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2 Workers Killed, 7 Hospitalised After Inhaling Toxic Fumes In Gujarat Factory: Cops
Two workers died and seven were hospitalised after they inhaled toxic fumes at a textile factory in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday, police said.
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India's Textile Industry Revs Up, Offering Good News For PM Modi
At Texport Industries' factories in south, thousands of mostly women workers are busy converting yarn and fabrics into T-shirts, shirts, spaghetti tops and kids' clothes for U.S. customers of Tommy Hilfiger and Kohl's Corp.
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4 Dead After Inhaling Toxic Gas While Cleaning Effluent Tank At Textile Factory In Gujarat: Cops
Four workers died after inhaling a poisonous gas while cleaning a chemical effluent tank at a textile factory in Ahmedabad district on Saturday, the police said.
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Virus-Hit Textile Units In Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur Turns To Mask Production
Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur - the hosiery capital of India - is emerging as a hub for the production of life-saving masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as India fights against the spread of the highly infectious novel coronavirus or COVID-19.
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Lockout At Bengal Textile Factory, 5,700 Jobs At Stake
For the first time since it was set up in 1949, a textile factory of the Aditya Birla group at Rishra in Hooghly district announced a lockout on Monday. The factory has 5,700 workers -- 4,200 of them permanent. They make linen and linen yarn that sells under the Grasim brand
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Award-Winning Documentary Spotlights Plight Of Gujarat's Textile Workers
Mumbai: It was a childhood memory of time spent at his grandfather’s textile mill in Gujarat that inspired film student Rahul Jain to focus on the rhythm of factory life for his first documentary. Although Mr Jain did not set out to make a political film, his award-winning feature “Machines” is attracting international attention for its depic...
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Born In A Slum, This High School Dropout Is Now A Billionaire
The man behind South Korea's biggest initial public offering in seven years has charted an unlikely path in a country dominated by family-run conglomerates.
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Tamil Nadu: 236 Textile & Dyeing Units in Erode District Sealed
Two hundred and thirty six textile dyeing and processing factories in the district have been sealed for violating pollution control board norms, their licenses cancelled and power connections cut off, according to environment minister Thoppu N. Venkatachalam.
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Seven workers asphyxiated in dyeing unit tank in Tamil Nadu
Seven workers died of asphyxiation while nine others were taken ill today after inhaling toxic gas in a tank containing untreated effluents at a textile dyeing factory at nearby Perundurai in Tamil Nadu.
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30% textile units shut as of 2010-11; led to huge job losses: Assocham
Consequently, the share of jobs lost due to shutdown of operations of textile factories also rose from six per cent in 2000-01 to 42 per cent in 2010-11, it found.
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After tragedy, Bangladesh government plans to raise pay for garment workers
Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused attention on the textile industry's dismal pay and hazardous working conditions.
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Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wages
Bangladesh has set up a panel to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers, a minister said on Sunday, as tens of thousands protested over poor conditions highlighted by a series of disasters.
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Bangladesh urges no harsh EU measures over factory deaths
Bangladesh on Saturday urged the European Union not to take tough measures against its economically crucial textile industry in response to the collapse of a garment factory that killed 550 people.
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Bangladesh workers vent May Day fury after disaster
Protestors demanded the execution of factory bosses over the death of nearly 400 people in a building collapse today, as May Day became the focus of workers' anger over Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster.
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Bangladesh bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy
Bangladeshi textile bosses pleaded Monday with Western clothing giants to keep doing business with them after nearly 400 people died in a factory collapse as hopes of finding more survivors faded.
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2 Workers Killed, 7 Hospitalised After Inhaling Toxic Fumes In Gujarat Factory: Cops
Two workers died and seven were hospitalised after they inhaled toxic fumes at a textile factory in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday, police said.
-
India's Textile Industry Revs Up, Offering Good News For PM Modi
At Texport Industries' factories in south, thousands of mostly women workers are busy converting yarn and fabrics into T-shirts, shirts, spaghetti tops and kids' clothes for U.S. customers of Tommy Hilfiger and Kohl's Corp.
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4 Dead After Inhaling Toxic Gas While Cleaning Effluent Tank At Textile Factory In Gujarat: Cops
Four workers died after inhaling a poisonous gas while cleaning a chemical effluent tank at a textile factory in Ahmedabad district on Saturday, the police said.
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Virus-Hit Textile Units In Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur Turns To Mask Production
Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur - the hosiery capital of India - is emerging as a hub for the production of life-saving masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as India fights against the spread of the highly infectious novel coronavirus or COVID-19.
-
Lockout At Bengal Textile Factory, 5,700 Jobs At Stake
For the first time since it was set up in 1949, a textile factory of the Aditya Birla group at Rishra in Hooghly district announced a lockout on Monday. The factory has 5,700 workers -- 4,200 of them permanent. They make linen and linen yarn that sells under the Grasim brand
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Award-Winning Documentary Spotlights Plight Of Gujarat's Textile Workers
Mumbai: It was a childhood memory of time spent at his grandfather’s textile mill in Gujarat that inspired film student Rahul Jain to focus on the rhythm of factory life for his first documentary. Although Mr Jain did not set out to make a political film, his award-winning feature “Machines” is attracting international attention for its depic...
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Born In A Slum, This High School Dropout Is Now A Billionaire
The man behind South Korea's biggest initial public offering in seven years has charted an unlikely path in a country dominated by family-run conglomerates.
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Tamil Nadu: 236 Textile & Dyeing Units in Erode District Sealed
Two hundred and thirty six textile dyeing and processing factories in the district have been sealed for violating pollution control board norms, their licenses cancelled and power connections cut off, according to environment minister Thoppu N. Venkatachalam.
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Seven workers asphyxiated in dyeing unit tank in Tamil Nadu
Seven workers died of asphyxiation while nine others were taken ill today after inhaling toxic gas in a tank containing untreated effluents at a textile dyeing factory at nearby Perundurai in Tamil Nadu.
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30% textile units shut as of 2010-11; led to huge job losses: Assocham
Consequently, the share of jobs lost due to shutdown of operations of textile factories also rose from six per cent in 2000-01 to 42 per cent in 2010-11, it found.
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After tragedy, Bangladesh government plans to raise pay for garment workers
Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused attention on the textile industry's dismal pay and hazardous working conditions.
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Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wages
Bangladesh has set up a panel to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers, a minister said on Sunday, as tens of thousands protested over poor conditions highlighted by a series of disasters.
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Bangladesh urges no harsh EU measures over factory deaths
Bangladesh on Saturday urged the European Union not to take tough measures against its economically crucial textile industry in response to the collapse of a garment factory that killed 550 people.
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Bangladesh workers vent May Day fury after disaster
Protestors demanded the execution of factory bosses over the death of nearly 400 people in a building collapse today, as May Day became the focus of workers' anger over Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster.
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Bangladesh bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy
Bangladeshi textile bosses pleaded Monday with Western clothing giants to keep doing business with them after nearly 400 people died in a factory collapse as hopes of finding more survivors faded.
