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Heat stress becoming a serious risk for MSMEs and workers: ReportsRecent studies by WRI India and HeatWatch reveal that heatwaves are disrupting production, increasing operational costs, reducing worker pr...- Extreme heat dents productivity at India garment factories supplying global brandsIndia's garment factories face severe heat challenges. Productivity drops up to 10% affect global brands like Uniqlo and Marks & Spencer. H...
- India fights a familiar fear even as it keenly watches new US tariff moveIndia 12.5% new tariff: Indian exporters are watching US tariff reviews closely, hoping that trade talks will protect their market share. A...
- 'This seems the future of manufacturing': Harsh Goenka shares eye-opening factory video. WatchIndustrialist Harsh Goenka shared a video showing garment workers wearing sensors. This technology captures hand movements to train artific...
- Experts flag data spills as house-help platforms bring physical AI homeRecent data-gathering pilots by on-demand service platforms Pronto and Snabbit have drawn a spotlight on India’s emerging physical AI ecosy...
- India's job engine strains as Iran war hits remittances and tradeThe Middle East conflict is impacting India's economy by forcing migrant workers home and reducing demand for manufactured exports. This do...
- Life on Rs 11,000 a month in Noida: How workers survive on minimal salaries amid rising LPG prices and high rentIn Noida’s industrial belt, thousands of factory workers are struggling to survive on monthly wages of around Rs 11,000–Rs 14,000, pushing ...
- Cannot absorb hike in wages: Noida exportersNoida apparel exporters warn wage hikes and labour unrest may disrupt shipments, as rising costs and pressure from global buyers threaten o...
- NCR workers unrest adds to cost strain on firms already hit by Iran warWorker protests over minimum wages are escalating in Noida and Manesar. This unrest, following a significant wage hike in Haryana, is incre...
- Post-revolution Bangladesh protests cost garment industry $400 millionBangladesh's garment industry experienced significant disruptions and $400 million in losses due to student-led unrest, but stability has r...
- Fresh clashes as Bangladesh garment workers protest low wageThousands of garment workers in Bangladesh have staged protests, demanding fair wages for their work, which includes making clothing for We...
- Bangladeshis rush back to work as factories reopen despite virus surgeWith the economy badly hit by the pandemic, the government excluded the factories that supply top brands in Europe and North America from a...
- Big apparel brands still need Bangladesh’s workersBangladesh’s garment-export economy is something of a modern miracle. In 1978, the country was primarily agricultural; its garment industry...
- Myanmar crisis sounds death knell for garment industry, jobs and hopeBusiness had been struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but after a Feb. 1 coup that sparked mass protests and a deadly crackdown, d...
- BooHoo! How millennials fall into the wage gap trapBrands sell clothing at price points that are set by the market i.e. by the consumers. These consumers have no idea where and how their clo...
- 'All my dreams are shattered': coronavirus crushes Asia's garment industry"If I have a job and an income, I can pay for medical treatment for my mother," Zarchi Lwin, 29, told Reuters from the home she shares with...
- Indian workers at Walmart, Gap factories face intensive exploitation, abuse: ReportThe report said use of contract labour is most pervasive in Delhi-NCR with an estimated 60-80% of the garment workforce employed as contrac...
- Good deal for garment workers to benefit Awami League in poll-bound BangladeshDespite near doubling of wages, if Bangladesh can hold its own in the hypercompetitive garment export industry, it will be a victory for ev...
- Are India's garment factories any better than Bangladesh's?India is home to a raft of garment clusters. ET Magazine investigates if disaster like Bangladesh is waiting to happen.
- Tesco & Asda check abuse claims in B'deshTesco and Asda have said they were looking into allegations of worker abuse at garment factories used by their suppliers in Bangladesh.
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