Nine new Amrit Bharat Express trains soon! Indian railways announces routes — check list and features
Nine new Amrit Bharat Express trains are set to expand long-distance rail connectivity, linking West Bengal and Assam with Bihar, Uttar Prad...
Oppose land distribution to workers, lose incentives: Assam CM to tea planters
The State government brought legislation to guarantee “land protection” for 3.33 lakh tea plantation worker families across 825 estatesRead...
What qualifies as ‘tea’? FSSAI clarifies
The food safety regulatory body issued a clarification saying a beverage qualifies to be tea only if it is derived from the plant Camellia s...
Assam tea planters’ body sets conditions to part with land for labourers
The Consultative Committee of Planters’ Associations seeks relief from providing welfare facilities and adequate compensation for land to be...
Fatter, more biosecure: Pig mission in Assam’s BTR has European imprint
Model fattener farms and the first nucleus breeding farm in the northeast to produce high-genetic merit gilts and sows are driving the pork...
Assam’s Woolah Tea secures patent for India’s first bagless tea
Woolah’s patented bagless tea made from whole leaf bundles aims to eliminate microplastics and champion organic farmingRead full article
Send officers who can communicate: Assam small tea growers to Tea Board
The board has been urged to tweak the development and promotion scheme to provide financial assistance in advance, instead of reimbursementR...
Northeast tea body names two nonagenarians associated with beverage industry for first lifetime achievement awards
The awards are scheduled to be conferred upon 96-year-old Sagar Mehta and 93-year-old Apurba Kumar BarooahRead full article
End duty-free tea imports: Tea Association of India
The image of Indian tea has been hit by the re-export of cheap teas imported from African and other Asian countries, the association saidRea...
Northeast small tea growers flag impact of massive imports
An association of small-scale planters have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save the 200-year-old Indian tea industryRead full article