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Eco-Friendly Wound Dressing Developed By Indian Scientists Using Banana Fibres

Lotus Silk Gets Noticed With PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat @100

On the 100th episode of Mann ki Baat, PM Modi reconnected with and lauded the efforts of Manipur’s Bijiyashanti Tongbram, who turns lotus stems into clothes. This is a boost not just to this designer,...

Sahi Fab And TDB Sign Agreement To Recycle Hemp Waste

Technological Development Board (TDB) and Sahi Fab have signed a contract for the development and commercialisation of ‘Agricultural waste of stem materials including industrial hemp, flax, and nettle, etc. into Fibre’ as part of the...

Women Self-Help Group's Banana Fibre Sanitary Pads Rewarded

A women’s intimate hygiene brand using banana fibre as an absorbent to make sanitary pads has been awarded the Best Social Initiative on Menstrual Hygiene’ at the third Menstrual Hygiene Management India Summit held recently....

Banana Fibre Extraction Units Offer Alternative Employment To Beedi-Rollers

Forward thinking bureaucrats are making efforts to improve the status of women in society. Recently, Collector V. Vishnu inaugurated the fourth banana fibre value-addition unit at Sengulam in Pappakudi union for making ornamental products from...

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Guess, Interloop Partner On Sustainable Denim Made From Banana Fibre

US fashion brand Guess is adopting sustainable textile solution company Interloop’s low-impact fibres in its new denim collection. Loomshake is a blend of cotton and banana fibre which is made by repurposing discarded resources. The collaboration will see Interloop’s Loomshake...

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Eco-Friendly Wound Dressing Developed By Indian Scientists Using Banana Fibres

In a pioneering effort, scientists at India’s Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have transformed banana pseudo stems, often considered agricultural waste, into an eco-friendly wound dressing...

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Vybrana And Raysha Biofibre Blends Have Been Especially Successful With Denim Majors

With global regulations on sustainability getting stricter, the industry will need to adopt alternative fibres – flax, ramie, banana, hemp, pineapple, etc. While there are quality and production challenges, Gencrest, with its vision to make a mark into `disruptive technology’...

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Even With Our Limited Resources, HimGra Has Achieved 300% Growth This Year

Dev Ethical Sustainable Crafts And Textiles, a B2B social impact fashion startup is supported by Alsisar Impacts, Birla Cellulose, Fashion for Good, IIT Mandi Catalyst, Iseed-IRMA, Zone Startup at Dehradun, Uttarakhand state of India. DESCATUK’s aim is to support...

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Sahi Fab And TDB Sign Agreement To Recycle Hemp Waste

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Banana Fibre Extraction Units Offer Alternative Employment To Beedi-Rollers

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Women Self-Help Group’s Banana Fibre Sanitary Pads Rewarded

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Philippines Showcases Natural Fabrics At Fashion Show

Philippine Tropical Fabrics (PTF) every January is an initiative of the country’s Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI), to promote the country’s natural textile fibres. The PTF contains natural textile fibres from pineapple leaf, abaca, banana,...

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How Banana Fibre Production Is Empowering Rural Women In Kheri

Rural women in Lakhimpur Kheri’s Ishanagar block have made banana fibre production a successful business model as they are able to make Rs 5-6 lakh yearly profits. Theirs is also an eco-friendly venture that helps farmers in the area clear...