Reliance's Tira opened its first physical store on November 13, 2024, at the Jio World Plaza, drawing a star-studded guest list from the entertainment industry and full support from the Ambani family.

While a number of looms in the district have shut down and weavers find themselves out of work, a weaver couple is making ...

The biodiversity hotspot of Assam is home to a curious silkworm that founded a textile heritage as far back as 321 BCE. Its creations spawned an industry alluded to in the pages of the Ramayana ...

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Shah Rukh Khan’s wife, Gauri Khan, recently set the internet on fire as she shared a series of photos of herself in a black saree. Gauri Khan looked stunning in a shimmer saree and in no time it went ...

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a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road. Known for the exchange of goods and ideas between the East and West, the trade routes were long believed to have linked ...

Twinkle Khanna embraced regal sunshine energy in a beautiful, bright yellow silk saree. She paired a muted gold-coloured blouse with the saree. The 50-year-old actor-turned-author took her ...

Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these intriguing highland strongholds in the country’s southeast — once a key crossroad of ancient silk trade routes — that were ...