Textile workers exposed to cotton dust are at heightened risk of a spectrum of respiratory disorders that pose both individual and public health challenges. Chronic exposure to airborne cotton dust ...

Surat: A deepening gas shortage in Surat has triggered a humanitarian crisis, pushing thousands of migrant workers to the ...

West Asia crisis hits Surat’s textile hub as rising crude oil prices disrupt raw material supply, cut production and squeeze ...

Migrant workers face LPG shortage as prices soar amid West Asia conflict. Many pay up to Rs 4,000 in black market or return ...

Several factories have even begun shutting down for a day or two in a week to cope with the manpower shortage.

For Surat’s vast textile workforce, migration is usually seasonal and predictable. This year, however, the cycle was ...

Seated on the stone floor of a medieval fortress in Italy's Tuscan hills, students rip thin, one-inch strips of fabric. They then knot the strips together to create extra chunky yarns. With these ...

For some days now, Udhna Junction (Railway station) has been bearing witness to migrant workers desperate to return home in ...

With 20% to 400% increase in input costs and flight of migrant labour to villages due to black marketing of domestic LPG, the industry has clocked a loss of Rs 5,000 crore in the last three weeks and ...