Trade mark for tea

Another step forward for the Darjeeling tea logo scheme

Sharp cut in tea board budget will impact tea industry says Parliamentary Panel

The allocation has been reduced to Rs 16 crores as compared to previous year’s Rs 67 crore

Tea producing nations unite to create a forum

New body to promote tea as a preferred beverage across the globe

For a cup of tea

Burdensome load

Laid-off tea workers fall back on forests in West Bengal

An organic cup of tea

The right mix of quality and profits

Plucking out problems

Tea estates in Darjeeling are embracing innovative techniques to combat the impacts of climate change

Healthy tea

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Tea time tales

Darjeeling tea estates turn bio-organic as Germany threatens to boycott tea containing pesticide traces

Rising temperature hits tea gardens in Assam

Changing climate affects top quality first and second flush teas

Assam budget announces measures for small tea growers

Retains VAT rate on auction sale of tea, proposes policy to maintain quality of produce

Caffeine bad for foetus

Mile-a-minute solution

Fungus to weed out the plague of India's tea plantations

Pesticide poisoning

Kerala's tryst with pesticide-related deaths continue

Turning over a tea leaf

Production of organic tea in Darjeeling is increasing as consumers in the West refuse to import tea with pesticide residues

24/7 water supply

Three villages in West Bengal's Darjeeling district also export organic tea

Can the Northeast become a trade hub?

Or, will they be mere transit points?

Green drink

Uttaranchal tea estates bane for farmers

Pick and choose

Low rain may affect production of quality teas from West Bengal, Assam

A scorching April is leading to more pest attacks, increased costs might affect wage revision, says Indian Tea Association

Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace

Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos

Healthy treat in a cuppa

Beverage companies are cashing in on the growing demand for organic tea and coffee

Mark of distinction

Genetic marker for authenticating Darjeeling tea