The Germany-based Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), which regulates the organic status of textiles worldwide, has banned five Indian cotton companies for two years after uncovering fraudulent activities. The companies were found using fake shipping firms and manipulated documentation to falsely claim organic certification. Two of the banned companies — Farmers United House and Om Organic Cotton […]

The United Kingdom pipped China as the fourth-largest market for Indian goods in the first six months of the fiscal for the first time since 2016, according to a data released on October 16. Singapore is closing the gap with China, the data showed. In 2023-24, India’s exports to the UK were 29 percent lower than that […]