In another bad news for the jute industry, India has slapped anti-dumping duty on jute sacking cloth from Bangladesh, triggered by a spike in its import following the imposition of similar duty on ...

Focussing on the need to eliminate the use of plastic, Krishna Collector A. Md. Imtiaz said that both physical well-being and environmental preservation could be achieved if the use of plastic was ...

Jute is a natural fibre that has been in versatile use for thousands of years -- in making rope, twine, hessian bags, rugs etc. While it's still being used extensively around the world, it's not as ...

In a step aimed at discouraging the use of single-use plastic, the administration of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh has started purchasing bags from a self-help group (SHG) for the government staff ...

Museum displays ties that bind Britain and world to south Asian merchants, priests and royalty, from ancient trade routes to the Industrial Revolution From its simple khadi cloth, symbol of ideology ...

With plastic bags now banned, the biggest concern for residents and traders is the lack of sufficient and cheap alternatives to plastic. Several small units have mushroomed in the city that ...

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to shun single-use plastic and encouraged usage of jute and cloth bags to protect the environment. On World Environment ...