Book Excerpt: The tale of how silk travelled from China and spread worldwide

Aarathi Prasad tells the fabric’s millennia-old history in her new book

A sultan’s silken dreams

Let us, for a moment, forget about Tipu Sultan’s alleged iconoclasm and remember him for a remarkable personal achievement—laying the …

Thanks to climate change, Mizoram to surpass Assam as a major producer of Muga silk

Assam’s muga silk production has taken a hit due to increased temperature and incessant and unpredictable rainfall

This silk protein can help make beauty and skincare products

Scientists have discovered that a protein produced by silkworms can be used to develop a range of beauty and skincare products

Hike customs duty on raw silk, J&K Governor asks the Centre

The move will protect the livelihood of 30,000 families engaged in raw silk production

Tasar rearing may bail out 600 mining-affected families in Keonjhar

The Rs 23.75-crore project in the state’s Keonjhar district will be implemented using DMF and MGNREGS funds

Silk route to preservation

Protein in fibre can replace expensive ways to store drugs

Check Jharkhand’s degrading environment

Unscientific mining has caused rampant environmental degradation in the state in the absence of proper monitoring

Balancing development and conservation in Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir landscape

The Bam-e-Dunya network aims to strengthen trans-boundary cooperation and reconcile economic growth and nature conservation in the development of …

China's 'Silk Road urbanism' is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?

China’s ambition to reshape the world economy has sparked massive infrastructure projects spanning all the way from Western Europe to East …

New materials may make implants safe

Scaffold made from silk protein fibroin and silver nanoparticles found to have antimicrobial properties

Golden thread of misery

What's forcing the weaver community of Varanasi to abandon their profession, end their lives?

The circular economy: How Rwanda tries to chart its course in hostile global waters

Wanting to move away from being a dumpyard of used clothings has meant angering Donald Trump's USA. The small east African country is trying to …

Rats not responsible for ‘Black Death’ in medieval Europe: study

Climate change and gerbils, another rodent species spread the deadly disease, it says

Green tribunal stays development activities in Karnataka grasslands

Construction undertaken by science and defence research institutes allotted land in Amrit Mahal Kaval has affected biodiversity, water …

Common pastureland in Karnataka diverted for development: report

Environment group alleges state government approved move