-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: The US food and beverages giant PepsiCo has sued three farmers in Gujarat complaining that they have been illegally growing and selling a variety of potato exclusively registered by the company. PepsiCo claimed it has sole rights to grow them to manufacture chips of its brand - Lay's. Looking at the company's registration of the potato variety in country's Plant Variety Registry, the commercial court here last...
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WPI inflation spikes to 3.18% in March on costlier food, fuel
-PTI The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was at 2.93% in February. It was 2.74% in March 2018. Wholesale price-based inflation rose for the second consecutive month to 3.18% in March on costlier food and fuel, government data released on Monday showed. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was at 2.93% in February. It was 2.74% in March 2018. Inflation in Food articles hardened with steep rise in prices of vegetables during...
More »Food inflation falls to lowest level since 1991 -Surojit Gupta
-The Times of India Average food prices in 2018-19 were almost the same as they were in 2017-18—a phenomenon not seen for at least 27 years. An analysis by credit rating agency Crisil shows food inflation measured by the consumer price index rose only 0.1% in 2018-19. The last time annual food inflation had fallen below 1% was in 1999-2000. Economists attribute low food prices to a string of factors including bumper...
More »Economist Jean Dreze, two others detained, later released in Jharkhand -Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: Right to Food activist Jean Dreze and two others were released after being detained on Thursday in Jharkhand for allegedly organising a meeting without permission, police said. Dreze, along with his associates Vivek and Anuj, was holding a public meeting under Bishunpura police station of Garhwa district on Thursday morning. Subsequently, Jean was asked to sign a bond at the police station. Please click here to read...
More »Millions to die prematurely by '50 due to pollution: UN -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Flagging the deadly impact of air and water pollution that annually claims at least nine million lives globally, a new UN report on Wednesday called for urgent action to save humanity from the disastrous consequences of environmental degradation. It warned that cities and regions in Asia, middle-east and Africa could see millions of premature deaths by mid-century if the nations fail to drastically scale up environmental...
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