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Exclusive: End Of Opium Poppy Cultivation In Manipur Soon? Satellite Imagery Data Shows...
The total area of opium poppy cultivation in violence-hit Manipur has declined 60 per cent since 2021, latest data from the autonomous government institution Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre shows.
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Video: Illegal Poppy Farms The Size Of 40 Football Fields Destroyed In Manipur
Illegal poppy farms spread across 76 acres have been destroyed in Manipur's Ukhrul district in the past two days, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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Opium Crops Spread In Afghanistan As Taliban Gains Ground: United Nations
The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world's main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the United Nations confirmed on Sunday, as the Taliban insurgency gains ground.
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Myanmar Anti-Drug Group Abandons Poppy Field Mission After Clashes
A group of Christian hardline anti-drug vigilantes today abandoned plans to destroy poppy fields in an area of northern Myanmar after clashes broke out between their members and armed attackers in the past week.
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Poppy Fields Of Malda May Be Key To Mob Violence On January 3
In Kaliachak block of West Bengal's Malda district, where a lakh-strong mob set fire to the local police station earlier this month, authorities are working to destroy large tracts of poppy fields.
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Opium poppy cultivations discovered in Shirur, Pune district
Acting on a tip-off, Shirur police in the district on Wednesday raided fields in Nhavare, Vadgaon Rasai and Inam in Shirur tehsil and discovered opium poppy cultivation.
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Exclusive: End Of Opium Poppy Cultivation In Manipur Soon? Satellite Imagery Data Shows...
The total area of opium poppy cultivation in violence-hit Manipur has declined 60 per cent since 2021, latest data from the autonomous government institution Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre shows.
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Video: Illegal Poppy Farms The Size Of 40 Football Fields Destroyed In Manipur
Illegal poppy farms spread across 76 acres have been destroyed in Manipur's Ukhrul district in the past two days, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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Opium Crops Spread In Afghanistan As Taliban Gains Ground: United Nations
The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world's main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the United Nations confirmed on Sunday, as the Taliban insurgency gains ground.
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Myanmar Anti-Drug Group Abandons Poppy Field Mission After Clashes
A group of Christian hardline anti-drug vigilantes today abandoned plans to destroy poppy fields in an area of northern Myanmar after clashes broke out between their members and armed attackers in the past week.
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Poppy Fields Of Malda May Be Key To Mob Violence On January 3
In Kaliachak block of West Bengal's Malda district, where a lakh-strong mob set fire to the local police station earlier this month, authorities are working to destroy large tracts of poppy fields.
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Opium poppy cultivations discovered in Shirur, Pune district
Acting on a tip-off, Shirur police in the district on Wednesday raided fields in Nhavare, Vadgaon Rasai and Inam in Shirur tehsil and discovered opium poppy cultivation.
