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Fabric of a nation: Sustaining India's handloom legacy in modern times
The industry is largely unorganised, and the wages are shockingly low. 67% of handloom workers are …
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A quarter of Indian gig workers’ salaries grew by 50% in the last one year
An overall growth of 150% was recorded in the payments/salaries to gig workers between October 2021…
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The untold crisis to befall India’s artists, artisans and weavers
But just as many if not more artists and artisans are caught in the economic spiral with less…
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A third of India’s textile workers — 30 million— lost their jobs and more could go
In a bid to boost the textile industry in India, the Ministry of Textiles drafted guidelines in the…
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Where does the buck stop if there is a shortage of protective gear for health workers fighting novel coronavirus?
However, Anupam Sibal, group medical director and senior pediatrician with the Apollo Hospital…
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Textile company moves SC against govt order for payment of full wages during coronavirus lockdown
The plea has challenged the constitutional validity of the Government Order dated March 29, 2020 is…
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Billionaires Azim Premji and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw argue against the labour ‘reforms’ in Indian states— and they are not alone
However, the idea does not resonate well with the experts. After a notice from the Allah…
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Textile Industry Holds Potential To Lead ‘Make In India’ Campaign
In fact, textile is what connects the modern society to anthropology. Archeologists have found evid…
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Budget 2022 expectation: Why India needs an urban MGNREGA
This year’s Union Budget, which will be announced on February 1 by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sit…
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Retail sector workers should take pride in their jobs: Irani
"There should be no sense of shame in wanting to be a retail employee. When I began my job at McDo…
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Govt in touch with industry to augment supply of protective gears for health workers
The testing was done at SITRA and the results of fabric samples were referred to technical experts…
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Cos cautiously resume work as India begins reopening economy
"We have also got permission to open factories in green and orange zones. Most of the brands are p…
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Budget 2021-22 will enhance India's manufacturing capacities and boost trade, says Commerce Secretary
New Delhi, Feb.The Budget for 2021-22 extensively and comprehensively envisages several initiatives…
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Fighting AIDS, decriminalising LGBTQ+, and legalising dance bars are only some of the achievements by a woman fighting stereotypes in Mumbai's second-largest slum
It's not easy to spread hope in Mumbai's second-largest slum, Malwani. But, Prabha Desai is fightin…
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MSMEs to be hurt significantly by economic contraction due to coronavirus: Crisil
The Covid-19 induced economic contraction will significantly hurt micro, small and medium enterpris…
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Indians were fearing recession even before data showed that GDP growth hit a six-year low
India’s growth in gross domestic product (GDP) between April and June 2019 was a mere 5%, the w…
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After 50,000 PPE kits from China fail quality tests, India ramps up in-house production
“Two small consignments with 30,000 and 10,000 PPE kits, too, failed tests,” ET reported…
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In Tamil Nadu, humanoid robots are set to work with Coronavirus patients in quarantine
A private software company in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli has donated humanoid robots to the local…
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India believes that its export duty rationalization on leather goods can create 2 million jobs
Indian government is betting on the leather sector to create jobs. India’s leather sector — i…
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Over 2 million government employees are angry, anxious and dejected over salaries, hikes and job security
During bad times, there is nothing like a secure job — even when you are employed with the governme…