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Indian Express
14 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Top designers, DU students to join Delhi govt's upcoming khadi fashion show
The Delhi government's first-of-its-kind handloom fashion show is set to be attended by renowned designers and students from the Capital's top educational institutions. The show, scheduled for August 6, will be attended by bigwigs like Rahul Mishra, Sanjay Garg, Surekha Jain, Rina Dhaka, and Pernia Quereshi, among others. The event will also see over 150 students from top Delhi colleges like Miranda House, Lady Shri Ram College, Hindu College, GTB Khalsa College, Guru Gobind Singh College, and Pearl Academy curating exhibits and walking the ramp in handloom wear. Organised to promote the use of khadi, as well as hand-spun and handwoven fabrics, the event will highlight the roots of traditional Indian textiles. Industries Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the event, named 'Vastra Katha', will be organised by the Delhi Khadi and Village Industries Board (DKVIB). 'We are bringing in long-overdue reforms to make (DKVIB) sustainable by the end of this year and profitable by 2026. The government has already allocated Rs 50 crore for skilling and capacity-building in the handloom sector, and now we are complementing that with platforms like Vastra Katha to create means for livelihood and visibility for artisans,' said Sirsa. The event will feature a 24-stall curated exhibition and a fashion ramp walk with a Vedic civilisation theme. The exhibition will showcase rare, Geographical Indication (GI) tagged textiles, handloom sarees, and fabrics from across India. On how eco-friendly the handloom industry is, Sirsa said, 'The fashion industry is a major contributor to global warming. On the other hand, handloom is eco-friendly, rooted in nature, made without natural products, and also supports rural livelihoods, especially for women. Handloom isn't just heritage, it's climate action with culture.' The Delhi government plans to make the event an annual tradition, he added.
India.com
16 minutes ago
- India.com
Operation Sindoor Aftershocks: Pakistan, Turkey Ink $900M Pact Drone Pact Targeting India
New Delhi: Inside a heavily guarded defense complex in Islamabad, two delegations met behind closed doors. Flags of Pakistan and Turkey stood side by side. No ceremony. No speeches. But the message was loud. A major defense agreement has taken shape between the two nations. One that involves cutting-edge drones, classified surveillance data and a quiet alignment of military strategies. The deal runs deep. Turkey will send Pakistan its combat-tested Bayraktar TB2 drones. Alongside them, the more powerful Akinci drones. Both built for precision, speed and destruction. The deal is worth $900 million. Over 700 explosive drones and advanced spy UAVs will move from Turkish stockpiles to Pakistani airfields. These drones carry heat-sensing payloads and silent strike technology. Turkey has also promised steady intelligence support such as real-time feeds, tracking grids and satellite links. Pakistan will return the favour. Its army will supply modern tank shells, mortar rounds and battlefield ammunition to Turkey. The paperwork remains locked away. Top officials from both sides have called the agreement 'strategic', 'confidential' and 'ongoing'. In recent weeks, Turkey's foreign and defense ministers visited Pakistan. Their meetings included Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal General Asim Munir and heads of Pakistan's drone programmes. Discussions revolved around strengthening ties, increasing weapons exports and syncing military planning. India's name came up more than once. Operation Sindoor, India's covert counter-terror campaign, continues to cast a long shadow across the region. Officials believe the drone deal is one of several moves aimed at countering Indian operations near the western front. Pakistan's leadership thanked Turkey directly. Both Sharif and Munir appreciated what they called 'timely support' from Ankara. Behind the formalities, the tone was clear. This partnership goes beyond trade. It moves into shared surveillance, border readiness and regional control. Turkish companies have been invited to invest in Pakistan's defense industry. Talks are already underway for drone assembly units inside Pakistani territory. Eager to cement its image as a global drone power, Turkey sees South Asia as the next frontier. It has already sold weapons to Bangladesh, Myanmar and other Indian neighbours. The supply of TB2s and Akinci drones marks a shift. These are the same UAVs that earned global attention during Russia-Ukraine battlefield operations. They have flown in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan. Now, Pakistan will host them. The two countries have also agreed to increase intelligence sharing. No details have been made public. But sources say the exchange includes geolocation data and thermal surveillance from disputed zones. The growing alliance between Ankara and Islamabad also touches other regional hotspots, Iran, Gaza and Afghanistan. Meetings held in Islamabad reportedly included discussion of future coordination across these zones. With the ink barely dry on the deal, both governments are now working to fast-track delivery schedules. Pakistan has already allocated airbases for drone testing. Turkish teams are expected to arrive soon for on-ground integration. There were no military parades. No press briefings. But inside South Asia's defense circles, the news is loud. A new axis is taking shape and its eyes are pointed east.
Time of India
16 minutes ago
- Time of India
Quit India
A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. His blog takes a contrarian view of topical and timeless issues, political, social, economic and speculative. LESS ... MORE Bugbear of the brain drain has resurfaced, but its causes need questioning A social media post has again raised the bogey of the brain drain, the outflow of the highly educated from our state-subsidised IITs and IIMs to foreign shores, there to enrich other countries at the expense of the Indian taxpayer. The post highlights what amounts to asset-stripping of the Indian economy to benefit the adoptive countries of the highly qualified migrants. The reason the writer adduces for this post-Independence 'Quit India' movement is monetary gain: The paycheque of an entry-level technocrat in say, US, is some 15 times that of a counterpart in India. The post decries this outward tide as putting pecuniary gain over patriotism, placing personal advancement over the national interest. The writer likens this transfer of value to a form of neo-colonialism in which the colonising powers, the so-called First World, plunder developing countries like India not of material resources, as former colonists did, but of the incalculably more valuable fund of intellectual capital. However, while former colonists took their loot by force of arms, today's expropriators do so with the more than willing consent of migrants. Is the keen edge of greed the only, or even the major, motivation that induces the migrant to cut loose the main-stay anchor of home and chance the terra incognita of foreign shores? Could there be, apart from the pull factor of financial benefit, also a push impetus that impels those who quit India? The greater part of the Great Indian Diaspora is composed of low-skilled labour drawn by the prospect of monetary gain. But the highly-educated, who turn their backs on their home country, might have other reasons for doing so. Could these include a desperation to forsake a climate in which, increasingly, the innovative and the unconventional are stifled by sectarian ideology, and a once shared inclusive identity is fragmented with exclusionary fissures of creed, caste and language? Love for one's country is laudable, as is the reciprocal love the country must bear for all those who call it home, and not just for those who constitute a brute majority. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
