Pesticide poisoning

Kerala's tryst with pesticide-related deaths continue

Can the Northeast become a trade hub?

Or, will they be mere transit points?

Green drink

Mark of distinction

Genetic marker for authenticating Darjeeling tea

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Medicinal tea

Edibility questioned

Scientists study flavour and aroma of Darjeeling tea

A sip of earthy flavour

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

Tea break

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

Butterflies prefer coffee to tea

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

Workers missing from tea gardens of north Bengal and Assam

Rural employment guarantee scheme is keeping them engaged

Industrial processing contaminates tea

South Asia

Tata Tea under scanner for poor living condition and coercion of workers

World Bank authorises enquiry after investing US $8 million in the global beverages company

West Bengal labour department's tea garden survey kept under wraps

Excerpts and recommendations from the unpublished survey report of all tea gardens in the state that reveals miserable living conditions of …

Polluting units shut in Kaziranga

Green tribunal fines state, Centre for allowing stone crushers, brick kilns near Assam park

Assam moves to curb pesticides in vegetables, tea

Pesticide limits to be set for vegetables; cultivators could be fined or banned from undertaking cultivation if their products exceed limit

Red mite threatens tea plantations in Tamil Nadu

Different colours of green

How media has shaped people's understanding of environment

Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories

Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel

Development projects threaten Dehing Patkai sanctuary

National Board of Wildlife panel to visit the area to review proposals

Healthy treat in a cuppa

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