Over 60,000 kg of unclaimed betel nuts seized in Assam's Cachar district have created a dilemma for local authorities, as the goods remain unclaimed, raising concerns about potential smuggling ...

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the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday amid strong resistance from the nation’s betel nut industry. The draft would have included a list of venues where chewing betel nut is prohibited, ...

Authorities in Gizo are set to launch a crackdown this week to remove unlicensed betel nut vendors operating along the streets of the Western Provincial capital this week. The move comes as part of ...

INDIA NEWS | TRENDING | The UP assembly speaker Satish Mahana, when came to know about the incident, reached the spot to get ...

This remote mountain trek with indigenous rice farmers shows another side of the island nation better known for its beaches.

Being areca nut farmers, we wanted to have our farm-grown crop curated into wines,” says Akarsh, who is also the CEO of Talisva. “We started solely with the betel leaves and slowly infused the ...

A government-drafted law banning betel nut, gutka, paan, and herbal smoking substitutes — often marketed as ‘safer’ ...

"If I don't go to our rice field every day, we will have nothing to eat." It takes her an hour for a return trip to Batad, traversing rough terrain to reach the village that is inaccessible by ...