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What are the environmental impacts of silk?

Silk being a protein fiber is a renewable textile material with low environmental impact compared with other fibers. Since the…

4 years ago

What is silk?

Silk is also known as “the queen of fibers”. It is obtained from the larvae of the silk moth that…

4 years ago

Pioneering sustainable clothing, fashion designers aims at horseradish, nettles

Innovative fashion designers are turning to such things as horseradish and nettles to make sustainable clothing and accessories to the…

4 years ago

Sea silk: the world’s exclusive textile, all set to go for auction this week

On Wednesday, a curious item will be auctioned at Landmark on the Park on the Upper West Side.

5 years ago

Advanced centre on silk farming to be set up in Kishanganj

Bihar agriculture ministry has sanctioned Rs 60 crore for the proposed advanced centre on sericulture (silk farming) at Abdul Kalam…

6 years ago

Wild silk and Silkmark exhibition being organized in Guwahati

A vanya or wild silk and Silkmark exhibition will be part of the three-day 8th International Conference on Wild Moths…

6 years ago

Silk worm seed cold store inaugurated in Kashmir

The Minister of Agriculture of the State of Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, has recently inaugurated the Silk Worm Seed…

6 years ago

New greener ways of producing synthetic fibres in the offing

Silk is one of the most promising green biomaterials, and could be the perfect replacement for nylon and polyester based…

7 years ago

Silk Mark Expo an ideal platform to popularize silk mark labels

Silk Mark is an initiative of Silk Mark Organisation of India (SMOI), Central Silk Board to protect the interest of…

7 years ago

Cabinet apprised of MoU between India Japan collaborative research in silk

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed…

7 years ago