UP beats West Bengal, emerges 3rd largest to house 'active' companies in IndiaUttar Pradesh has become India's third-largest state by active companies, surpassing West Bengal with 145,009 operational entities. The sta...
29 Oct, 2024, 11.53 PM IST
PM Modi announces formation of National Turmeric Board during his Telangana visitDuring his visit to Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the formation of a National Turmeric Board to support turmeric farmer...
01 Oct, 2023, 04.29 PM IST
PM Modi inaugurates multiple developmental projects worth more than Rs 13,500 cr in TelanganaPrime Minister Narendra Modi visited Telangana and inaugurated multiple developmental projects worth over Rs 13,500 crore. These projects i...
01 Oct, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
Gadkari reviews construction work of all-weather Zojila, Z-Morh tunnels on Srinagar-Leh highwaySpeaking to reporters at the Z-Morh tunnel site, Gadkari said his ministry is also building 20 tunnels of a total length of 32 km in Jammu ...
28 Sep, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
Flipkart partners Maharashtra to bring local artisans, SMEs into the e-commerce foldThe partnership under the Flipkart Samarth programme will enable Maharashtra's local artisans, weavers, craftsmen and smaller industries to...
11 Feb, 2021, 11.27 PM IST
Pilot shopping festival planned in FY21: IraniTextiles minister Smriti Zubin Irani said that a pilot shopping festival at Bengaluru is proposed to be organized in 2020-21. She also said...
19 Mar, 2020, 06.42 PM IST
Myntra collaborates with Indian textile artisans for its private apparel segmentThe fashion etailer has also collaborated with NGO’s such as Industree Bangalore, a women empowerment organization in Karnataka
18 Sep, 2019, 06.47 PM IST
Maharashtra State Handlooms Corporation signs MoU with Amazon India to launch handloom brand onlineAmazon India said that the MoU will have an impact on the work of over 600 weavers from 17 villages of Maharashtra.
13 Sep, 2019, 09.57 PM IST
Government to facilitate cheaper loans to Scheduled Caste artisans, weaversA Memorandum of Understanding was signed between The Development Commissioner (Handlooms) and National Scheduled Caste Finance and Developm...
14 Apr, 2017, 05.43 PM IST
Art of living 'desi cowboy' style: Group of activists in India talk of going back to the rootsA group of activists wants to set up an umbrella organisation for those concerned with economic equity and ecological sanity to share ideas...
23 Jan, 2016, 06.09 AM IST
Textiles Ministry terms proposed effluent norms as 'stringent'In a letter to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Textiles Secretary SK Panda has said the proposed standards would make the zero liq...
31 Dec, 2015, 03.04 PM IST
Government promises turnaround of textile sector, Parliament passes BillGangwar said the bill seeks to free the ailing National Textile Corporation, which has property worth Rs 25 lakh crore, from rent control l...
08 Dec, 2014, 07.52 PM IST
Google launches various projects aimed at increasing internet awareness among Indian womenGoogle, launched the Android One programme last week to get the next billion people on smartphones, tied up with various NGOs across India
02 Oct, 2014, 02.15 AM IST
Proposed textile park to open job avenues for 5,000 weaversMaharashtra govt is planning to set up an integrated textile park, which would open employment avenues for nearly 5,000 weavers here.
29 Oct, 2013, 12.08 PM IST
- Oil cos exploring alternative sources of energy: HPCL chief
In the wake of rising international crude oil prices, the oil companies in the country are chalking out ways to produce more bio-fuel.
20 May, 2008, 10.18 PM IST
- NTC plans greenfield mill in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region
The National Textile Corporation proposes to set up a greenfield mill in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, aiming to provide job opportunities...
21 Apr, 2008, 10.09 PM IST
- Solapur is thirsty, jobless and divided too
It was once dubbed the Manchester of the East, with a large number of power looms and hand-looms, but now it resembles a ghost town. Yes, t...
05 Jan, 2007, 03.35 AM IST