This is part of HP's efforts to regulate cannabis cultivation, drawing inspiration from states & UTs, like Uttarakhand, MP & J&K, where controlled cultivation is already permitted.
The dedicated force is expected to comprise over 720 officers, besides the setting up of anti-narcotics police station, use of satellite data & drones, intensive search ops, and so on.
Armed with sickles, and ‘divine intervention’, villagers from Kullu's Kothi Sari valley uprooted cannabis plants after their local goddess 'told them' it would end dry spell in region.
There is a lack of clear findings on the negative health effects of cannabis smoke, leading to its 'harmless' reputation. But 'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'.
Indians are turning to CBD to treat pain and anxiety. Private players like BOHECO, trade associations like PIMCHA, and shop owners are breaking cannabis stereotypes.
French biotech firm developed & tested drug which blocks human body’s cannabinoid receptor pathway that causes addiction, according to report in Nature Medicine journal.
The progressive Move Forward party is pushing to form the next govt after winning the most seats in a 14 May general election that saw voters clearly rejecting military-linked parties.
Legalisation has been long-standing demand in Himachal, raised by legislators across party lines. Panel will visit areas where cannabis is grown & submit report within a month.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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