Indian apparel designs in global limelight: MinisterIndian designs are gaining global recognition as an exciting fusion of traditional craftsmanship and modern sensibilities, according to MoS...
16 Oct, 2025, 10.48 AM IST
Inside Noida’s rapidly evolving MSME ecosystem: Opportunities and challengesNoida offers significant opportunities for MSMEs; however, experts and industry stakeholders emphasise the need for stronger policy support...
06 Oct, 2025, 11.28 AM IST
Odisha eyes strategic role in India’s Semiconductor Mission: Hemant SharmaRecognising its potential to generate high-quality, knowledge-based employment, the state government is aligning its industrial strategy to...
27 Sep, 2025, 06.39 AM IST
Trading traditions: Why cotton-rich Tiruppur is making a shift to syntheticsAlthough Tiruppur is synonymous with cotton, accounting for over 90% of India’s cotton knitwear exports, it is now gradually entering the l...
26 Jun, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
From dirty to dazzling: Why Tiruppur is recycling 130 million litres water everydayA 360-degree change in Tiruppur may have only come through an enforced court order, yet it is a transformation that has been fully embraced...
25 Jun, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
Tiruppur in trouble? What is ailing this Rs 70,000-crore textile cluster from scaling upDespite churning out impressive trade numbers, Tiruppur is plagued by various problems that threaten its very survival. Addressing key issu...
25 Jun, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
EU & Ministry of Textiles launches 7 projects to boost textile and handicraft sectors in IndiaThe European Union and the Ministry of Textiles launched seven projects to boost India's textile and handicraft industry with a grant of EU...
15 Feb, 2025, 06.55 PM IST
Cracks in export backbone: MSME units in 4 manufacturing hubs shut shops as global orders dry upA combination of international and domestic problems is putting the survival of small businesses in jeopardy, affecting the livelihoods of ...
07 Sep, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
How Dharavi redevelopment plan will change the face of MumbaiAdnan Syed, 24, celebrates his team's victory at the T10 Dharavi Premier League cricket tournament, winning `1 lakh. The tournament, suppor...
22 Aug, 2024, 12.58 AM IST
Strategic insights flourish at ET Make in India SME Summit’s Kolkata ChapterStakeholders, including Bengal cabinet Minister for Heavy Industries and MSMEs, Shashi Panja, entrepreneurs from food product companies, an...
08 Jul, 2024, 10.01 AM IST
Gaps in textiles value chain which global expo, Bharat Tex Expo 2024, seeks to addressIndia presents a unique strength in the Textiles and Garment sector with a complete value chain from fibre to garments and being the second...
23 Feb, 2024, 10.36 AM IST
To achieve net zero, companies must learn climate science: Jaideep Prabhu, Judge Business SchoolIn the past, there was some deniability over whether water, air or ecosystems were getting polluted by commercial operations — without adeq...
04 Jan, 2024, 10.19 PM IST
Man-made fibre industry is thriving in India, but why isn’t it ready to challenge China?Despite being a significant player in the textiles and apparel industry, India has been unable to make a sizable mark in a subsegment — man...
05 Nov, 2023, 09.19 AM IST
Government's textiles buys may have to include recycled materialsThe Centre may make it mandatory for a certain amount of textile products in government procurement to come from recycled materials as part...
07 Jul, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Nimble exporters are slowly displacing Chinese competitors with new products, strategyA shift in consumer sentiments and an increasing slant of companies on wanting alternative destinations to China is encouraging Indian expo...
25 Mar, 2023, 09.53 AM IST
What India makes: List of India's manufacturing hubsApparel industry manufacturing woollen garments and hosiery apparel, hand tools and industrial equipment, bicycle manufacturing, bicycle pa...
16 Jun, 2018, 11.29 PM IST
- Revival vision dims as rains refuse to fall
The south-west monsoon, vital to India’s agriculture, had pretty much skipped India’s breadbasket state in the crucial month of June, as it...
20 Jul, 2009, 05.17 AM IST