SURAT, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Udhiya Behera sat in a windowless room in the Indian textile hub of Surat, staring blankly at a small television as the ground shook with the noise of power ...

Vijay Pradhan, 45, attends to the 12 power looms that he operates at a synthetic textile unit in Surat, India’s largest manufacturer of manmade fabric. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Roli Srivastava SURAT ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India has doubled the compensation for the death of power loom workers in its textile industry as part of a benefits scheme to weed out problems plaguing the ...

When Joelle Blandford scrolled through an online buy and sell website, she couldn't believe her eyes: a post for a century-old weaving loom that was available for purchase. It was exactly the kind of ...

The textile industry in Alamance County, once thought to be near its demise, is still evolving. Last week, Kayser-Roth Corp. laid out plans for an expansion at a Burington sock factory that would ...

Aug. 23—MIDLAND — The Museum of the Southwest is delighted to present Hands on the Loom: Dine' Textiles Past and Present. Native America textiles are embedded in American popular culture. From ...

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced to set up a study group dedicated to addressing issues within the power loom industry in the state. Textile minister Chandrakant Patil emphasized the ...

Before the Industrial Revolution, making textiles was a slow process carried out by people using simple equipment, mostly in their own homes. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, the production of ...