Plucking of the first flush crop in the Darjeeling hills, known as the world’s most expensive tea, generally starts ... plucking may get delayed,” Chamong group chairman Ashok Kumar Lohia ...

Tea processing is an energy-intensive activity, with factories operating at full capacity from April to November and scaling down from December to March.

Multidisciplinary testing lab Auriga Research Pvt Ltd on Thursday said it has signed two agreements for enhancing advanced laboratory facilities and tea testing in Assam.