The Government of India is promoting the growth of technical textiles in the country and is implementing four schemes for the purpose, Minister of State for Textiles (Independent Charge) Santosh Kumar Gangwar informed Lok Sabha, the lower ...
Tags: Technical Textiles, Apparel
China's imports shrank unexpectedly in November while export growth slowed, fuelling concerns that the world's second-largest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown and adding pressure on policymakers to ramp up stimulus measures. ...
Tags: export growth, economy
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has planned to operate 343 procurement centres in 92 districts spread across 11 cotton growing states in the country, during the ongoing cotton season that began on October 1, 2014, Minister of State of ...
The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, has accepted the report of the sub-committee constituted to examine the issue of change of definition of handloom, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry ...
Politicians from the three main political parties had a spirited debate last night on the future of intellectual property policy after the General Election. Panellists from the political parties were Mike Weatherley MP (Conservative), Iain ...
Tags: Political Parties, IP Question, Furniture
Safety and sustainability will be the main focus at the first Dhaka Apparel Summit. Set to kickstart on 7 December, the three-day event will also focus on how the country can achieve the milestone to achieve US$ 50 billion in RMG export by ...
Tags: Safety, Sustainability, Apparel
The Indian Parliament (including the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha) passed the Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2014, last week. The Bill, as amended, ...
Tags: Labour Laws, Apparel
The UK retail and property sectors are poised to hear whether the Chancellor will use his final chance to make meaningful reforms to the business rates burden in his Autumn Statement, according to the British Council of Shopping Centres ...
Tags: Property Sectors, Retail, Furniture
The government of Lebanon has decided to form a committee to address food safety issues in the country. The decision came after the health ministry received brickbats from the ministers for publicly 'naming and shaming' food ...
Representatives of the oxo-biodegradable industry have expressed happiness over European Council of Member States' decision to reject the ban on the material across the continent. The Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Association (OPA) also ...
Tags: biodegradable plastics, lightweight plastic, Agriculture
Lebanon has announced plans to shut down several dairy factories in the country over food safety violations. The move comes after several products, including labneh from six dairy factories in the country, failed to meet health safety ...
Tags: Food Safety, dairy product
Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, Meat Industry, Agriculture
A new law has been approved by the European Union in a bid to cut down on the usage of plastic grocery bags. The rules have been unanimously agreed by EU ambassadors and will see the reduction in the usage of lightweight carrier bags of ...
Tags: Plastic Bags, Agriculture
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has been asked by the Indian Government to procure more cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by opening new procurement centres. At a meeting held in New Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Radha ...
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in December, national business group the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has written to George Osborne with a list of top business wants that will provide much needed the short-term support ...
Tags: tax, late payment, Autumn Statement, Furniture