Assam's tea industry on Wednesday reacted sharply to Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation's recent claim that milk and not tea should be declared the national drink.

"Tea is a common man's b

Notwithstanding the fluctuations in the prices for green tea leaves, tea growers and those connected with the tea industry in the hills here, the tea capital of south India, welcomed the announcement

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Saturday raked up a a controversy when he announced at Jorhat in Assam that tea would be declared as national drink by April next year.

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Planning Commission chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s promise to declare tea as the national drink may have made tea planters and manufacturers happy, but senior nutritionist Suneetha Sapur, who heads

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Saturday raked up a a controversy when he announced at Jorhat in Assam that tea would be declared as National Drink by April next year. C

India will declare tea as the national drink by April next year, the country's top planner has said.

"The drink would be accorded national drink status by April 17 next year to coincide with the 212t

Close on the heels of the Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit, a 13-member tea trade delegation is in the country.

A meeting with members of the Indian Tea Association in Kolkata on Tuesday

A type of tea called Longjing or Dragon Well in China hit a record presale price of 360,000 yuan ($57,024) per kilogram this year, higher than the price of gold, which is currently about $53,000 per k