DETROIT – There's a new health warning from doctors about teens searching for a new way to get high. Dr. Frank McGeorge took a look at what they're using and why police are sounding the alarm. Police ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Kannada) INVENTOR OF TREE CLIMBING SCOOTER, GANAPATHI BHAT, SAYING: “In our area, there is a scarcity of laborers. The labor cost is also very high. I invented this areca (betel) nut tree ...

Betel nut, also called the areca nut, has become a great source of additional income for farmers in Bangladesh as the fruit native to South Asia and parts of east Africa is widely consumed in the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Council of Agriculture (COA) Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) announced on Wednesday (July 10) that the council will complete drafting regulations on safety management of betel ...

An Indian farmer has invented a "tree scooter" to help him scale palm trees and harvest betel nuts. One scooter can harvest 300 areca palms in a day, more than three times the amount of the ...

The livelihoods of the indigenous Khasi community in Jaflong, Sylhet, have come under severe threat after approximately 1,700 betel trees were reportedly destroyed by unidentified miscreants in the ...

Bulath in Sinhala, Vettila in Tamil and Malayalan, Paan in Hindi, Plu in Thai, Sirih in Malay are local names for betel (Piper betle) the tender leaf of which is the main ingredient in a chew. The ...

Mumbai: An FIR is yet to be registered regarding the hacking of 63 betel nut trees, which were planted on the median of New Link Road in Andheri West, to clear the view for hoardings on the road in ...

NAMAKKAL: Jedarpalayam police are investigating an incident where over 1,800 betel nut trees were found in the locality. Namakkal SP Rajesh Kannan visited the spot and conducted the investigation.

Sixty-three betel nut trees planted on the median of New Link Road in Andheri (W) were cut down to clear the view for hoardings. Officials have filed a complaint with the police. Activist Ashoke ...