India

Washington Attempts To Bully India Into Cutting Ties With Russia

By Conor Gallagher | naked capitalism | November 13, 2022 For months the US has repeatedly tried to coerce India into cutting ties with Russia, thereby abandoning its national interests. New Delhi, however, continues to spurn American attempts to subject its economy to Washington’s dictates. The latest fuss concerns the G7 price cap on Russian oil and […]

Lavrov-Jaishankar Meeting

On the 8th of November, the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar visited Moscow, where alongside meeting various Russian officials such as Deputy Prime Minister and Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, he held bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Here is a summary of the major points as from official press-releases of the Indian […]

New Delhi may sue Berlin over undelivered LNG – Bloomberg

RT | November 12, 2022 A diplomatic dispute is brewing between India and Germany after Berlin took over a former Gazprom subsidiary and halted LNG shipments to New Delhi. The Russian gas giant’s former local subsidiary Gazprom Germania, renamed SEFE (Securing Energy for Europe), cut LNG supplies to India’s Gail back in May, citing sanctions […]

India’s GMOs: A 30-Year Pathway to Food Tyranny 

Colin Todhunter A public interest litigation is currently before India’s Supreme Court which challenges the drive to commercialise the growing of genetically modified (GM) mustard in India. On 26 October 2022, however, the country’s apex regulatory body – the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee – sanctioned commercialisation of the crop. The central government has in the …

India’s GM Mustard and the 30-Year Path to Food Tyranny

A public interest litigation is currently before India’s Supreme Court which challenges the drive to commercialise the growing of genetically modified (GM) mustard in India. On 26 October 2022, however, the country’s apex regulatory body – the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee – sanctioned commercialisation of the crop. The central government has in the past stated […]

U.S. TV Host Trevor Noah Blasted for Inventing a ‘Racist Backlash’ against Rishi Sunak

U.S. TV host Trevor Noah has been blasted for inventing a large-scale 'racist backlash' against Rishi Sunak, who became Britain's first non-white Prime Minister this week.
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Biotech Giants Using GMOs to Build Food Tyranny

Colin Todhunter The article below was written the day before India’s state-run biotech regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), approved genetically modified (GM) mustard for commercial cultivation. This decision was taken on 26 October 2022. The regulatory clearance for GM mustard means the crop is fit for environmental release. However, the Supreme Court has …

Agri Biotech Sector Motivated by Monopoly Control and Sacred GMO Cash Cow 

We are currently seeing rising food prices due to a combination of an engineered food crisis for geopolitical reasons, financial speculation by hedge funds, pension funds and investment banks and profiteering by global grain trade conglomerates like Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, ADM and Bunge. In addition, agri firms like Bayer, Syngenta (ChemChina) and Corteva cynically regard current circumstances as an opportunity to promote their […]