Fashioning an alternative idea of KolkataSabyasachi Mukherjee's celebration of 25 years in fashion at Mumbai's Jio World Centre highlighted Kolkata as a fashion capital. Drawing in...
04 Feb, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
State emporia should shape up or shut downSome of them were better than others, of course. During my college days, we were fans of mirrorwork kurtas and shawls from Gurjari; the bes...
06 Jul, 2024, 01.16 AM IST
Why we should take a chance on votingAsha Prasad of the TMC and Tanushree Ray of the CPI(M) had garnered the same number of votes. Usually, in situations like this, the Electio...
15 Feb, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
Why We Should Take A Chance on VotingAsha Prasad of the TMC and Tanushree Ray of the CPI(M) had garnered the same number of votes. Usually, in situations like this, the Electio...
15 Feb, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
Legacy pharma firm which sold 'Swadeshi' dysentery drug to Afghans waits and watches after Taliban takeoverThe company, which started out in a small garage on Hare Street, was set up as a 'Swadeshi enterprise' meant to take on the stranglehold of...
05 Sep, 2021, 05.50 PM IST
'Hunar Haat' playing key role in making 'Vocal for Local' campaign a mass movement: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviThe number of visitors is likely to go over 16 lakh in the next two days. The 'Hunar Haat' will be concluding on March 1, 2021.
27 Feb, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
Centre focused on promoting rural industries, aims to take annual turnover to Rs 5 lakh crore: RajnathArtisans and craftsmen from states such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal P...
21 Feb, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
View: Can Kolkata regain a spirit of enterprise and become the shining city on the Hooghly?Kolkata is crucial to India’s developing story. With a Kolkata to Kanyakumari East Economic Corridor and Kolkata-Delhi-Amritsar Industrial ...
15 Dec, 2020, 10.26 AM IST
Amazon India launches ‘Karigar’, on the eve of National Handloom DayThe program aims to empower local sellers and SMB’s by helping them list and sell their products on Amazon India.
06 Aug, 2019, 03.19 PM IST
Techies become weekend entrepreneurs to help artisansWorking with local nonprofits, Kalyani Shahi also trains women from slums around Koramangala to weave bags out of recycled clothes and crea...
01 Oct, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
Rajnath Singh to inaugurate sixth edition of 'Hunar Haat'The latest edition of the Haat will witness the participation of hundreds of artisans from 22 states/UTs from across the country.
09 Feb, 2018, 02.36 PM IST
GI, look at that! A list of India's GI tagged productsIt is a tapestry of the country's diversity and a testament to the uniqueness of its regions. India has given 303 GIs, including for 11 for...
26 Nov, 2017, 01.12 AM IST
CSIR providing technology to improve quality of life: GovtUnion Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan said CSIR has developed technologies for food and food processing, water, health-ca...
16 Dec, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
Flipkart to offer handicraft consumer products soonThe firm will initially offer 10,000 such products from 100 sellers in 15 cities and towns, chief business officer Ankit Nagori said.
30 Jul, 2015, 03.39 PM IST
- Handicrafts, and handloom from North East at Dastkar Fest
With sarees for Rs, 4,800 and a pair of earnings for Rs 150, the designer has attempted to bring these 2 fabrics back into public imaginati...
12 Mar, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
Clay Craft: How Rajesh Agarwal's manufacturing unit grew into a Rs 150 crore empireAfter honing his skills, Rajesh Agarwal started his own unit manufacturing clay products, which has grown into Rs 150 crore empire.
14 Oct, 2013, 08.20 AM IST
- IIM-A graduate creates hospitality wonder
If there's one thing to be learnt from Chender Baljee's entrepreneurial journey, it's that of persevering with one's passion and dream even...
03 Apr, 2009, 02.08 AM IST