Chennai: India’s garment exports could jump from $16 billion to $19 billion-$23 billion from better coordination between fabric mills and garment units and improved productivity gains, according to a report by Vector Consulting. It argues that fixing fragmented supply chains, improving asset utilisation, and achieving productivity gains could unlock an estimated $3-$7 billion in additional…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday met Union fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh in New Delhi to discuss Assam’s fisheries and dairy sectors, with a focus on boosting fish exports by strengthening the value chain and improving market access.Sarma said the state govt is working to transform Assam into a…
Ahmedabad: Over 300 MSMEs, startups, investors, policymakers, and international delegates gathered in the city for the 8th annual MSME Convention on Sunday. Organised by the Knowledge Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) in collaboration with iHub Gujarat and iNDEXTb, the event marked a major push for local innovation.The high-level convention featured dynamic panel discussions, pitching…
Hazaribag: Around 600 residents of Pachanda village in Ango panchayat of Barkagaon block are finally seeing hope of breaking decades of monsoon isolation, with construction of a bridge over the rain-fed Haharo river now underway.For years, during the rainy season the swelling river cut off the village from the outside world for nearly four months,…
Mangaluru: The ITBT department of Karnataka govt under our flagship Local Economy Accelerator Programme (LEAP), is establishing the K-Combinator Startup Accelerator at WrkWrk, Mangaluru, in collaboration with TiE-Mangaluru. With an investment of over Rs 9.5 crore, this initiative is another important step towards strengthening the emerging Udupi-Mangaluru startup cluster, stated minister of home, e-governance, electronics,…
The 73rd plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong Dimapur: Nagaland governor Nand Kishore Yadav on Thursday called for enhanced regional cooperation, improved connectivity and greater investments in infrastructure, youth empowerment and sustainable development in the northeast.Addressing the 73rd plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong, Yadav stressed that…
Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday directed officials to ensure that Bihar’s fish farmers get wider market access, with their produce reaching markets in Nepal and across all neighbouring Indian states. He also ordered a major scale-up in fish output, setting a target to raise annual production from the current 9 lakh metric tonnes…
The chief executives of India’s major airlines IndiGo and Air India on Wednesday defended the government’s evident policy of not expanding bilateral air services agreements with countries that house global hub airports and whose airlines account for a significant chunk of international medium- and long-haul passenger traffic to and from India. With major home-grown airlines…
Ahmedabad: Industry titans and policymakers at the GCCI Gujarat Sustainability Summit 2026 have issued a clarion call to the private sector: sustainability is no longer a peripheral “green” obligation, but a core driver of profitability. Addressing over 1,000 delegates in Ahmedabad, leaders argued that embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) into mainstream strategy is now…
