Stock picks of the week: 5 stocks with consistent score improvement and upside potential of up to 22%As the market grappled with confusion over the Strait of Hormuz, there was more trouble for the bulls. After a few days of respite, another...
Long-term Investing: Ecosystem with an edge called India; 12 large- mid- and small-cap stocks with upside potential of up to 34%Tactical investing should not be confused with long-term investing. In a world where geopolitical risk, commodity shocks, and uncertainty a...
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...
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 ...
These large-caps have ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos and an upside potential of up to 25%It is tough to think positively about the markets when all the news is about blockades, wars, and everything that can disturb the global ec...
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...
Is Trump’s trade battle really a war on drugs?In Manhattan’s Chinatown, two statues represent historic Chinese figures separated by centuries. The article explores Trump's efforts to co...
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,...
Taliban unlikely to curb Afghanistan's drug trade
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.
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 ...
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.
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...
Amitav Ghosh's Flood of Fire: When opium filled India Inc's coffersAmitav Ghosh said that Mumbai owed its prosperity to the opium trade and that most of the prominent business families in India made their m...
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...
- MNCs look to set up opium processing plant, cultivate poppy in India
Four multinationals are in the race to enter opium trade, after having bid for a govt contract to build ultra-modern processing plant to pr...
- IFCI suggests corporate structure for opium factories
Financial institution IFCI has suggested a corporate like structure for state-owned opium factories to ease excessive govt control on manuf...