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El Nino fear pushes farmers in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram towards water-saving paddy methodsFarmers in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts are shifting to water-saving rice farming techniques. Facing potential El...- Step towards legalisation, Himachal Pradesh nod to study on cannabis cultivationThe Himachal Pradesh Cabinet approved a pilot project for controlled cannabis cultivation for medicinal, industrial, and scientific purpose...
- From textiles to plastic, India needs to get ‘high’ on hempA culinary actor, hemp is now finding a place in textiles and other products. But regulatory hurdles make it difficult to even market these...
- With cork and hemp, fashion grows on treesThe fashion industry accounts for 8-10% of global carbon emissions, and nearly 20% of wastewater generation. New brands are trying to chang...
- How Himachal plans to turn a grass into goldHimachal is considering legalizing cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes. Cannabis has been cultivated illegally in remo...
- How a complicated regulatory landscape hurting startups selling food, clothes & wellness products made from hempHemp gets a bad rap due to its infamous cousin marijuana. To make matters worse, they look somewhat alike. They both belong to the cannabis...
- In search for sustainable materials, developers turn to hempHemp can be used in block form, as it was in the building of the sports center, or poured like traditional concrete using hempcrete, a comb...
- Thailand makes marijuana legal, but smoking discouragedThe decision by the Food and Drug Administration to remove all of the plant from the category of narcotic drugs makes Thailand the first na...
- No complete ban on cannabis, medical use allowed, Centre tells Delhi High CourtIn its affidavit filed last year, the Centre urged the court to dismiss the petition with costs and claimed that it has "adopted a balanced...
- All the Dope on Marijuana: US House of Representative passes bill to decriminalise use of cannabisCannabis is also used in some religious rituals and festivals such as Holi in which bhang is consumed.
- Hooked to hemp: Can better regulation help to unleash the medical and industrial advantages of cannabis?Most cannabis or hemp-based startups in India are bootstrapped. They see a potential to grow but feel crimped because of poor regulation.
- Boheco: This cannabis startup is weeding out the high notes for a Hemp economyBoheco is focused on establishing a scale-centric approach towards industrial hemp based products and raw material as well as cannabis-base...
- Is India losing out on a ready-to-boom cannabis market by not legalising its use?Looks like it’s not just the beverage companies that have an interest in cannabis. The trend now extends to the beauty industry.
- Xi aims for high quality economic growth by developing Yangtze riverXi Jinping stressed the importance of enhancing reform and innovation, strategic coordination as well as planning and guiding in developing...
- Ratan Tata, Rajan Anandan back cannabis research firmThe Mumbai-based firm will grow cannabis and study its medicinal properties for use in treatment of epilepsy and breast cancer, as well as ...
- Some Indian farmers are turning moon-gazersAn unofficial estimate by the Biodynamic Association of India (BDAI) says about one lakh farmers in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and...
- Hemp cultivation: Uttarakhand's plan to hand out licences to grow the plant is a welcome step for farmers' livelihoodResearchers have shown hemp fibre can be an alternative to graphene as a supercapacitor, which stores electrical energy like a battery but ...
- Bombay Hemp Company makes products from hitherto ‘unrecognised’ fibreTouted to be a billion-dollar industry in the West, hemp so far has received little recognition in India because it is often confused with ...
- Maoists encourage hemp cultivation: DGP Sanjeev MarikMarik said Odisha would conduct special drive against illegal cultivation of cannabis in 8 districts with a target to destroy plants worth ...
- Bombay High Court upholds state's power to supervise trade in molassesThis section also provides that the cost of supervision to be paid as salaries to the staff would be borne by the manufacturer or seller or...
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