MARKET & ECONOMY​

Bayer CropScience has announced in Lubbock a major gift of US $19.3 million towards cotton R&D research and other projects in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) at Texas Tech University.

Marks and Spencer Plc has partnered with SDC Enterprises Ltd and UL VS UK Ltd to develop and produce a new Multifibre Adjacent fabric, SDCE Multifibre. The existing Multifibre fabrics (DW type),

Global retail giant Wal-Mart is understood to have registered a new company in India as it prepares to enter the countrys multi-brand retail market. The retailer has registered a new company called Wal-Mart India Private Ltd in India,

Cotton Australia and Cotton Incorporated have announced a joint programme to raise awareness of the responsible growing practices among cotton producers in Australia and the United States called

The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to set up a handloom in Krishna district headquarters of Machilipatnam. The All India Handloom Technology Institute would be set up with a project cost of Rs 35 crore

In India, the prices of cotton that is ginned and baled are likely to rise as their transport and storage have been deemed ineligible for exemption from service tax by the Finance Ministry.

A team of researchers at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Pune and Central Sericulture Research and Training Institute (CSRTI) Mysore in India, says they have developed a promising technology