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Sunday, July 27, 2025
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This hand-rolled Tripura tea variety just fetched ‘highest-ever’ price in state — Rs 12,500/kg

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Only BJP has a plan for Assam’s tea workers. But 5 yrs showed Sonowal didn’t have the will

There are 30-lakh tea garden workers in Assam, but they continue to be on the margins even though Assam’s Republic Day tableau called them the state’s ‘backbone’.

Pay bill in 7 days, or no tea-coffee on credit — Maharashtra govt tells ministers, secretaries

The Maharashtra govt has cracked down because an undetermined amount of money is owed to the canteen of Mantralaya, the state secretariat.

Herbal teas made with sage, perilla leaves suppress SARS-CoV-2 replication, German study finds

Short-term treatment with perilla and sage infusions was sufficient to significantly inhibit replication of SARS-CoV-2, the study by German researchers has claimed.

Tea, chillies & takeaway: What the food choices of second-generation British Muslims reveal

Human palates evolve, chameleon-like, to reflect changing social and cultural conditions often brought into sharp relief by migration.

For IAF’s multi-billion dollar contract, Dassault, Boeing and Saab in race

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Drinking very hot tea or coffee daily can increase risk of cancer by 90%, says large study

The study, published this week in International Journal of Cancer, was conducted on 50,000 people in Iran.

Tea in kulhad cups will return to railway stations after 15 years

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has instructed caterers at Varanasi and Rae Bareli stations to use terracotta-made 'kulhads', glasses and plates.

Why tea from this Assam estate costs Rs 39,001 a kg, making it India’s most expensive

The orthodox tea from an estate in upper Assam yields a golden colour produce and is derived from a special variety of tea clone.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.