The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world’s local media.
- Seven garment workers have been injured in a blaze that broke out at a factory in Delhi. Two are in a critical condition and eyewitnesses said that if the extinguisher system had been switched on in time, the blaze could have been contained. The fire broke out on the third floor of the three-storey building when the boiler burst, a fire department official said. TIMES OF INDIA.
- India and the European Union have agreed to re-start talks on a bilateral free trade agreement early next year, ending months of acrimony over a ban imposed by Brussels on certain generic drugs tested by research firm GVK Biosciences. The EU is one of India’s largest trading partners, accounting for a bilateral trade of $100bn against India’s total foreign trade of $760bn in 2014-15. BUSINESS LINE.
- China plans to crackdown on the sale of fake goods online by using cloud computing, big data and tighter rules on user identity in its latest moves to quash counterfeiting. The country plans to eradicate intellectual property rights infringement on the internet within three years. REUTERS.
- Labour unrest over wages in India’s textile industry, which started in the powerloom weaving units in the Ved Road and Katargam areas, has spread to other parts of the city. Powerloom weaving unit owners said over 8,000 units have shut operations in Ved Road, Katargam, Dabholi, Jolva, Bamroli and Amroli industrial areas. The production of man-made fabric has been affected as a result as workers demand a wage hike of almost 10-15%. TIMES OF INDIA.
- Cotton procurement by government agencies has begun in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra State Co-Operative Cotton Growers Marketing Federation (MSCCGMF) said it has procured around 39,641 quintals so far this season. The federation, at the start of the season, had said that it was ready to procure up to 100 lakh quintals as against the 27 lakh quintals it had purchased last season. FINANCIAL EXPRESS.
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