Farmers in Maharashtra whose land is sought to be acquired by the state government for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project against their wishes have announced that they would approach the Japanese government to stop the move. With support from the…
Odisha is reeling under one of the worst cyclones since the Super Cyclone of 1999. The Fani Cyclone that hit the Odisha Coast wreaked havoc and unprecedented destruction of houses, crops, trees, electricity poles and also took the lives of…
Uphold Farmers’ Seed Freedoms as Guaranteed by Indian Laws PepsiCo’s expression of intent to withdraw lawsuit against farmers is a significant victory in the struggle for protecting farmers’ seed freedoms. However, nothing concrete has been done by them yet in…
Around one hundred farmers from Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, travelled all the way to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to file their candidature against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his home turf. Though most of the nominations were rejected on technical…
Ahmedabad: Food and beverages giant PepsiCo India on Thursday said it will withdraw its lawsuit against four Gujarat potato farmers accused of infringing its patent. "After discussions with the government, the company has agreed to withdraw the cases against the…
The American food and beverage multinational corporation, Pepsico, offered an out-of-court settlement to the four Indian farmers it had accused of patent infringement on Friday, April 26 during a hearing in the district court of Ahmedabad in India’s western…
New Delhi: Farmers groups have launched a campaign calling for government intervention after multi-billion dollar conglomerate PepsiCo sued at least nine Gujarati farmers, asking them to pay ₹1.05 crore each as damages for ‘infringing its rights’ by growing the potato…
New Delhi: The legal tussle between multinational giant PepsiCo and potato farmers in India has intensified. In a court hearing in Ahmedabad on April 26, the company has gone ahead to suggest an out-of-court settlement of its case against the…
NEW DELHI: #WeDontWantThisJunk #BoycottPepsi has started trending on the social media as activists, aghast over PepsiCo’s case against four Gujarati farmers for growing the potato variety reportedly used in its Lays chips, have joined the farmers in support. The multi…
If the farmers stop growing the registered potato variety used in its Lays chips. In the wake of criticism over its ₹4.2 crore lawsuit against four Gujarati potato farmers, food and beverages giant PepsiCo has offered to settle the case…