The Government of India has constituted a state-level committee for addressing the grievances of Assam weavers. This information was given by Minister of State for Textiles Panabaaka Lakshmi in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, according to ...
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Marriage doesn't always come easy. The following wedding customs from five ethnic minorities demonstrate its difficulty. It will be easy to understand why there are so many singles as well as dating shows in China after reading this ...
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The national government provides financial support to manufacturers and consumers to help enhance the sector’s competitiveness. China continues to push its LED program to boost the energy conservation campaign while strengthening ...
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This 19 year old Kenyan designer new that there was a better alternative than kerosene. In Africa kerosene lamps are still used in many areas and cause great harm to children and adults in rural African villages. Evan Wadongo created the ...
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A police and crime commissioner in the UK has proposed scrapping speed limits in the country to force drivers to focus harder on road conditions. Norfolk PCC Stephen Bett (pictured main) has told the BBC he believes a plethora of road ...
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The government of the Northeast Indian state of Assam has been urged to set up a silk yarn bank at Sualkuchi to ensure adequate supply of various silk yarns to weavers. Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG), a voluntary organization based ...
The hotly anticipated British Designers’ Collective at Bicester Village is back! Recording artist and British style icon Rita Ora will host the launch of the Collective on 2 May – featuring designers including Nicholas Kirkwood, ...
Hacker group Anonymous on Saturday made the Formula One its latest victim when it performed a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on its official website (formula1.com), as well as defacing its fan site f1-racers.net and several ...
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Chinese rescue teams have reached some of the most remote areas of Sichuan province hit by Saturday's powerful earthquake, state media report. The rescuers have been travelling on foot into Baoxing County because of the damage to roads in ...
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They jostle for space with military trucks and ambulances. Eighteen thousand Chinese troops have been deployed to help in the aftermath of Saturday's earthquake. The rescuers have now reached Longmen and other villages that surround the ...
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A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 113 people dead and more than 2,600 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across ...
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Traditional festivals are important events in the life of every Chinese, beginning right from childhood. Festivals such as the Chinese New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Winter Solstice are more or less ...
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A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Pies are defined by their crusts. A filled pie (also single-crust or bottom-crust), ...
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To mark the Vietnam-France Friendship Year 2013-2014, International Textiles and Garment Festival, which aims to feature works of artisans, designers and craftsmen from all over the world, will be hosted for the very first time in Vietnam. ...
As more and more councils look for ways to reduce their spending, South Gloucestershire Council has announced that Oldbury and Olveston will be joining its night-time lighting switch-off in a bid to slash the areas' operational costs. The ...
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