Modi said there has been a 'silent revolution'.
The government plans to start 100 centres in two years, which will also become a career counselling centre for job-seekers.
Designer Yana Ngoba has teamed up with fabric designer Nabam Aka to bring to life the loin loom at the upcoming London Fashion Week.
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.
Mirror lehengas, organza skirts, pre-stitched sarees, necklet gowns, dhoti-crop tops in handwoven fabrics and hand-done embroideries with traditional textile techniques will trend.
Pon Radhakrishnan also stated that Naxals, Maoists and Muslim extremists may have intruded into some of the media houses too.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
The actor walked the ramp in a Surya Sarkar creation and has us floored!
A wall hanging featuring Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad left the prime minister in awe
he also talked about India's tradition of respecting the nature through festivals like 'Chhat' and referred to the ongoing cleanliness campaign.
Divestment Commission has recommended privatisation of three public sector enterprises, including the Rural Electrification Corporation.
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.
If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the courts, the answer lies in how the state has been evolving and changing these past few years, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Designers Pallavi Mohan and Rina Dhaka create meaningful fashion at Amazon India Fashion Week Fall 2016.
We pay homage to Bhanu Athaiya by celebrating her best creations.
We bring you the best dressed people who should have been on the ramp on Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2017. Take a look.
We're back... Round Two of the line up of Miss India 2017 contestants.
Train services were paralysed in Assam as several Bodo outfits resorted to a 12-hour railway blockade in Kokrajhar while violence continued for the third day in Karbi Anglong as ethnic groups stepped up their demand for a separate state on the lines of Telangana.
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.
Dalits had planned to embrace Islam after upper caste Hindus didn't allow them to perform rituals.
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.
She also ordered increase in gold allocation for women beneficiaries and reducing the working hours of state-run liquor outlets.
Assuming office for the sixth time as chief minister, Jayalalithaa began a new chapter in her chequered political career.
The aim was to skill 1 crore by 2020.
'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'
Manavi Kapur and Avantika Bhuyan speak with leading designers about trends that will sparkle in the new year.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina a rare audio clip of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's speech, a hand-woven tapestry, and the transcript and digital record of parliamentary debates on the historic Land Boundary Agreement.
Consumers are exposed to trends from across the globe and now expect creative as well as unique products.
The good, bad and ugly looks from the celebrity circus.
The government brought back former Chennai Police Commissioner T K Rajendran, DGP and Inspector Genral prisons, as Chennai Police Commissioner replacing Ashutosh Shukla.
It's durable, it's perfect for our weather and, now, it's fashionable.
