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Plucking resumes in Assam's tea estates, workers follow social distancing normsTea gardens have been asked to ensure social distancing in the tea factories besides providing facilities for frequent hand washing and san...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Why the world still has craving for tea from plantations on Darjeeling's steep slopesThrough new markets and new styles (like increasingly important green tea), Darjeeling can survive as long as it can maintain the magic in ...
20 Dec, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Munnar-based KDHP runs into trouble as workers intensify stirMunnar-based company Kannan Devan Hills Plantation today said it was incurring "huge loss on a daily basis" due to the ongoing strike by it...
11 Sep, 2015, 04.37 PM IST
The hill-side view: Have a wet and wild monsoon at colonial bungalows in MunnarDon’t forget to take a pony ride in the evenings and of course, indulge in a soothing spa session with locally sourced herbs and seasonal o...
30 Jul, 2015, 06.24 AM IST
Soak in the luxury of Ceylon Tea Trails in Sri LankaAmisty winding road that leads into a fragrant driveway filled with blossoms, welcome to Norwood Bungalow, one of the quartet that form the...
02 Jul, 2015, 08.48 AM IST
Darjeeling tea industry unfair to tea pluckers: anthropologistAs the first flush of prized Darjeeling tea nears harvest this spring, workers in fair-trade tea plantations there are still waiting for a ...
21 Mar, 2014, 04.07 PM IST
- Tea industry's annual turnover to reach Rs 33K crore by 2015: ASSOCHAM
Nearly 35 lakh workers are employed in over 1,500 tea estates across India and about 65 per cent of these are employed indirectly.
17 Dec, 2011, 03.09 PM IST
Labour shortage cripples plantation sectorShortage of labour is now threatening to paralyse the plantation of south.
30 Sep, 2009, 12.58 AM IST