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Recent moves to improve confidence in the Egyptian Cotton logo include the introduction of a partnership with Bureau Veritas and a new rigorous accreditation process, which uses DNA testing to distinguish between genuine Egyptian Cotton and regular cotton. Exports of Egyptian Cotton grew by 181.6% from December to February this year, and in August an investment of US$ 1.3 billion for modernising Egypt’s textiles sector was announced.

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Smriti Irani called for students to look for fusion of disciplines like design, fashion communication etc, which she said matters in "real world." She said the sector only has "ups and ups, and very few downs". She said that the textiles sector is the "second largest employer" in the country.

Total of 243 students graduated at the convocation of the NIFT-Gandhinagar held. The minister also asked the students to explore opportunities in emerging technological advances in the textiles sector to add value to their endeavours.

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The meeting was attended by State Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand along with senior officials of the Ministry of Textiles and Development Commissioners for Handloom and Handicrafts. Minister of Textiles and Information & Broadcasting Smriti Zubin Irani presided over the meeting along with Minister of State for Textiles Ajay Tamta and Secretary Textiles, Anant Kumar Singh.

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India and Egypt have a long tradition of exchanges in the textiles sector and Egypt has traditionally been one of India's most important trading partners in that region. India's Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya, while addressing a press conference ahead of the Cairo Fashion and Tex Exhibition that opens tomorrow, said that India to strengthen its collaboration in textile sector with Egypt.

As India is very well known in the market of man-made fibers and it has a very wide presence globally as India's textile industry is the second in the world.

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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) ever since Telangana was formed three years ago, has been giving away clothes and saris to around 25 lakh Muslim men and women on the occasion of Ramzan and 20 lakh Christian men and women on Christmas every year. This year, KCR has decided to gift saris to around 97 lakh Hindu women on the occasion of Bathukamma festival which is on 28 September. Bathukamma is a unique floral festival celebrated by Hindu women in Telangana.

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Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) has re-launched the International Cotton (ICotton) contract based on the response of the market participants and growing interest of investors in ICotton futures contract duly approved by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).