Textile Exchange (TE) has launched the Organic Content Standard (OCS) 3.0 after the conclusion of a regular revision process involving an international working group and following Textile Exchange’s standard setting procedures.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has urged governments across the globe to increase the support to their respective textile and apparel industries.

Textile Exchange has launched the Organic Content Standard (OCS) 3.0 after the conclusion of a regular revision process involving an international working group and following Textile Exchange’s standard setting procedures.

The Indian apparel industry could take a hit of almost Rs 1 lakh crore due to the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 outbreak and a significant slowdown is expected in economic growth once the lockdown ends, according to a survey by CMAI.

India’s textiles and apparel sector production is expected to decline by 10-12 per cent in the April-June quarter owing to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by KPMG in India.

Indo Intertex 2020 and its co-related events, originally scheduled on 14-17 July 2020, is postponed to 2021, its organiser Peraga Expo has announced.

The US administration’s reported plan to institute a 90-day deferral on most-favoured nation (MFN) tariffs that is being pushed by the importing and retailing industries would defer certain tariffs.

To keep the medical, paramedical and other personnel engaged in combating Covid-19 safe from the deadly virus, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a bio suit.

With several concerns raised over the lack of safety gear for doctors treating Covid-19 patients across the State, Karur textile industries have been working full swing to manufacture PPE.