.