As the West Asia conflict drags down most sectors in India’s two major textile hubs, one segment in Surat is opening up new opportunities

Surat's diamond business is in crisis due to declining global demand and competition from lab-grown diamonds. Workers face job losses and r...

According to the union's rough estimate some 10,000 diamond workers have lost their jobs in the last few months because of production cuts ...

Surat, the main centre of India's diamond industry, offers employment to some 800,000 workers in its 4,000-odd cutting and polishing units....

The body was recovered late night, Sachin GIDC police inspector DV Baldaniya said, adding that 20 workers were injured in the fire and they...

Russian mining giants like Alrosa traditionally accounted for over a third of India's rough diamonds, but supply has all but stopped becaus...

The US Treasury had slapped sanctions on Alrosa on April 8, potentially cutting off about 30% of the world's supply of rough diamonds.

Traditionally, workers in Surat get a fortnight to a month-long holiday for Diwali, said industry executives.

Nearly four lakh migrant workers in Surat and Mumbai left because of lockdown and are unlikely to return to work before Diwali. Orders that...

Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry president said though normalcy is returning, a sense of fear pervades workers, most of whom are fr...

After finding the notice put up on the main gate of the factory when the workers reported for work, they squatted on the Expressway since 8...

Around seven lakh people from the district work in textile mills and diamond-cutting factories in Surat and Ahmedabad, said a survey.

India is home to a raft of garment clusters. ET Magazine investigates if disaster like Bangladesh is waiting to happen.

A diamond polishing worker on the rolls of a company earns Rs 15,000-25,000 a month. Temporary workers earn Rs 300-1,500 per carat of diamo...

Authorities of an iron wire factory in Kalyani Industrial Belt today announced suspension of work, rendering about 650 workers jobless.

Hundreds of workers engaged in cutting and polishing of diamonds in Surat took to streets and pelted stones on diamond factories as their w...

Badlo is an illegal practice existing in the industry for many years.