From 'pure milk' to Scotch: Bihar’s secret language of liquorBihar's decade-old alcohol ban has not stopped drinking. Instead, it has fueled a secret delivery system. Coded words like 'pure milk' and ...
30 Apr, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
The end of the American Century: New possibilities for a rising AsiaUS tariffs are a sign of American decline, eroding global trust and weakening international institutions. Instead of succumbing to this mod...
14 Oct, 2025, 10.15 AM IST
SC overturns 1997 judgment which granted power to Centre for regulating industrial alcoholThe Supreme Court of India overturned a 1997 order which previously granted the Centre regulatory control over industrial alcohol. With the...
23 Oct, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Significant increase in seizures of drugs in India over past five years: UN narcotics watchdogIn the period 2017-2022, heroin seizures increased from 2,146 kg in 2017 to 7,282 kg in 2021. There has also been an increase of more than ...
10 Mar, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Why you shouldn't brush aside Shaktikanta Das' concerns over cryptocurrenciesThis is not the first time Das has urged caution on cryptos. His speech on Tuesday, coming days after the PM convened a meeting on the issu...
17 Nov, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
View: Drug abuse affects more people than Covid yet we bury the issueIf you believe that drug abuse can’t be compared to the Covid-19 pandemic, do browse through India’s first-ever large-scale, nationwide sur...
07 Feb, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
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.
14 Dec, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
The Chitta economy: How the business of drugs works in PunjabIn the last few years, while the business and economy in the state kept sliding, the drugs trade flourished.
01 Sep, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
The heroic tale of great entrepreneurs is nonsense: Amitav GhoshThe author on India Inc’s link to the opium war, the resultant climate change and the 19th century rhetoric that is still repeated today.
25 Nov, 2016, 08.39 AM IST
Prices of drug go higher as urban youngsters take increasingly to hashishHash connoisseurs, on the other hand, prefer to go the extra mile to source hashish grown in the valleys of Himachal and Uttarakhand.
14 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Country liquor parties being used to persuade the poor in villagesIn places where every party used to be fuelled by Narangi, there's an array of products with names like Bebo, Kareena, Roxy, Mastiyo, Bijli...
26 Apr, 2014, 11.22 AM IST
Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN reportThe UN report said in its annual report that governments in South Asia continue to respond strongly to the threat of drug trafficking and a...
05 Mar, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
CAG says non-recovery of Rs 763 crore revenue during FY12 in RajasthanCAG said there were cases of under-assessment by Rajasthan govt to the tune of Rs.763.52 crore during the year ended March 31, 2012.
28 Aug, 2013, 04.46 PM IST
Essential narcotic drugs: Cabinet moves to amend NDPS ActIndia plans to introduce a new category of drugs, essential narcotic drugs, which will be regulated by the central govt.
05 Nov, 2012, 05.17 AM IST
- Finance ministry mulls law amendment to increase morphine supplies
National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi raised the issue of acute shortage of the cancer and HIV pain reliever.
03 Oct, 2012, 06.05 AM IST
Treat Indians as adults on individual's right to drink liquor: BH KhardekarAs sarkari types wage a war on drinking, we recall & celebrate a parliamentary speech by an MP no one remembers now. BH Khardekar had urged...
01 Jul, 2012, 02.56 AM IST
- Global response needed against drug trafficking: Sharma
India has called for a coordinated global response to arrest the threat posed by transnational organised crime, drug trafficking, terrorism...
25 Jun, 2011, 02.05 PM IST