Month: August 2017

The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has identified 12 indigenous plants for manufacturing natural textile dyes. A study by the College of Agriculture (CoA), Vellayani, as part of the Western Ghat Development Programme (WGDP), has identified 12 indigenous plants capable of giving colour to cotton and silk textiles.

J Thulasidharan, Managing Director of Coimbatore-based The Rajaratna Group of Mills, will continue as president of Indian Cotton Federation, formerly known as South India Cotton Association, for 2017-18.

Over 4,500 exhibitors from nearly 30 countries will gather under one roof at October’s Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, the China’s international trade fair for apparel fabrics, during October 11-13, 2017.

Cotton sowing has reached a record high of about 120 lakh hectares in the country during the ongoing kharif season on the back of good rainfall in key growing regions.