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'Diamond industry set for consolidation'

The demand for diamonds will invariably affect the domestic industry as India has expertise in diamond cutting and polishing, says Shankar Pandya, chairman, Diamond India.

Traders eye rough diamond imports of $1 bn

Aiming at rough diamond imports of $1 billion annually, Diamond India Ltd, a grouping of 60 traders, is looking at markets other than Russia to scale up its imports.

Gem exporters say war will impact sales

Jewellers try to push old stock before GST roll-out

Precious ornaments are estimated to become 3% costlier under GST

How the jewellers plan to achieve $60-billion export target

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked exporters to prepare a strategy for the next five years and start working in that direction.

India stares at trade war as Trump readies reciprocal tax

While an official in the Commerce Department indicated a trade war was in the offing, till now the government has been in wait-and-watch mode.