Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that for the time since Independence, a government in the state will be setting up high schools in tea gardens of the state.

Tea gardens in some districts of Assam will partially start operations from Saturday after 17 days of shutdown. The estates had stopped all activity since Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the ...

“Now, this school is just five minutes away from my home.” Their parents work at the tea garden in Assam’s Tinsukia district, earning Rs 205 a day. Sona has two sisters who were only able to ...

For Assignment, Jane Deith spends time with the tea workers of Assam. (Photo: Indian women harvest tea leaves at a plantation in the north-eastern state of Assam. Credit: AFP/Getty Images) ...

Tea gardens in Assam have started 'skeletal' operations after state government allowed tea planters to carry out essential works in the gardens during the 21-day nationwide lockdown. This comes a ...

Meanwhile, local health and social workers continue to raise significant concerns about the welfare of workers in Assam's tea gardens and a recent report by the World Bank's independent watchdog ...

Researchers and planters worry that a rise in temperatures and change in rainfall patterns are threatening the production and quality of Assam's famous tea. About 850 tea gardens in Assam produce ...

Now, history has been scripted as Assam gets its first ever woman tea garden manager. Manju Baruah, 43, is the new manager of Apeejay Tea's Hilika Tea Estate near Dibrugarh in Upper Assam.