Tag: artisans

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha felicitated the recipients of Pashmina Exporters Manufacturers Association Awards at Srinagar, today.In his address, the Lt Governor congratulated the award winners on receiving the prestigious award. He also commended the Pashmina Exporters Manufacturers Association for its immense contribution in promotion of Pashmina products.The Lt ...

Srinagar: Paper machie artisans in Kashmir are elated that one of their products — the exquisite box holding the diamond gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to US First Lady Jill Biden — has graced the White House.Modi gifted an eco-friendly lab-grown 7.5 carat diamond, placed in Kashmir’s exquisite ...

NEW DELHI, Mar 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 11 addressing the post-Budget webinar on Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman (VIKAS) scheme said small artisans play an important role in the production of local crafts and development of the country. “Vishwakarma Yojana to provide holistic institutional support, including ...

Obsolete testing technique leading to ‘false positive’ for presence of banned Shahtoosh guard hair, say traders Obsolete testing technique leading to ‘false positive’ for presence of banned Shahtoosh guard hair, say traders Traders of universally-prized Pashmina shawls are complaining that “obsolete testing methods” have resulted in many of their ...

KVIC distributes 800 Bee Boxes among artisans KATHUA, APRIL 30: Chairman, Khadi Village Industries Commission, Vinai Kumar Sexena distributed 800 Bee Boxes among trained artisans of Kathua and Samba district during a brief ceremony held in the premises of Khadi Sewa Sadan, Hiranagar today. The programme started with offering ...

The workers feel that the government is not doing enough to help them as there are no schemes for them and it's impossible for them to take a loan from the bank as well."Whatever our employer decides to give us, we have to take it, but its bare minimum. ...

As the paddy harvest season nears its end with the onset of winter, Dilshada Bilal, 35, is busy producing earthenware, including fire pots and electric cooking heaters. Her modest workshop in the village of Larm-Ganjipora in southern Kashmir's Anantnag district has a potter's wheel, an oven, and storage space for ...

Vizianagaram Mayor Vempadapu Vijayalakshmi on Monday said that artisans across the country were in need of financial support as they were reeling from a lack of demand for their products despite superiority in quality.Ms. Vijayalakshmi formally inaugurated the Sri Kalabharati Cheneta Hastakala and Vastra Pradarshana, a handloom exhibition at ...

If you’ve visited a foreign country, and felt like you’ve left a piece of yourself behind, you’ll relate with Edmund le Brun and Flore de Taisne. The duo met while working in Kabul, Afghanistan, Brun with NGO Turquoise Mountain and de Taisne as a consultant for aid agencies. However, ...

Bhopal: Artisans from 14 handloom weaving states including Assam, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, and many designers from metros working in collaboration with the weavers have displayed more than 50,000 varieties of their works.It is part of exhibition-cum-sale on the theme ...