Tag: India

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  “Doomsday vault” in Norway adds seeds from India, Mali, Peru and Cherokee Indians

  

  The sealed vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds for rice, wheat and other food staples contains one million varieties with the addition on Tuesday of specimens grown by Cherokee Indians and the estate of Britain's Prince Charles.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 06:38 UTC

  Trump receives a hero's welcome in Gujarat, India, Prime Minister Modi's home state

  

  Emerging in a stadium to the appropriate strains of the Village People's “Macho Man” as 100,000 people cheered on, US President Donald Trump looked like he was at a campaign rally in America's Midwest.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  India and Brazil sign accords in fifteen different sectors

  

  India and Brazil have signed 15 accords aimed at forging closer ties between the two emerging market giants across a range of sectors, especially defense, both countries’ leaders tweeted on Saturday.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Brazil and India discuss reciprocal trade, poultry, sugar, ethanol

  

  Brazil wants India to cut its import taxes on chicken and chicken products, so it can cash in on India’s burgeoning demand for poultry and poultry products as incomes rise and food habits change.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro chief guest at India's Republic Day celebration

  

  The government of India on Thursday defended its decision to invite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, with a senior official saying he is an elected leader of a democratic country.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 19:57 UTC

  Record price for rare Assam tea: 2 kg of Maijan Orthodox Golden sold for US$ 2.035

  

  A rare Assam tea has sold for a world record price at auction in India, highlighting a boom for speciality teas while the industry as a whole is in crisis. A 2kg lot of Maijan Orthodox Golden tea sold for 141,002 rupees (US$2,035) last Wednesday.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Walmart agrees to pay millions to settle corruption practices in overseas units

  

  Walmart Inc said on Thursday it will pay US$382 million to settle a seven-year-long investigation into whether its overseas units in Mexico, Brazil, China and India violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The retailer will pay more than US$144 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission and about US$138 million to resolve parallel criminal charges by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to court and regulatory filings.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  World consumes more alcohol largely because of heavier drinking in China and India

  

  The world consumed 10% more alcohol per adult in 2017 than in 1990, due in large part to heavier and more widespread drinking in China and India, researchers said on Wednesday. On current trends, global consumption per capita will rise another 17% over the next decade, they reported in The Lancet.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  First shipment of Brazilian chicken to India in a year when the world faces a shortage of meat protein

  

  Brazilian meat processor JBS SA said its Seara processed foods unit will start selling chicken products to India, as the group explores new markets in a year when poultry is poised to become the most demanded meat protein in the world.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  China preparing for a huge muscle showing naval parade: 13 countries are joining

  

  Warships from India, Australia and several other nations arrived in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao on Sunday to attend a naval parade, part of a goodwill visit as China extends the hand of friendship despite regional tensions and suspicions.