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A tea stall run by transgenders, the first such venture in Assam was inaugurated on Monday in the compound of deputy commissioner’s office in Kamrup district, thereby offering a hope of livelihoods with dignity to the state’s transgender community. The stall named ‘Trans Tea Stall’ was started under the initiative of All Assam Transgender Association, […]
Foreign delegates, who are in the city to attend the Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), are overwhelmed at the hospitality they have received and the flavour of Assam tea.(TNL) Before the inaugural ceremony of the event at the Assam Legislative Assembly campus here, the delegates were welcomed with traditional gamosas. […]
For the first time in more than 180 years, high schools will start functioning in Assam’s tea estates. The Assam government had in 2020 established the State-Owned Priority Development fund to set up 119 model high schools in strategically-located tea estates. The State PWD was entrusted with constructing these schools at ₹1.19-crore each.(TNL) Assam Chief […]
“Hi Tea”- a generic promotional event of Assam tea, was organised by Unplanned events – a corporate shows and event planner company at the Tezpur University. The event was held in collaboration with Tea Board of India at the Tezpur University premises in Assam on Sunday evening. The inaugural ceremony of the event was performed […]
Around 600 tea estates of the state have not cleared the Provident Fund (PF) claims of around 14,000 labourers and workers. Around 389 tea estates of the state have also not paid the gratuity amounts of 14,356 workers. According to official sources, the Assam Tea Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (ATEPFO) can take action against PF […]
In an unprecedented move in tea garden history, the Assam Tea Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (ATEPFO), Tinsukia Zone today attached the property of Talap TE owned by Apeejay Tea Limited, one of India’s oldest tea producers, for allegedly defaulting in depositing outstanding Provident Fund (PF) dues amounting to Rs 7.1 crore. Mridul Hussain, Assistant PF […]
While green tea and flavoured coffee are surely seeing a rise in popularity in India, nothing comes close to desi people’s love for a cup of kadak chai. Now, a tea company in Assam has named its robust new blend after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian president has proved his mettle showing extreme courage […]
A 15-year-old male elephant was electrocuted in the Malini division of Burhapahar tea estate under the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP&TR) on Friday. A forest department spokesperson said the elephant, which was passing through the tea garden, was electrocuted when it came in contact with a transformer. “A post mortem is being conducted […]
Vocal for local is going global!” This is what union minister Kiren Rijiju said while displaying a sachet of Assam tea. Notably, the sachet of Assam tea displayed by union minister Kiren Rijiju is found in the markets of Slovakia. Rijiju is in Slovakia to oversee the airlift of Indian nationals, including students, who till […]
The Assam Chah Karmachari Sangha (ACKS) is all set to hold its diamond jubilee celebration with a year-long programme in a befitting manner at Duliajan. Established on February 9, 1947, the ACKS- a trade union affiliated to INTUC- has present membership of more than 18,000 in 20 branches across the State. In a press release, […]