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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.

Pandemic can’t be allowed to devastate nations because of sophisticated, one-sided WTO rules

For President Joe Biden to take a stand against pharmaceutical companies is no small matter. His presidential campaign was the near sole beneficiary of pharma largesse in 2020.

PepsiCo withdraws lawsuit against Gujarat potato farmers in patent case

PepsiCo sued four farmers for cultivating a potato variety grown exclusively for its popular Lay's potato chips.

Johnson & Johnson, Modi govt at odds over compensation for faulty hip implants

Government says Johnson & Johnson has put it 'in writing' that it will pay aid but firm remains vague in its response on the subject.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.