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Over 120k opium licences to be issued starting OctThe government plans to issue 121,000 opium cultivation licenses for the 2025-26 crop year, a 23.5% increase from the previous year, aiming...- 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...
- Drugs, scams and sin: Myanmar's war has made it the global crime capitalMyanmar, embroiled in civil war since a military coup in 2021, has become a major hub for organized crime. The country leads in opium produ...
- Growing cannabis and opium poppies may be key to U.S. supply chainsJust as the Biden administration has subsidised the construction of computer chip and electric vehicle factories to limit dependence on for...
- Cannes: Anime giant Studio Ghibli honoured with a Palme d'OrIn the 22 years that Cannes has been handing out honorary Palmes, the award for Ghibli was the first for anything but an individual filmmak...
- 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...
- Govt announces annual licensing policy for opium poppy cultivation for 2023-24Under the new policy, nearly 1.12 lakh farmers in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are anticipated to be given lic...
- Vandals set fire to War Memorial in Edinburgh. Details hereLess than 24 hours after Remembrance Sunday ceremonies, the Edinburgh War Memorial was set on fire. The damage outside the City Chambers bu...
- Prince Harry and Andrew’s remembrance wreaths discarded from public display in latest blowIn the latest attempt to airbrush the two from royal history, Prince Harry’s and Prince Andrew’s wreathes were discarded from public displa...
- 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.
- Jaggery to rule them all: Sakkarai Pongal, Gajak, Tilgul and other gur preparation across IndiaJaggery is at the heart of many sweets in India, especially during Makar Sankranti.
- Turkish import seeds a poppy war in IndiaA group of poppy importers and India’s poppy farmers are alleging that a small number of importers have cornered the latest import order vi...
- 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 ...
- When Swati Piramal met Prince Charles, and discussed her Chelsea Flower Show plansIf Piramal's participation is confirmed this month, this will be the first India pavilion at the prestigious event.
- Genetically-modified yeast yields powerful painkillersThe technique can be adapted to produce many cheap plant-derived compounds to fight cancers, infectious diseases and chronic conditions.
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Pvt entry into opium may drive exports & cut costsA clutch of pharmaceutical majors, including Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy’s, Cipla and Nicholas Piramal, has formed a queue before the finance ministr...
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