On May 10, 1773, royal assent was given to the Tea Act in London, starting a chain of events leading to war between American colonists and British troops within two years. The prime minister Lord ...

The draft tea bill intends to remove archaic or redundant provisions, do away with licences, promote ease of doing business and boost exports from he sector, an official said. The commerce ministry ...

The High Court has suspended the hearing of a petition challenging sections of the Tea Act and the directorship of the Kenya Tea Development Agency Holdings Ltd (KTDA), pending an appeal over the ...

The High Court has struck out a tea exporter’s case against the government’s decision to revoke its trading licence, ruling that the dispute should be resolved through statutory appeals under the Tea ...

Kolkata: In a gazette order issued on August 23, 2021, the Union ministry of commerce has suspended the operations of Sections 12-16 of the Tea Act, 1953, and its corresponding penal provisions under ...

Kenya’s tea exports at $1.2 billion in 2021 were more than double that of India’s, while the top exporter earned over $2 billion, more than three times India’s total exports. (Photo: Indranil Bhoumik) ...

On the evening of December 16, 1773, 250 years ago today, New England colonists disguised as Native Americans calmly boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. By ...

A recent move by the Union commerce and industry ministry to amend a 68-year-old central act that used to restrict tea cultivation without clearances has caused many in the brew belt to believe that ...