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Workers on an Indian tea plantation (probably wage labourers ), cheers for the photo, thanks to the creator   We’ve been thinking, drawing up plans, deliberating and discussing travel routes that would be best for eco travel (#nomoreflying), considering food cultures most welcoming towards plant-based people like us, and looking at social issues that we could report on as blogger-journalists… so here’s a list of vegan-friendly countries we haven’t been to yet (or have been to but we were not vegan at the time). #1. India As it is well-known, it is super-easy to be vegetarian in India: it has the largest number of vegetarians in the world, about 30% of the total population (according to a 2018 survey ), around 500 million people ( says a 2020 article). According to the previous source, only one percent of those 500 million Hindus ‘are strict vegans, so the total number of vegans in India is approx 5 million’. Not bad, eh? So hell yeah, India is our no. 1 on this list… besides the vegan

Papua New Guinea’s Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru has welcomed the Australian Government’s support to work with Papua New Guinea on the development of Special Economic Zones or SEZs in the country. Minister Maru appreciated the offer during his meeting with the Australian High Commissioner to PNG, Jon Philp in Port Moresby. Maru has been in plans to work with the Australian Government and investors in the Manus Special Economic Region and the Western Province SEZ. He’s keen on working with the Australian Government and investors to look into the development of the feed industry, cotton industry, cattle industry, and chicken industry of PNG. Maru is adamant PNG needs more competition across all industries and new industries to replace imports, create jobs, and create wealth for its citizens. NBC / PNG Today next :  PNG to ban the Importation of Frozen Chicken