NEW DELHI: In a first, pashmina products will get a code from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certifying their genuineness and quality. The code - IS17269 - will be launched on August 2 at Leh ...

New Delhi, Aug 3 (KNN) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published an Indian Standard for identification, marking and labelling of Pashmina products to certify its purity. The standard was released ...

A 17-month-old standoff between India and China in the Himalayan border region of Ladakh is imperiling the six-century-old Pashmina wool industry, which employs almost three-quarters of a million ...

Different heads of states & leaders representing their countries at the G20 summit in New Delhi got a special gift hamper from the government of India. The special hamper comprised of a curated ...

NEW DELHI -- In their 60 years as nations and neighbors, Pakistan and India have frequently quarreled -- over cricket, over land, over nuclear testing. The latest area of contention: pashmina. An ...

In today’s programme, Anu Anand meets a pashmina expert trying to promote traditional scarf-making in India. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more Like so many ancient crafts in India, hand-woven ...