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Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates

Medicinal tea

Edibility questioned

Not brewing right

Tea in the Darjeeling hills is losing its flavour

Scientists study flavour and aroma of Darjeeling tea

Residents of closed tea estate decide to boycott elections

Bundapani is one of the seven closed plantations in northern West Bengal where starvation deaths have been reported in recent past

A sip of earthy flavour

Anantamool tea is more than a refresher for the farmers of Vidarbha

Two leaves and a bud

Tea break

New EU import rule, a crisis for Sri Lankan tea export

Butterflies prefer coffee to tea

Darjeeling tea faces climate risk

The West Bengal State Climate Action Plan expressed concern over reduced productivity of Darjeeling tea due to increase in extended drought periods

Nepal battles poor food safety standards

Pramod Koirala is the spokesperson for the department of food technology and quality control of Nepal. He was in Delhi recently to attend a media …

Assam heat wave kills over 10 people

Cyclonic disturbance diverts monsoon winds; tea plantations affected

Climate change is real: Assam tea did not see a second flush this year

Measures to mitigate the impact of climate change on the tea industry need to be urgently undertaken, say tea experts

Tea pesticide flavoured

Darjeeling's famous brew, laced with pesticides, poses a threat to public health

Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation

Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …

India’s timekeeper says country needs two time zones

It is technically feasible to have two time zones & two ISTs in India-IST-I for most of India, IST II for Northeastern region-separated by an …

Tea tag takeaway

The Geographical Indication tag for Darjeeling tea may have opened a window of opportunities for big estates, but there are huge challenges for …

Tea garden workers celebrate Dehradun’s failure to make it to smart cities list

City residents say the smart city is proposed in an area with tea gardens which are home to rich biodiversity

Workers missing from tea gardens of north Bengal and Assam

Rural employment guarantee scheme is keeping them engaged

Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

COVID-19: Child trafficking, assault on the rise in north Bengal

Most tea growers lost livelihood to the pandemic; cases of sexual assualt do not reach courts

COVID-19: Global financial crisis could cripple Indian tea industry

Centre and state governments should keep political rivalry aside and develop multiple strategic management plans

A flower which can treat skin cancer and prevent greying of hair

Used for worship and hair colouring, modern entrepreneurs have found new uses for the hibiscus flower