Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
There is a shift towards limiting and eliminating chemically-cultivated cotton KARUR: A global movement on the use of organic cotton-based products was evolving rapidly and exporters must take note of the development to stay ahead of competitors, speakers stressed at a workshop on
Brown in colour: Effluents from textile processing units have entered bore wells, which supply water to 400-plus houses in Manickampalayam Housing Unit, forcing the residents to fetch water from elsewhere. ERODE: For the over 400 households in Manickampalayam Housing Unit the problem came from deep within the ground. Effluents from …
Sapna Dogra Singh / New Delhi April 08, 2009, 0:43 IST In order to give impetus to the technical textiles industry in India, a government-commissioned study by a management consultancy firm has recommended inclusion of eight more focus areas, like products used in packaging, building and construction sectors, in the …
Khadi has strayed from its objective of providing a livelihood to artisans in rural areas. For preserving the ethos of khadi, rather than just tinker with the existing system a restructuring of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission is necessary. The potential of khadi needs to be exploited for its …
AROUND 200 adolescent girls employed in a textile mill in the suburbs of Madurai are down with diarrhoea and vomiting on March 8 and many of them are still undergoing treatment in hospital. According to trade union sources, these girls were victims of the Sumangali Thittam, where young women are …
The adsorption capacity of riverbed sand, sawdust, vermiculite and soil for Cr (III) ions from tannery effluent has been investigated in detail in order to evaluate their possible application as filter material in reed bed treatment system. The adsorption isotherm was determined along with the effect of contact time, initial …
An oligopolistic market, fluctuating market conditions, inadequate modernisation and the subordinate status of hired workers have contributed to the poor living conditions of workers in Sircilla, a powerloom centre of Andhra Pradesh. The state and central governments need to intervene in a more organised fashion to end the distress. In …
This study presents decolorization of textile azo dye, Orange II, by white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Orange II (85%) was removed in 7 days (optimum decolorization on 5th day at 28-30
The textile industries in Tamil Nadu are in the process of providing zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system and they are in need of suitable technology for colour and organics removal so as to reduce the chemical consumption, energy consumption and sludge generation, which are problems in the conventional treatment methods. …
KARUR: Farmers in the pollution-hit Noyal river basin have urged the State Government to quickly disburse the compensation awarded to them by the Loss of Ecology Committee.
Pakistan's cotton, textile, and apparel industries are key sectors of the nation's economy; their performance can contribute to either a rise or fall in poverty. These vital industries have faced a variety of challenges and opportunities in recent years, including world cotton price instability, liberalization of the multilateral clothing and …
Pali farmers teach state pollution body a few things technical Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai has no formal training in science. But he was able to test and tell a gathering of over 300 people that water from a dugwell in Phenkaria village contained arsenic and zinc in concentrations unfit for human …
Sapna Dogra Singh / New Delhi October 17, 2008, 0:46 IST Production by Indian mills drops to the lowest level since 2004. That the Indian textile industry is so intertwined with the United States economy has never been so apparent. Yarn production by Indian mills has dropped to the lowest …
Neeraj Thakur / New Delhi October 03, 2008, 0:14 IST Even as the textile industry has asked for administrative measures to control prices of raw cotton, including banning exports, and giving domestic buyers the first right of refusal, the Ministry of Textiles feels that domestic prices cannot remain immune to …
This study attempts to empirically investigate the implications of unshackling of the global textile trade, following the complete phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) in 2005, on the efficiency of firms operating in the Indian textiles industry. By employing the Stochastic Coefficients Frontier Approach, it estimates the overall and …
Increasing the green cover in Gujarat may be high on government's agenda but the court is already questioning its 'negligence' about protecting trees. A public interest litigation has been filed in Gujarat High Court by social worker Abduljabbar Ghanchi seeking an order for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Gujarat State …
The interactions of methyl orange and two benzidine type azo dyes, Congo Red and Direct Blue 1, with some strong polycations with variable charge densities, having cationic centers in the side chain, were investigated.
