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Geographical Indications (GI) Registry: ‘No illegality in granting Darjeeling Tea tag’
The Geographical Indications (GI) Registry ruled that “there is no illegality in granting the tag for the prestigious product, Darjeeling Tea,” while ignoring a correction petition attempting to get rid of the mark. The GI held in its order that ..
Pinky Karmakar will be Indian ‘torch bearer’ at London Olympics
Pinky Karmakar, a 17 year old girl and a student of class X from a remote tea garden in Assam will be among India’s ‘torch bearer’ at the London Olympics. She will represent India among 20 countries at the Olympic ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Current Affairs : January 24, 2012
Al-Qaeda takes over Yemen city In Yemen, Al-Qaeda militants have taken over the city of Rada in the Southeastern Al Bayda province. They have named Tareq al-Dahab, a brother-in-law of slain US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, who was killed in a ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
North East’s First Integrated Tea Park to be set up in Chaygaon, Assam
Procedure to establish the first integrated tea park of the North East region have begun The proposed park would come up at Chaygaon on the outskirts of Guwahati It would offer infrastructure of International standards and the state of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Should Tea be the National Drink of India?
India is world’s second largest tea producer after China. In 2007-08, India’s estimated tea production was 8 Lakh metric tons. In 2007, in India, there was an area of 578568 hectares under tea cultivation. Out of this 458718 hectares was ..