Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani at the inauguration of SITEX-2021 (Surat International Textile Expo) in Surat.
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Exhibitors at SITEX-2021 (Surat International Textile Expo) in Surat.
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88-yr old Haji Jaleel Ahmed Ansari, a carpet manufacturer and exporter in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh. Ansari's efforts have helped the state government to a large extent in ...
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Union Minister for Textile Smriti Irani releases a brouchure during the inauguration of Samarth scheme for capacity building in textile sector, in New Delhi.
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Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani during her visit to the 7th India International Silk Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
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A worker soaks clothes in a bucket for dyeing, at Sujangarh in Churu. Members of Chhipa Muslim community from Sujangarh in Churu, Rajasthan have been involved in tie & dye art of t...
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White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, left, reacts as she tries her hand at a traditional weaving loom at Moya, a manufacturing center of textile and traditional crafts, with Mo...
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Models display creations by different designers during a show organized by India's textile ministry to showcase country's rich handloom and textile tradition at Elephanta Caves in ...
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Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani along with former Indian crickter Sachin Tendulkar at an event to showcase the development of the
Craft and handloom sector during a fashion s...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils a plaque to inaugurate an integrated textile office complex, in Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...
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Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani speaks during a meeting to mark the 43rd anniversary of 1975 Emergency, in Bhubaneswar.
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Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani visits Weavers’ Service Centre at Saheed Nagar, in Bhubaneswar.
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Union Minister for Textiles and Information & Broadcasting, Smriti Irani in a meeting with the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to India, Farhod Arziev to discuss possibilities of collabor...
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Union Textile Minister Smriti Zubin Irani(C), Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar(L) Union Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister Sadananda Gowda during the...
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A Drastic Step To Take
Closed shops in Surat’s textile market earlier this year
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Gloom Looms
The handloom sector was in bad shape when DeMo gave it fresh blow
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Bollywood actor Vidya Balan at the inauguration of the Cotton and Silk Park exhibition-cum-sale organised by Silk Mark India, in Chennai.
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Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi with Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani during a meeting to discuss on various schemes for Artisan and Weavers at Udyog Bh...
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Fire fighter dousing a massive fire that broke out at a textiles shops in Thiyagaraya Nagar, in Chennai.
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Textiles Minister Smriti Irani and MoS Ajay Tamta releasing a booklet during a press conference on key initiatives taken by the ministry in the last three years, in New Delhi.
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