March 20, 2022 7:36 am
She added that with the growing population, higher protein consumption and more rearing of animals could result in more epidemics and pandemics “as viruses jump from animals to human beings”, and called for public health systems to be ready.
September 24, 2020 2:31 am
This comes 15 years after Coke, another soft drink major, wound up its plant in the state.
July 13, 2020 5:08 pm
Sales of snacks under the Frito-Lay North America unit rose 7% in the second quarter.
January 31, 2020 2:02 pm
“How can industry and farmers win together? We follow contract farming or collaborative farming, where we put farmers at the centre,” he said.
June 12, 2019 12:49 pm
Narasimhan's initial priorities will be to focus on delivering outperformance, especially in the health business unit, and to drive the Lysol maker's plan to split the firm into two business units under the same company.
May 11, 2019 4:03 am
PepsiCo India had taken the farmers to court stating that they had been growing a variety of potato, FC-5 , “without their permission,” since it was registered under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act (PPV&FR Act).
April 26, 2019 9:15 pm
Pepsico offered to settle the dispute if the farmers gave an undertaking to purchase this specific variety of seeds from the company and thereafter sell the potato produced to it.
April 26, 2019 8:52 am
Pepsico India had filed lawsuits against Fulchand Kachchhawa and Suresh Kachchhawa of Malgadh village in Deesa taluka of Banaskantha on April 11 for “illegally” growing and selling potato variety FL-2027, for which the company is the registered breeder.
April 25, 2019 6:31 am
On a suit filed by PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd, the Ahmedabad city civil court earlier this month had barred four farmers of Sabarkantha district — Bipin Patel, Chhabil Patel, Vinod Patel and Haribhai Patel — from growing and selling potatoes till April 26.
March 31, 2019 12:07 pm
Indra Nooyi, who was the guest speaker, was addressing the 'New India Lecture' series, organised by the Consulate under the aegis of Consul General Sandeep Chakravorty and in partnership with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).
June 22, 2020 6:05 pm
Ex-PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi is reportedly among the frontrunners for the post of World Bank CEO. US President Donald Trump is considering multiple candidates to nominate for the post and Nooyi's name is reportedly being considered.
June 22, 2020 6:19 pm
The more we look at gender gap, the more we find that it is everywhere. How are Fortune 500 companies doing in terms of women in leadership roles? A look at the disparity in today’s News in Numbers.