NEW DELHI: An Indian court rejected PepsiCo Inc's appeal against an order that revoked a patent for a potato variety grown exclusively for the New York-based company's popular Lay's potato chips. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPVFR) Authority in 2021 revoked intellectual protection
SRINAGAR: Indian troops have martyred 1821 Kashmiris, including 40 women, since the extrajudicial killing of popular youth leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, in 2016 till date in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to a report of those martyred Kashmiris, 242 have been killed in fake
WASHINGTON: The company that operated the sub which imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard, said that it had halted all activities indefinitely. The Titan sub was reported missing on June 18 and the US Coast Guard said on June
BRUSSELS: EU lawmakers have pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate. That stance, also backed by the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency, seeks to shine
NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi will remain disqualified as a lawmaker after the Gujarat High Court rejected his plea to put on hold his conviction in a 2019 defamation case. The conviction is "just, proper and legal", the court ruled, in a blow to
DHAKA: Bangladesh is ready to support an International Criminal Court investigation on Myanmar’s possible crimes against the Rohingya, authorities said on Thursday as the court’s top prosecutor wrapped up his official visit to Cox’s Bazar. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday for a
Taha Amir & Dr Adnan Bhukhari Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad Executive Summary This policy paper analyses the recent uptick in terrorist attacks in Pakistan and suggests workable solutions. Terrorist group evolution is evaluated in relation to economic and social causes, political unpredictability, and geographical
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has criticized the United Nations for not listing the two “blatant’ situations of foreign occupation, perpetrated by Israel and India, in its report on ‘Children and Armed Conflict’, calling the omission the “most visible anomaly” in the document. Speaking in the UN Security
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Restaurants of fast food chain McDonald's have dropped tomatoes from their burgers and wraps in many parts of India, hit by supply shortages and quality concerns after prices of the vegetable soared to records. In some regions, wholesale prices of the staple of traditional
NEW DELHI: India has refused to accept the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling that it was competent to look into Pakistan’s case about the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects under the Indus Waters Treaty. The Hague-based Court of Arbitration gave an award on Monday on a