NEW DELHI — In a controversial decision, the government of India-administered Kashmir state plans to challenge an international ban on weaving and trading in the world’s most expensive fabric, ...

Shahtoosh, or the ‘king of fine wools’ in Persian, is the fine, natural fibre that forms the underfur of the Tibetan Antelope’s winter coat, commonly known as Chiru, that traverse the harsh Himalayan ...

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters Life!) - Shahtoosh, the world's finest wool, is still being smuggled from Tibet to Kashmir, in defiance of a worldwide ban aimed at saving the highly endangered Tibetan ...

Over dinner, the wife of a social acquaintance unwittingly spilled the beans that a huge portion of her earnings was spent on objects of high fashion, including a shahtoosh shawl. There were ...

Wildlife inspector A. Pragatheesh had spent hours trawling Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest among other websites, looking for clues to the illegal global trade in shahtoosh, the fine wool from the ...

Banned in 1975, Shahtoosh shawl, made from the wool of endangered Tibetan antelope Chiru, has not lost its charm with a revival in its sale in the last decade, no matter how furtively. HT Image The ...

Delhi: A Jaipur-based art gallery owner was convicted and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for trying to illegally export shawls made from shahtoosh, hair of the critically endangered Tibetan ...

Martha Stewart says she "always" travels with a shahtoosh, "a very comfortable shawl." The term shahtoosh refers to products made from the hair of Tibetan antelopes, an endangered species under U.S.

An official from a Delhi-based organisation involved in the shahtoosh trade survey said he had met at least 10 weavers who had not touched shahtoosh in years handling the wool recently. For a single ...

Castasegna, Switzerland — Giovanni Albertini is accustomed to opulence. At this checkpoint on the Switzerland-Italy border, a two-hour drive from Milan, he spends his days evaluating well-coiffed ...

The Centre's shahtoosh diplomacy seems to have reached a dead end. NEW DELHI: The Centre's shahtoosh diplomacy seems to have reached a dead end. Despite pressure from J&K trade, the Centre is finding ...