The study was conducted by IIT Guwahati professors Pratul Ch Kalita and Amarendra Kumar Das (representational) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati researchers have conducted extensive ...

March 22: Weavers of the state can now produce nearly five times of what they used to churn out in a day using handlooms, thanks to a new indigenously developed power loom. The loom, invented by ...

Siliguri, Aug. 22: Assam’s world monopoly in muga silk cultivation stands challenged. After successful experiments in rearing and grainage (production of eggs) of muga eggs, the sericulture ...

At the London Fashion Week, Yana Ngoba, Arunachal Pradesh designer, was accosted by inquisitive Europeans who were curious to know about the country of her origin. When she revealed that India was her ...

p>GUWAHATI, India (AlertNet) - Rising temperatures and changing weather patterns linked to global warming are threatening the silk industry in India's northeast, jeopardising the livelihoods of more ...

With widespread use of devices like these, the dying art of traditional handloom weaving will receive a fillip, and the legacy of weaving communities will continue to flourish, thanks to innovators ...

Assam’s age-old, indigenous silk fabric — be it the Pat, Muga or Eri — has, with age, gracefully adapted to the changing times. “If you want to survive, you have to adapt to changing trends,” states ...

Years ago my mother gifted me a silk shawl; the fabric that I held in my hand was coarse. Nothing like any silk fabric I had worn so far. Guessing my disappointment, mother told me that this shawl ...