Potent and prized, sandalwood’s soothing properties and sacred energy have long been revered in Australia. The regal tree’s story is one of the country’s oldest, spanning thousands of years of use in ...

The Indian Navy will host an International Fleet Review and a mega naval exercise in February in Visakhapatnam that will see participation of over 50 navies, including from Russia and the US with an ...

At the heart of this legacy lies the East Indian Sandalwood tree (Santalum album), found abundantly in the lush forests of Karnataka. Its precious oil, extracted with care and precision, carries a ...

Sandalwood oil, rich in alpha-santalol, offers promising benefits for skin health. Scientific studies reveal its potential to combat skin cancer by reducing tumor growth and halting abnormal cell ...

In a real-life twist straight out of Pushpa: The Rise, Bengaluru police busted a sandalwood smuggling racket that tried to sneak precious logs into the city, hidden beneath onion sacks. Bengaluru ...

A Scottish content creator’s viral video about his journey on an Indian train has left social media users smiling — and feeling a little proud. In the now-viral clip, the traveller can be seen gushing ...

A central government-appointed committee on the sandalwood industry has revealed that India’s precious sandalwood (Santalum album) is fast disappearing due to the strict control and bureaucratic ...

Indian state-owned refiners have begun reviewing their Russian oil trade documents to ensure no supply is coming directly from the recently sanctioned Russian oil giants — Rosneft and Lukoil. A source ...

Indian state refiners are reviewing their Russian oil trade documents to ensure no supply will be coming directly from Rosneft and Lukoil after the US sanctioned the companies, a source with direct ...

At his sister’s wedding, the Indian American doctor Naveen is asked the inevitable question: when you will marry a nice Indian girl? Naveen, being gay, wonders what it would be like if he brought home ...

BENGALURU: The quality of farm-grown sandalwood in Karnataka is on the decline, and so is the quantity of extracted wood. In such a scenario, Australia, that had once imported seeds from Karnataka, is ...