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India’s desi gaming startups tap culture and storytelling to break China’s grip on toy and board game marketIn the vibrant world of play, Indian board games and toys are experiencing a renaissance. Consumers are leaning towards locally inspired op...
S&P Global strengthens its India Operations: Opens state-of-the-art office in BengaluruS&P Global India has expanded its Bengaluru operations by leasing 33,000 square feet of office space in Whitefield. The new office, which i...
Channapatna's famed toy industry hit by expressway project cries for attention ahead of Assembly pollsThe newly-launched Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway has negatively affected the livelihoods of artisans at Channapatna's toy industry, who large...
JioMart to roll-out ‘Craft Mela’ for local artisans“We want to help them grow their businesses, preserve Indian crafts, and provide impetus to the rural economy. Such initiatives provide sel...
Is India’s renewed focus on ‘Toyconomy’ enough to take on China?A host of factors has given Indian manufacturers a lead in the domestic toys business. But as trade returns to pre-Covid levels, the govern...
Rajya Sabha MP demands crafts village on Mysuru expresswayThese Crafts Villages can come up on the vacant lands along the expressway and provide space for Channapatna artisans to showcase and sell ...
Toy sector pitches for PLI scheme, export council to promote growthLittle Genius Toys Pvt Ltd CEO Naresh Kumar Gautam said although support measures announced by the government are helping the industry, the...
Downing the shutters, again for MSMELocal lockdowns, delayed payments and rising costs have hurled MSMEs into another cycle of financial stress. Will they survive the second C...
Karnataka teams up with Amazon to drive e-commerce exports from MSMEsAmazon will train and onboard MSMEs from Karnataka on its exports programme, enabling them to sell their ‘Made in India’ products globally ...
Can India be a toy hub of the world, as PM Modi has exhorted? It’s a tough gameIndustry experts also say the PM’s call to develop India into a toy hub and the commerce ministry’s move to make BIS certification compulso...
Soaps, puppets, nut hampers: This Christmas, present your loved one an elegant, sustainable giftA customised deck of UNO cards with your favourite picture on the back is bound to make game night fun.
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...
- 'NABARAD Grameena Habba' in Bengaluru from September 28
About 40 artisans from across the state will be displaying their products for sale.
Unconventional toys make a comebackPacked with oodles of information, painted in attractive colours, unconventional toys are gaining a comeback as ‘educative’ becomes the key...
How entrepreneurs are fighting back onslaught of cheap Chinese goodsDesigner Atul Johri trains 12 artisans in lacquerware techniques that the toy-makers used. Through his networks, artisans have worked with ...
Weekend getaways: Nestling in the arms of nature at Kaas, culture-gazing at KhajurahoET-Travel suggests you take a casual day off at work to make the most of an extended weekend in August & September. Here's where you can he...