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The Fabric of India finds it’s a place at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of the exhibition in the form of gleaming moon motifs on airy odhnis created by Good Earth. The highlight of the V&A India Festival, marks 25 years of the museum's Nehru Gallery, coincides with 20 years of Good Earth.

Related Keywords: Bangladesh exports, BGMEA, blouses, cotton nightwear and jeans, Export promotion bureau data, high demands for Bangladeshi products, kids wear, RMG exports growth, shirts, skirts, textiles got dury and quota free access, to Indian market, trousers

Bangladesh has earned $527.16m from its exports to Indian market in FY 2014-15 a rise by 15.45% compared to $456.63m in the last fiscal year as some products including textiles got duty and quota-free access, according to Export Promotion Bureau data.

Readymade garment export to the neighbouring country also increased by 8.31% to $104.25m in the year compared to $96.25m in the previous year.

Related Keywords: back of grade issue and low volumes, buyers made forward deals, fine bales, ginning unit, KCA, leading ginners, Lint market, production of textile made-ups, spot rate, stockpile of better grades, trading session

During the trading sessions in the past week, buyers at the lint market made forward deals on the back of grade issue and low volumes at around Rs 4,600 per maund to Rs 4,625 per maund, traders said on Saturday.

The buyers remained eager for fine grades at main stations of Punjab and Sindh, while majority of the ginneries produced all grades on the back of moderate influx of cottonseed.

Prices remained within reach of the buyers amid some cautious activity. The Karachi Cotton Association’s (KCA’s) spot rate remained firm to stay at Rs 4,500 per maund.

Related Keywords: biannual sourcing, eco meets fashion, Green light outreach campaign, Green Trade project office, Magic exhibition, promote green products and service of Taiwan, Taiwan Innovative textile and accessories gallery, Taiwanese textile manufacturers

The Green Trade Project Office which aims at promoting Taiwan's green products and services under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs today launched the third event for its 2015 'Green Light Outreach' campaign with the opening of 'Taiwan Innovative Textiles and Accessories Gallery' at the biannual 'Sourcing at MAGIC' exhibition which kicked off today and will continue till August 19 in Las Vegas.

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Government has set its sights on the development in the organised and unorganised sectors of the textile industry, which is one of the mainstays of the national economy. The initiatives of the government have raised hopes of resurrection of the Indian handloom and textile industries, said K. Radharaman of The House of Angadi, which has a 600-year legacy in the textile trade.

Setting up integrated textile parks, increasing export, development of handlooms, promotion of handicrafts and increasing sericulture are some of the elements the government has stressed upon.

Related Keywords: decision to expand textile hub policy, in cotton growing belt, Maharashtra state government, Maharashtra State Textile Corporation and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, nine districts across state, override farmers suicides

The Maharashtra state government considering the massive unrest amongst the farmers in drought-hit region of Vidarbha, Marathwada and some parts of northern Maharashtra has taken the decision to expand the textile hub policy to nine districts across the state to override the farmers suicides in cotton growing belt.

The decision to accord textile industry has taken as it is second most important status after agriculture. The districts which have been shortlisted for developing into textile hubs are Yavatmal, Buldhana, Amravati, Jalna, Parbhani, Nanded, Aurangabad, Beed and Jalgaon.

Related Keywords: domestic cotton prices, drop in international demand, due to fall in polyester price, fall in international oil prices, first quarter of this fiscal year, Indo Rama, International demand under pressure, polyester manufacturer, recorded drop in net profit

Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd, polyester manufacturer due to fall in polyester prices and a drop in international demand has recorded a 77 percent drop in its net profit to ₹4.91 crore in the first quarter of 2015-16 compared to ₹22.05 crore earned in the same period of the previous year.

Related Keywords: Asean countries, between the European Union, concluded negotiations, export duties, Free trade agreement, legal clean up and national ratification remain, liberalise duties, lift EU duties on textile, Vietnam

A free trade agreement initialed between the European Union and Vietnam recently announced that they had concluded negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). Only legal clean-up and national ratification remain to be done on the EU Vietnam FTA (although ratification can take quite some time, as has happened with the EU-Singapore FTA).

Related Keywords: defaulters in textile market, for clearing payment early, issued public notice, knitted fabric, offered one percent discount, powerloom weavers, South Gujarat Warp Knitters' Association, textile traders and brokers, warp knitting machines, wrap knitters

Many warp knitters have lost huge amount of money to the defaulters in the textile markets to rein in defaults the warp knitters have begun offering the textile traders and brokers one percent discount for clearing payments within 10 days of the purchase.

The South Gujarat Warp Knitters' Association (SGWKA) is a body of industry members representing the warp knitting community in a public notice issued on Thursday also stated that making payments after 25 days from the date of purchase will be liable to pay 18 percent interest on the outstanding dues.

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Yu, a research scientist in the Photobiology Group at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory who has already proved a certain cyanobacterium can be genetically engineered to produce ethylene. Now it's time to take the research outside of the laboratory.