Centre to promote textile-based activities in North East New Kerala Aizawl: With the aim to promote the textile-based activities and to empower rural artisans, the Centre has introduced special policy incentives for the traditional handloom handricraft and sericulture industries in the region. Handicrafts NE promotion officer T Rollee here said the government has implemented various […]
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Afghans optimistic, but poverty still grips Kabul
Afghans optimistic, but poverty still grips Kabul New Kerala KABUL: Afghans are among the most optimistic people in the world when it comes to their economic future, a BBC survey has found, but such confidence is not always easy to find on the streets of the capital, Kabul. The survey found 70 per cent of […]
City fails to find ‘proper’ place for Tibetan refugees
City fails to find ‘proper’ place for Tibetan refugees Phayul By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, January 27 – IN spite of the intervention by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Rehabilitation Division) in the year 2000, in getting certain areas of land allotted to Tibetan Refugees’ Handicraft Union members for selling their woollen goods in the city, […]
Spouse of Philippine general visits Arts and Handicraft Centre
Spouse of Philippine general visits Arts and Handicraft Centre By Radhi Borneo Bulletin Mrs Pilar Prescilla Senga, wife of Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Generoso S Senga, yesterday morning paid a visit to the Brunei Arts and Handicraft Centre in the capital. Upon arrival, the Philippine delegation led by Mrs Pilar Prescilla Senga […]
NCC initiates national policy for handicrafts
NCC initiates national policy for handicrafts by Irangika Range Daily News The National Craft Council (NCC) will prepare a national formula and policy which would evaluate the standards and values of local art and crafts. This would be done at future provincial and national handicraft exhibitions. Under this program, the NCC is expected to organize […]
Star-studded line-up announced for Pasifika Fest
Star-studded line-up announced for Pasifika Fest Wednesday, 25 January 2014, Star-studded line-up announced for Pasifika Festival 2014 Auckland City is proud to announce a star-studded line-up for the 2014 Pasifika Festival that features a mix of hot headline acts and budding future stars handpicked from the Expressions Pasifika auditions held last November. The free Air […]
Coffee is Fair Trade
Coffee is Fair Trade By Bradley Wilson/Commentary Daily Targum The Fair Trade movement is embodied by the work of advocates and farmers to establish market access for farming and handicraft cooperatives throughout the world. This movement deserves the support of the Rutgers community. Although Rutgers has taken honest steps toward increasing the volume of Fair […]
Food festival fails to whet visitors’ appetite
Food festival fails to whet visitors’ appetite Tuesday, January 24, 2014 12:43:9 IST Not too many takers at venue where even quite a participants did not show up.. The Mumbai Festival which started since about 10 days ago and which goes on till the last week of the month, has little celebration. The entire festival […]
Himachal Pradesh gives geographical status to Kullu shawls, Kangra tea
Himachal Pradesh gives geographical status to Kullu shawls, Kangra tea New Kerala By Rajiv Kimta, Kullu (Himachal Pradesh): Realising the potential of its world class Kullu shawls and Kangra tea, the Department of Science and Technology of Himachal Pradesh has accorded a Geographical Indications (GIs) status under the Geographical Indications of Goods Act, 1999 for […]
Craft wizards wait for tide to turn
Craft wizards wait for tide to turn Calcutta Telegraph, India ARTI SAHULIYAR Ranchi, Jan. 23: With as many as 40 National Awards and 40 National Certificates on offer in the field of handicrafts, it does come as a disappointment that, except for a lone artist getting the National Merit Certificate for bamboo crafting last year, not […]