The mango has interested rulers and travellers in India over centuries, even featuring in a conspiracy theory related to the ...

At nearly 900 years old, this Berlin tree faces one of the driest springs on record.

A woman carries a dog along a flooded highway after heavy rains in Campana, Argentina, Saturday, May 17, 2025.

Ranchi: The state govt would promote alternative farming and afforestation in areas where illegal poppy plants were destroyed by the administration th.

And one of the main pillars of national finances was profits from the sale of opium. Ten terms to better understand Manchuria State-building bonds for Manchukuo Opium is a form of narcotic.

Poon Wung, a jolly man, "sleek and fat," was the owner of the laundromat, a front for a “hop hung,” or opium den. Inside the shack’s front door was an empty room, and a curtain hiding the ...

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in ...

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in opium prices and the ‘massive profits’ from it are being reaped by criminal gangs, United Nations' drugs watchdog has flagged. But why are opium prices in ...

Depiction of the opium poppy in the so-called Vienna Dioskourides ... with Indian betel or with cassia laurel or the cinnabar tree. However, as the essence seems to have been a fragrant oil ...

One product that the British could access in large quantities was opium grown in territories under their colonial control. The British response to address the trade imbalance was to flood the ...

It shows a sprawling banyan tree and in its shade a woman harvesting opium. She is dressed in traditional attire of a blouse, skirt and a dupatta draped over her head. On the left, a farmer tends ...

Gaya: The Gaya district administration is going to leverage modern technology to check opium cultivation. District magistrate Thiyagarajan SM on Monday issued orders for a GPS (Global Positioning ...