Textiles
Target Corp could shift some orders to Trident Ltd after terminating business with Welspun
26 Aug 2016
Bed Bath joins Target, other US buyers in Welspun probe
25 Aug 2016
Following Target, Wal-Mart Stores and JC Penney, US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond said it has ordered an external audit of textiles from Welspun India, that has seen nearly half its market value wiped out this week
Govt launches India Handloom website
12 Feb 2016
Clothes we wear are riddled with toxins: study
30 Oct 2015
Sweat-activated cooling apparel introduced
31 Jul 2015
Reliance’s ‘Only Vimal’ half sold to China’s Shandong Ruyi
09 Dec 2014
RIL’s textile business, which operates under the well-known brand ‘Vimal’, is the founding business of RIL while Ruyi is a leading textile company in China with revenues in excess of $3 billion and a global presence
Narendra Modi hardsells dreams of Varanasi's weavers
08 Nov 2014
While the `Banarasi Saree’ needed no sales push as "every mother wanted to gift a Banarasi saree to her daughter for her wedding,” Narendra Modi said there is a need to meet this demand and satisfy the customer with modern design, products and service
Textiles ministry ropes in Flipkart to boost handloom marketing
25 Aug 2014
The union ministry of textiles today announced a unique partnership with e-commerce major Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom textiles across the country
India emerges world's 2nd largest textiles exporter; beats Germany, Bangladesh
03 Jun 2014
India has improved its ranking in global textile trade to emerge as the second biggest exporter, beating its competitors like Italy, Germany and Bangladesh, while China retains its top position
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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!
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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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What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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
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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
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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