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.

The Uttar Pradesh Government will bring a new policy to promote Khadi on the lines of Gujarat and is likely to be implemented from next year, Minister for Khadi and Gramodyog Satyadev Pachauri said.