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Special Lays variety potato was caught in a legal soup. But HC has now come to its rescue

In 2021, the company lost rights over its FC5 variety potato variety, grown exclusively to make Lays. But on Wednesday, Delhi HC allowed it to go ahead with registration of its variety.

Delhi High Court restores PepsiCo’s patent for potato variety used to make Lay’s

In 2019, PepsiCo sued some Indian farmers for cultivating FC5 potato variety, accusing them of infringing its patent. It sought over Rs 10mn each for alleged patent infringement.

Has Lay’s Magic Masala changed its taste? Chips are down, tempers rise

If Achhe Din has come anywhere, it is in the snack food aisle. GenZ is spoilt for choice, unlike millennials who grew up on Kurkure & 4 flavours of Lay’s at the local kirana store.

Case against farmers, poor documentation — why PepsiCo India lost Lay’s variety potato rights

PPVFRA has revoked a plant variety protection certificate granted to PepsiCo India for the FC5 potato, a special variety that was grown exclusively for Lay’s chips.

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How Kamban’s 1,000-year-old epic helped ease my Gulf-Hormuz anxiety

Read the Kambaramayanam, fully or in part, in the original stately Tamil or in translation. Immerse yourself in it. The irksome wars and issues of today will fade.

RBI delays stricter trading loan rules as volatility climbs amid Iran conflict

The rules now take effect on 1 July instead of 1 April, the Reserve Bank of India said. New rules may raise cost of raising capital for proprietary trading firms & squeeze profits.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.