Textiles
KVIC to set up design houses to modernise Khadi
27 Sep 2019
Design house will identify the latest design trends, adopt them as per customer needs and undertake various testing and review activities for translating them into production and help Khadi gain customers’ trust
RIL, Turkey’s Kivanc team up for eco-friendly textile production
09 Jul 2019
The fabric, `R|Elan GreenGold’, is made from recycled PET, which substantially reduces emission of greenhouse gases and, according to RIL, its manufacture also doesn’t need much water since it is being made from pre-dyed fibres
Raymond’s, RIL team up to launch ecofriendly range of textiles
09 Apr 2019
Raymond’s Ecovera, which makes use of Reliance Industry’s R|Elan range of fibers, will help redeem almost 1 million PET bottles from landfills, according to RIL
Patanjali enters apparels market with brand `Paridhan’
05 Nov 2018
Patanjali Paridhan will have the three brands - Livfit, Aastha and Sanskar - and 3,500 variants of apparel, home textile, shoes and accessorises, all targeted at customers across age groups
Khadi makes a big splash at Lakme Fashion Week
24 Aug 2018
American Apparel files for second bankruptcy less than a year after court protection ended
14 Nov 2016
Welspun India faces two class-action lawsuits in US over mislabelling Egyptian cotton
15 Sep 2016
A group of US consumers has filed two class-action lawsuits against Welspun India Ltd for selling cheap cotton sheets and towels by labelling them as made from fine Egyptian cotton
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation