PATERSON, N.J., Feb. 26 -- The first strike in the general move for an advance in wages among the silk ribbon weavers, who met in Feist's Hall on Saturday afternoon last, was made at 8:30 this ...

The broad-silk weavers called the strike on 25 February as a way of blocking an increase in loom assignments from two to four. As skilled workers, broad-silk weavers had fought since the 1880s for ...

Developed by the French silk-weaver, Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), to control its operation, the loom used a chain of cards punched with holes in a continuous loop. Although punch cards were ...

The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

The Silk Samagra-2 scheme aims to boost India's sericulture industry, enhancing productivity and improving livelihoods for silk farmers. With Rs. 1,074.94 crore assistance, the plan supports silk ...

Zamzamzairani said the second silk weaving training centre was another milestone for the Maybank Women Eco-Weavers programme in Cambodia, which aimed to help Cambodian women achieve economic ...

RAJANNA-SIRCILLA: Veldi Hariprasad, a weaver from Sircilla, has created gold and silk clothes (a saree and shawl) for the ...

the team has developed artificial fibers similar to threads from the golden silk orb weaver, a large spider with a spectacularly strong web. Despite developing this "recipe" for spider silk ...

the team has developed artificial fibers similar to threads from the golden silk orb weaver, a large spider with a spectacularly strong web. Despite developing this "recipe" for spider silk ...

The weaving of Solapuri silk sarees is deteriorating by the day, but this has come to the attention of hardly anyone, the weaves believe. Suvarna and her spouse have been weavers since their ...

KHAMMAM: Ahead of the celestial wedding (kalyanam) of Lord Rama and Sita Devi on April 6 in Bhadrachalam, weaver SS Jaya Raju has once again taken up the tradition of offering Pochampalli silk ...