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- These large-caps have ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos and an upside potential of up to 25%Here’s a thing investors in equity need to keep in mind. A large part of the upmove one might see in the next one or two trading sessions w...18 May, 2026, 10.31 PM IST
- Narco-colonialism: How Britain exploited Indians for its drug trade with ChinaIndia Independence Day 2025: A century-long British colonial opium trade in India exploited millions of farmers, becoming the regime's seco...12 Aug, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
- Central Bureau of Narcotics plans to conduct GIS mapping to monitor opium cultivationCentral Bureau of Narcotics plans GIS survey to curb illegal opium trade. Farmers cultivate opium with other crops in Northeast, Rajasthan,...09 May, 2024, 11.50 PM IST
- Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world's biggest opium producer: UNMyanmar has become the world's largest producer of opium in 2023, surpassing Afghanistan, according to a United Nations report. The UN Offi...12 Dec, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
- India’s great love for poppy seed and how it shaped public finance from the time of East India CompanyOpium trade was one reason why the East India Company came to India.06 Feb, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
- Opium trade sluggish as norms, infra beg for upgradeIndia is having to import opium byproduct codeine phosphate and is in danger of losing its leadership in the international legal narcotics ...18 May, 2019, 08.34 AM IST
- Record-high opium production in Afghanistan creates multiple challenges for region and beyond: UNThe UNODC report noted opium cultivation increased by 63 per cent; from 201,000 hectares in 2016 to an estimated 328,000 hectares in 2017.22 May, 2018, 12.37 PM IST
- Untimely rains destroy 90% crops; poppy farmers looking for alternativesWith over 90 per cent crop lost because of untimely rains in the previous season, poppy farmers are now looking for alternative crops.03 Dec, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
- Mexico's Opium Boom: 'The cartels have a pretty good handle on the appetite in the US'The surge in drugs use has been accompanied by a boom in opium production in Mexico, where officials estimate cultivation of the crop incre...01 Sep, 2015, 03.04 PM IST
- India's opium poppy production flat at 318 tonnes in FY14: GovernmentCiting reports of International Narcotic Control Board, MoS Jayant Sinha said India is one of few countries of world that legally grows opi...19 Dec, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
- Union Budget 2012: Opium trade tucked away among the budget papersIn the budget documents there is always a figure which is never mentioned by the FM. This is the receipts from the opium and alkaloid facto...18 Mar, 2012, 07.02 AM IST
- Finance ministry shortlists Sun Pharma, Alcaliber SA of Spain and Johnson Matthey of the UK to cultivate poppyThe finance ministry has shortlisted Sun Pharma, Alcaliber SA of Spain and Johnson Matthey of the UK to cultivate poppy on 5,000 acres and ...12 Jul, 2011, 04.37 AM IST
- IFCI suggests corporate structure for opium factoriesFinancial institution IFCI has suggested a corporate like structure for state-owned opium factories to ease excessive govt control on manuf...07 Sep, 2008, 03.14 PM IST
- Purchase tax on opium likely to fallState governments have agreed to the Centre’s proposal to slash purchase tax on opium by at least 50 per cent, in a move aimed at making co...01 Sep, 2008, 02.09 AM IST
- Opium production to go privateAnd now opium production too is set to go private with top players such as Ranbaxy, Cipla and Dr Reddy’s Labs vying for a piece of the pie.05 Aug, 2007, 04.33 AM IST
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