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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicHandloom

Topic: handloom

Why the world is obsessed with a Mumbai girl in a hand-stitched jacket, perched atop a JCB backhoe

A 'cool Indian girl' has turned the city's chaos into the world's most unusual global runway. Nonchalance is redefining fashion.

Sitharaman announces integrated textile programme. What it means for businesses, artisans

The programme has five sub-parts, including the National Fibre Scheme for self-reliance in natural fibres, man-made fibres, and new-age fibres.

Crisis in Cottage Emporium—Rs 202 crore in dues, unpaid staff on silent protest, no AC

Artisans have stopped supplying products, and even basic utilities like air conditioning have been shut off. Employees hold on, hoping that the Cottage Emporium can rise again.

Textiles minister to inaugurate Handloom Conclave in Delhi on 28 January

The interactive workshop will bring together stakeholders from across the handloom sector to formulate a roadmap for its future growth, the ministry said.

Union Textiles Minister inaugurates new IIHT campus in West Bengal’s Fulia

The state-of-the-art facility aims to boost handloom technology education and cater to students from West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Sikkim.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.