Jakarta's palm oil curb will test IndiaIndia is grappling with a significant hurdle as Indonesia shifts its focus towards palm oil for biofuel production. This shift threatens In...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.02 PM IST
Sitharaman accuses Stalin of creating false narrative over Centre's advisory on paddy bonusUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has responded to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. She accused him of creating false narrativ...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
INDIAsize to be released at Bharat Tex later this month: Textiles secretaryThe INDIAsize initiative, a study aimed at establishing standardized measurements for Indian body types, will be unveiled at the Bharat Tex...
04 Feb, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
India’s own body size chart for clothes soon: Giriraj SinghIndia is set to introduce INDIAsize, a new clothing sizing system tailored to Indian body types, replacing UK and US-based sizes. This init...
05 Sep, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Govt to soon launch INDIAsize initiative, says Textiles Minister Giriraj SinghThe government is set to launch the 'INDIAsize' initiative to create standardized measurements for Indian body types, addressing fitting is...
05 Sep, 2024, 02.51 PM IST
Feet size matters, as does India’s pedigeopoliticsIndia is developing its own sizing chart for footwear to fit the "local needs" based on the tarsal, metatarsal, and phalanges structures of...
06 Aug, 2023, 10.11 AM IST
India will have own footwear sizing system soon, says Piyush GoyalIndia will soon come up with a sizing chart for footwear suited to local needs, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturda...
29 Jul, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
IndiaSize for footwear soon: Piyush GoyalAt the India International Footwear Fair, he also said that in the next few months, the country will finalise many more trade pacts with ze...
29 Jul, 2023, 06.06 PM IST
Freedom from ill-fitting clothes: Inside India's mega search for body sizeMany Asian countries such as Japan, China and South Korea have broken free of western body size charts by devising their own. Now India is ...
25 May, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
India's own clothing size chart to be out soon"The IndiaSize project is in advanced stages of completion. We plan to launch it in 2-3 months," said an official. India's readymade garmen...
24 May, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
India needs 115 GW RE generation capacity, 50 bn litre demineralised water to meet green hydrogen target: ReportThe report highlights that India's ambition to produce 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030 will need 115 GW of renewable power gener...
28 Jun, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
Why Central government needs to foot the full bill of Covid vaccinations across IndiaEvery other nation in the world has centrally planned and funded Covid immunisation. India alone favours a diametrically opposite model, es...
16 May, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Foreign practitioners allowed in India-seated arbitrationsIndia has amended the Arbitration and Conciliation Act to permit foreign practitioners in India-seated arbitrations, and enable uncondition...
09 Nov, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
Short-haul destinations turn hot this summer seasonTravel to destinations like Thailand, Malaysia, Mauritius, Cambodia and the Maldives is picking up with the airlines of some of these count...
07 Jun, 2019, 11.09 AM IST
'India Size' garments may hit the shelves soonIn March, the government will launch an exercise to measure a group of people to prepare a comprehensive 'India Size' chart.
17 Feb, 2019, 03.51 PM IST
Facebook’s brave new world: What India needs to ensure internet is not only free but also fairThe startling revelation that Cambridge Analytica had access to personal data of over 87 million Facebook users is how the chickens come ho...
09 Apr, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
Congress hits back at Rajnath Singh, says BJP spreading 'communalitis'Hitting back at Rajnath Singh over his comments, Manish Tewari said BJP spreads "communalitis, sectarianitis, fundamentalistitis and obscur...
28 Jun, 2013, 04.14 PM IST