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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicTextile

Topic: Textile

Home Science is ditching ‘cooking & stitching’ tag. It’s a quiet transformation despite stereotypes

Once seen as a course for women to learn home management, Home Science has transformed into a rigorous, multidisciplinary field blending biology, chemistry, economics, psychology and sociology.

DPIIT collaborates with Bhaane Group for startup incubation

Bhaane Group, an apparel manufacturer, will leverage its expertise to provide market insights and operational guidance to the selected startups.

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.

Smriti Irani’s wish for her epitaph shows she is a rare politician who can laugh at herself

In ‘India Tomorrow’, Pradeep Chhibber and Harsh Shah talk to textile and WCD minister Smriti Irani on BJP, being a woman leader and what she wants to be remembered for.

On Camera

The US birthright citizenship dilemma—What makes a citizen?

Political sentiment is clearly moving against easier immigration, let alone granting of citizenship to “people not like us”.

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.