Climate crisis to rob $65 bn from South and Southeast Asia’s apparel exporting nations

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan and Vietnam would witness their export gains slipping by 22% by 2030

South Asia

Fading colours

Natural dyes, now popular in the West, are yet to make it big in the Indian market, reports R V Singh (Read full article)

Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel

The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the bleaching units

Towards zero discharge

Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams

A Sunrise industry

Natural dye business survives on exporters and the local carpet industry

No business drive

Research efforts on natural colours are not helping the traditional industry

Searching for Roots

India's wealth of flora and fauna provide a rainbow of natural dyes

Printers' devil

The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer's polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure …

Gutter will sparkle

Ludhiana is going all out to clean up Buddha Nallah, the sole receptacle of its industrial filth

Industrial discharge: seaward ho!

As rivers spill over, the sea becomes the new dumping destination in coastal Gujarat

Effluents from Bhilwara textile units flow unabated

Fashion needs to ditch fossil fuels in supply chain. A new report shows the way

The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined

EU nations agree to ban toxic chemical in textiles

Surfactants used in textiles manufactured outside the EU are released into the environment when washed by consumers, posing risk to aquatic life

As told to Parliament (September 17, 2020): Andaman and Nicobar tribes being watched closely for COVID-19

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Authorities clueless Carcinogen NP in a large number of products in India.

Long yarn

The cotton story is a tangled tale. In many parts of India, farmers are committing suicide. It's been a while Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and now …

As told to Parliament (March 29, 2023): No report of starvation deaths from states, UTs, claims minister

All that was discussed in the House through the day    

Two cyclones and a gas leak: Journey of migrants between urban precariousness and ravaged villages

A report narrates the story of three migrants from Assam and West Bengal who have been uprooted from their hometowns by extreme climate events or …

Gloom ahead of Handloom Day: Centre scraps handloom, handicraft boards

Experts slam government move to get rid of advisory bodies, say they let stakeholders present their case

United Colours of Industry

Of all dyes produced across the world, 11 per cent goes out as effluents. 2 per cent from manufacturing and as much as 9 per cent from colouring. …

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

Organic thread

Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …

Letters

COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat

Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood