Interestingly, to safeguard their opium trade with China, the East India Company outlawed its use in India, although opium poppy seeds, known as posto in Bengal, entered the cuisine of the state ...

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The recent debate in the Balochistan Assembly over the increasing cultivation of poppy in the province has, once again, brought to light an uncomfortable but necessary conversation. Can poppy be ...

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Shimla: As the drug menace continues to spread its tentacles in Himachal Pradesh over the past few years, the state is equipped with only five de-addi.

Balochistan is currently facing a series of coal mine accidents, alongside a rise in poppy cultivation, which has sparked ...