Poppy, chia, flax, sunflower, and hemp seeds pose specific health risks for seniors including choking hazards, digestive issues, and medica...

Spices like nutmeg, myrobalan, and poppy seeds can become toxic when consumed beyond recommended limits, causing symptoms such as vomiting ...

"Bengalis love 'posto'. Why should it be cultivated in only four states? Why not in West Bengal, despite it being on our menu every day?" s...

As night long prayer chanting takes place, people offer bhog to lord Shiva.

Opium trade was one reason why the East India Company came to India.

Cannabis is also used in some religious rituals and festivals such as Holi in which bhang is consumed.

Replace unhealthy snacks and calorie-laden foods with a nutritious thandai by chef Manish Mehrotra.

A group of poppy importers and India’s poppy farmers are alleging that a small number of importers have cornered the latest import order vi...

Turkey has flagged issues related to export of poppy seeds, agri products and enhancing banking relations to push its shipments in India.

Government has filed cases under FEMA amounting to Rs 17,789.9 crore against 15 companies that have received FDI from tax havens.

Citing reports of International Narcotic Control Board, MoS Jayant Sinha said India is one of few countries of world that legally grows opi...

Likely to cap imports and monitor consignments as poppy seeds flooding the local mkt hurting domestic producers.

He said that 5133 quintals of white poppy seeds had been brought for sale in the Neemuch Mandi in 2011-12 and this quantity had risen to 16...

According to the agreement, Merck will market the active ingredient globally under its umbrella brand RonaCare.

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday banned the import of Khas Khas from Turkey, which has emerged as a conduit for large-scale smuggling ...

Khas khas, an ingredient used to make desserts, is now under govt lens that the money from import could be used for arms trafficking in Pak.