For both polishing unit operators and diamond merchants, the US is still the biggest export destination: Three in every 10 diamonds polished in India end up in American stores. IMAGE: Craftsmen at......
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) recalls how the Battle of Panipat, 258 years ago, changed the history of India for the next century-and-a-half. The doyen in the field of military history, Dr......
So far, rough diamonds mined from the Panna mines in Madhya Pradesh were auctioned online but displayed only at Panna. In a first since 1998, rough diamonds mined in India will now be up for......
Soon after Unlock 1, the industry - which is estimated to polish nine of 10 rough diamonds in the world - resumed operations, but a surge in cases at diamond polishing cluster, especially in......
Sources say of the 4,000 units in Surat, about half have been shut. Image: A model wears a 50.05-carat heart-shaped D-Colour internally flawless diamond pendant. Photograph: Stefan......
Though exports to Hong Kong, a major destination for India's polished diamonds, have resumed, the industry is currently sitting on an inventory worth around $2.3 billion. The diamond industry in......
The Surat diamond industry is likely to face a loss of around Rs 8,000 crores in next two months as Hong Kong, which is a major export destination, has declared a state of emergency due to the......
'Movie tickets cost Rs 500, 600 on weekends. Why would someone want to watch Ananth Mahadevan and Saurabh Shukla in Staying Alive instead of Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 300 in Happy New Year?' 'It's a......