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The Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) recently announced that it has developed a filter cloth to make N99 masks in association with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Haiti has decided to reopen its textile factories from April 20, Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe announced recently.

There could be as many as one crore job cuts in the textiles sector, which has been severely hit by the ongoing lockdown, if there is no support and revival package from the government, according to apparel industry body Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI)..

The Tirupur exporters’ association (TEA), India’s largest readymade garments/knitwear hub, has sought the union government’s permission to allow the opening of sampling units to ensure their survival as well as protect employment of lakhs.

Vardhman Textiles has got permission from the concerned authorities in the States of Punjab for resumption of manufacturing operations of its spinning units situated at Malerkotla and Ludhiana subject to fulfillment of certain conditions.