Bayer CEO: we will have to stop producing glyphosate if nothing changesBayer may halt U.S. production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller, due to ongoing litigation. CEO Bill Anderson stated that without re...
06 Aug, 2025, 02.29 PM IST
From legal highs to tighter rules: Thailand rethinks weed rules after tourist boomThailand, once a pioneer in Asian cannabis legalization, is now tightening its regulations, restricting cannabis use to medical purposes on...
01 Jul, 2025, 12.49 PM IST
Donald Trump to legalize marijuana or weed if he wins U.S. elections? This is what he has to sayFormer President Donald Trump, who backed Amendment 3 on the state's ballot, is in favor of legalizing marijuana for personal use in Florid...
02 Sep, 2024, 07.13 PM IST
High times in Thailand: New weed laws draw tourists from across AsiaMost Asian nations have strict drug laws with harsh penalties, and Thailand’s de facto legalization of marijuana last year has brought a wa...
13 Jul, 2023, 09.18 AM IST
Germany to legalize cannabis use for recreational purposesHealth Minister Karl Lauterbach presented a cornerstone paper on planned legislation to regulate the controlled distribution and consumptio...
26 Oct, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
Remove archaic laws, ensure speedy justice, says PM ModiStating that the development journey of Indian society is thousands of years old and steady progress has been made despite facing critical ...
17 Oct, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
India to prepare a 'whitelist' of digital lending appsThe central bank has been asked to prepare a list of legal digital lending apps while the government will help ensure that only such apps c...
09 Sep, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
New Jersey allows sales of marijuana for recreational purposesNew Jersey has authorised seven companies to sell weed for recreational purposes. The companies will be selling marijuana at 13 locations i...
21 Apr, 2022, 10.17 PM IST
The pot ETF is poised to go mainstream, analysts sayBlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is “likely” to start a cannabis-focused exchange-traded fund.
13 Jul, 2019, 02.44 PM IST
Have decks been cleared for national citizens’ ID?The legal dictate acquires significance at a time when politics is roiled by the debate on the effort to detect illegal immigrants by final...
27 Sep, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
No legal obligation to weed out objectionable content: Google tells SCUnder the Indian Information Technology Act, search engines are not responsible for any content uploaded by third parties.
23 Feb, 2017, 12.23 AM IST
13k active cases files dumped with 2 lakh decided cases at the Central Information CommissionNew Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur has set a up team of officials under the Registrar to go through each of these file...
13 Mar, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
Medicinal use of marijuana keeps getting fresh evidence in support. Ignore?Scientists in Israel have discovered that certain chemicals in cannabis help broken bones mend faster. This chemical can possibly slow down...
20 Jul, 2015, 03.57 AM IST
Congress asks EC to weed out 50 L 'duplicate' voters from rollsAhead of Lok Sabha elections, Congress has alleged that there are over 50 lakh duplicate voters on electoral rolls in Delhi.
02 Jan, 2014, 11.01 PM IST
Supreme Court notice to govts as PILs term Aadhaar dangerousThe Supreme Court has asked for views of state governments on a batch of PILs challenging the legality of Aadhaar cards issued by the UIDAI.
27 Nov, 2013, 02.54 AM IST
- IOC blocks 10.2 lakh LPG connections
State-owned Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer, has blocked 10.2 lakh domestic cooking gas connections in the country in i...
09 Nov, 2012, 09.05 PM IST
LPG consumers can now fill up KYC form till November 15The government has extended by 15 days the deadline for filling the Know Your Customer form by LPG consumers to November 15.
30 Oct, 2012, 04.50 PM IST