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Friday, May 1, 2026
TopicSilk

Topic: Silk

What happens to silk at the edge of space? Artists just found out

The Mission Taroni project sent a sculpture roughly 33 kilometres above Earth, high enough for the sky to turn pitch black and the planet’s curvature to come into view.

Behind every silk sari, a woman breaks

The sericulture industry of Karnataka's Ramanagara has thrived for decades with cottage industries passed down through generations, Women make up 60% of the workforce there.

How docile, pliable silkworms became ‘war animals’ under Hitler

In Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex history of the queen of fabrics.

On Camera

How Scotland protects what India neglects. Chicken Tikka Masala for a start

Between a 'mild' chicken tikka and the cinematic lanes of Edinburgh, a blueprint for saving Jaipur's UNESCO World Heritage status can be found.

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

76 yrs on, exhibition on Korean War brings to life independent India’s 1st overseas military deployment

'Guardians of Neutrality: India's Korean Mission', organised in Delhi, brought out unknown and forgotten aspects of the war.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.