The Indian Institute of Export Management invites applications for its four-month correspondence diploma course in export management.
Indigene and Sayantan Sarkar's Lakme Fashion Week collections promise to keep us warm in style.
The Atlas said the growth of the industry had accelerated to 10 per cent per annum and was expected to reach 16 per cent in the near future. The textile trade had been contributing about 17 per cent of country's overall export, growing at a compounded average of 10.24 per cent per annum over the last decade.
They not only stitch the double-pocket shirts but also design and attach the trademark emblems on its sleeves.
Congress chief Mallikarjuna Kharge said that if voted to power, the party would provide loans at three per cent interest rate for farmers, journalists, women's self help groups, potters, handloom weavers, fishermen and shepherds. All pending loans under the Ashraya and Awaz Yojana scheme will also be waived off.Free colour TVs and 25 kg of rice at Rs 2 for families living below the poverty line that is what the Congress manifesto promises.
How do you provide health care to handloom weavers, who occupy among the poorest segments in the unorganised sector? There are 6.5 million of them scattered across the country and are not always fixed in their occupation.
Most handloom weavers have now become workers and live on daily wages. The pall of economic gloom is there for all to see. Anguish and frustration among the weaver families is palpable.
A Rs 40-lakh silk saree, intricately woven with 12 precious stones and metals and replicating 11 famous paintings of Raja Ravi Verma, will seek an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most expensive saree.
We pay homage to Bhanu Athaiya by celebrating her best creations.
GenNext designer Diming Rubu talks about her failure at the Lakme Fashion week last year and the fashion scene in Arunachal Pradesh, her home state.
The India-born designer brought out his A game at the home of all things fashionable.
New Yorkers would get to sample for free, Indian handicrafts and handlooms, its folk and classical dances, bollywood and of course cuisine from the sub-continent as part of an extended celebration of the country's 60 years of independence.
Another PSU has entered the arena of bullion Futures market. In a recent development, the Handicrafts & Handlooms Exports Corporation of India, a PSU under the ministry of textiles, has started hedging in bullion metals at the Multi Commodity Exchange. According to the PSU officials, it has hedged Rs 13 crore in gold and silver over the last one month.
The traditional Indian drape may be the garment of choice on an auspicious occasion but it is time to revive it for everyday use say experts.
Financial subsidies that are not WTO-compatible will have to be phased out and GSP benefits will not be available for long. Things have just got tougher.
Pon Radhakrishnan also stated that Naxals, Maoists and Muslim extremists may have intruded into some of the media houses too.
The government plans to start 100 centres in two years, which will also become a career counselling centre for job-seekers.
Mamata imposed affirmative action to the point of absurdity. This has naturally led to counter-action: The Hindus who never thought of themselves as Hindus are now banding behind the BJP, points out Aditi Phadnis.
Modi said there has been a 'silent revolution'.
Designer Yana Ngoba has teamed up with fabric designer Nabam Aka to bring to life the loin loom at the upcoming London Fashion Week.
'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has announced the annual supplement to the Foreign Trade Policy.
he also talked about India's tradition of respecting the nature through festivals like 'Chhat' and referred to the ongoing cleanliness campaign.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
After Multi Fiber Arrangement is phased out, the textile industry of developing economies like India will have a reason to be optimistic about the long-term growth opportunity.
A wall hanging featuring Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad left the prime minister in awe
The actor walked the ramp in a Surya Sarkar creation and has us floored!
Particularly hit has been the apparel sector, where the time taken by the industry to adjust to the Goods and Services Tax regime, downward revision of export incentives, and a credit squeeze faced by small and medium scale enterprises, has pushed production downwards.
The former Miss World has shaped the lives of many.
He said he failed to understand the "process of judgement" of the crowning of the Miss World contest in 1997, in which Diana Hayden had got the award.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.
We're back... Round Two of the line up of Miss India 2017 contestants.
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