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Photos: Priyanka Gandhi at tea garden in Assam

Biswanath: All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joins tea workers at Sadhuru tea garden in Biswanath, Assam. (PTI Photo). Biswanath: All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka…

Butter chai: Twitterati react after video from Agra’s Baba Tea Stall goes viral

New Delhi: A video of a person adding butter to the tea went viral on social. In the video, he can be seen adding butter to the boiling water. As per the…

We have enough ammunition for winters: Protesting farmers

New Delhi: Taking a sip of tea sitting beside a bonfire at the Singhu border, 52-year-old Makkhan Singh Deol tapped on a carton full of roasted gram and said, “The farmers have enough…

Pakistan’s ‘blue-eyed boy’ Arshad is now cafe owner

Islamabad: Remember the tea-seller from Pakistan who became an Internet sensation overnight? Arshad Khan, who worked at a tea stall, trended in 2016, for his striking looks and blue eyes, when a…

Tea shop owner introduces ‘corona special tea’, in high demand

Hyderabad: Coronavirus pandemic has hit the business activities in Telangana and elsewhere, however products with innovative ideas see good businesses these days. A small tea shop owner in Hanamkonda Warangal has come…

Lockdown Heroes: Free Tea & Biscuits distributed

Want to live longer? Drink tea at least 3 times a week

Beijing: Good news for tea lovers! Researchers have found that drinking tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life. “Habitual tea consumption is associated with lower…

Coffee, tea can keep you in shape this holiday season

Washington: A cup of coffee or tea might do a lot more good than just helping you overcome the early morning sleep inertia. A study from the University of Illinois comes as…

Drinking tea may improve brain health, study suggests

Beijing: Tea lovers may now cheer up as a new study has suggested that consuming the beverage on a regular basis may not only act as an energy booster and make you…

Preparing a perfect cup of tea is art: Nimrat Kaur

Mumbai: Actress Nimrat Kaur says that she starts her day with a cup of tea and preparing the “perfect” one is “art”. Sharing her fond memory with tea, Nimrat told IANS: “Chai,…

Drink tea to boost your brain function: Study

Singapore: Researchers have found that regular tea drinkers have better-organized brain regions and this is associated with healthy cognitive function as compared to non-tea drinkers. “Our results offer the first evidence of…

Too much coffee during pregnancy bad for baby’s liver: Study

New Delhi: Ladies, limit your tea or coffee intake if you’re expecting, as researchers have found that excess caffeine intake during pregnancy may impair baby’s liver development and increase the risk of…

Drinking Japanese Matcha tea reduces anxiety: Study

Tokyo: Are you leading a highly stressful life? Worry not, Japanese Matcha tea will come to your rescue as researchers have found it to have various health benefits, such as reducing anxiety.…

Happy over Modi’s oath, West Bengal ‘chaiwala’ offers free tea

Siliguri/Birbhum (West Bengal): A ‘chaiwala’ in West Bengal’s Siliguri is distributing tea for free to express his happiness as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath for the second term on Thursday…

Akhilesh Yadav hits out at PM Modi, says it’s time to take away ‘Chowkidar’s chowki’

Mainpuri: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the time has come to take away Chowkidar’s chowki (seat) as Chaiwala’s tea did not…

Tea exports down 7% in volume during Jan-Feb

Kolkata: India’s tea exports decreased by nearly 7 percent to 41.60 million kg during January and February in 2019 from 44.72 million kg exported during the same period of last year, according…

Assam: Tea plantation workers seek salary for Sundays

Dibrugarh (Assam): Despite working for all days in a month, tea plantation workers in Assam’s Dibrugarh allegedly are only paid for 26 days as their Sunday salaries are deducted. These workers now…

Assam: PM Modi, CM Sonowal popular amongst tea plantation workers

Dibrugarh (Assam): Tea plantation workers in Assam’s Dibrugarh region are apparently happy with the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal through various schemes. Fudo Moora,…

Piping hot tea raises esophageal cancer risk: Study

New York: Love to drink your tea piping hot? Beware, it could raise the risk of esophageal cancer, finds a study. The study showed that risk of esophageal cancer more than doubled…

Tea planters target higher export target, want incentives for full leaf tea production

KOLKATA: Targetting 300 million kg of exports by 2020, tea planters have told the government that the key to this lies in incentivising production of orthodox (full leaf) tea and boosting the…

Tea production down 6.5% during November in 2018

KOLKATA: India’s estimated tea production fell by 6.59 per cent to 115.06 million kg during November in 2018 as against 123.18 million kg produced in the year-ago month, according to data from…