The Indian subsidiary of PepsiCo is currently suing four farmers in India over the illegal growth of potatoes. PepsiCo is the owner of the Lays chip company, and they have a very specific type of potato that is used for their products. This potato variety is protected by PepsiCo, and the four farmers are not amongst the thousands of Indian… Read more »
On the heels of a Brazilian electoral process that was marked by outrageous disinformation campaigns, India may be witnessing the world’s next “WhatsApp election.” Disinformation, ranging from false reports of what politicians said to manufactured photographs depicting an opposition leader meeting with a suicide bomber, is spreading rapidly through social media platforms such as WhatsApp — and regulators are struggling to cope. This month,… Read more »
PepsiCo is suing four farmers in India, claiming they were growing a variety of potatoes registered by the company for exclusive use in its Lays potato chips.The lawsuits were filed earlier this month by the company’s Indian subsidiary, and will be heard by a district court in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Friday. PepsiCo (PEP) says the farmers being… Read more »
Alice Wells, a senior US official who met her counterparts from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and NITI Aayog this week, insisted that oil imports from Iran needed to be cut to zero to avoid sanctions, but assured that Indian investments in the Chabahar port could continue. Wells, who held meetings in New Delhi on April 23-24 following the… Read more »
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Hassan Rohani at a summit in Russia during August. Putin made the announcement to journalists in Beijing on April 26 after meeting with Aliyev on the sidelines of China’s so-called Belt and Road forum – an initiative aimed at building trade and transportation infrastructure… Read more »
In this simulation, I acted as one of the main delegates representing Budan. There were four total members of our group, and I felt as if I was one of two main contributors throughout the entirety of the simulation. I felt reasonably prepared for this simulation, as much as anyone else probably was. The MUN experience in Hungary was a… Read more »
In Bangladesh, more than 600 insurgents recently turned themselves in and surrendered to the police this week, which is the largest surrender in decades. At a sports stadium in Bangladesh, these insurgents will turn over their firearms and homemade explosives to the police. According to the police chief, these insurgents will undergo “rehabilitation” in order to safely return to a… Read more »
DHAKA (AFP) – Hundreds of Bangladeshi left-wing “extremists” will lay down their arms on Tuesday (April 9) in what police say is the largest surrender of its kind in decades in the South Asian nation. More than 600 insurgents were expected to turn in homemade weapons and firearms to Bangladesh’s home minister and police chief at a formal ceremony at… Read more »
The authorities in Pakistan have allowed foreign media and defence attachés to visit the site of a disputed Indian air strike in February. They were given access to an Islamic school in Balakot, where Indian media say militants were killed in retaliation for an attack in Kashmir. The large building appeared to be fully intact and the Pakistani army denied… Read more »
The world’s largest ever election has started in India, with voters in 20 states casting their ballots in the first phase of a marathon six-week poll. The contest in the vast country of 1.3 billion people is dominated by local issues but also viewed as a referendum on the prime minister, Narendra Modi, a staunch Hindu nationalist who rode a wave of… Read more »