The Union Minister for Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, launched Project SU.RE, India’s biggest commitment towards sustainable fashion.

India will add 40 new Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) codes for technical textiles sector in coming months to its existing 207 HSN codes.

Union Minister Smriti Irani said that the Centre will skill 30,000 people in Meghalaya under the ‘Samarth’ scheme in apparel, textiles and handloom sectors.

India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has issued an alert over garments being imported via Bangladesh from other countries to take advantage of duty concessions offered under a free-trade agreement (FTA).

Twinery signed a licensing agreement with the Colombo Science and Technology Cell of the University of Colombo to implement at the MAS Fabric Park a technology developed in Sri Lanka to use aluminium waste for treating textile industry wastewater.

The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics will be laser printed and made in minutes. That’s the future imagined by the researchers behind new e-textile technology.

Gartex Texprocess India witnessed intense networking as it brought together 180 exhibitors from four countries and 10,390 trade professionals from 290 cities and six countries under one roof.

Under different phases of the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) of Pakistan is planning to set up 1,000 industrial stitching units.

The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), Coimbatore organised Texfair 2019 – largest expo of textile machinery, spares, accessories and other supporting services and Farm to Finish Expo 2019.