India must turn global crises into opportunities, strengthen supply chains: JP NaddaUnion Minister JP Nadda urged India to leverage global uncertainties into opportunities, emphasizing increased manufacturing, resilience, a...
02 May, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Local polls: AAP expands Gujarat footprint, wins Narmada district panchayat, 12 taluka panchayatsThe Aam Aadmi Party has made significant inroads in Gujarat's local elections. The party secured its first district panchayat in Narmada an...
28 Apr, 2026, 09.55 PM IST
Gujarat Municipal Elections 2026 Results Live: Check who is winning from Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and RajkotGujarat Municipal Elections 2026 Results Live: Counting of votes for Gujarat Municipal Corporation elections 2026 is underway. BJP is expec...
28 Apr, 2026, 02.39 PM IST
India’s $85 billion gems & jewellery sector gets policy fillip, closes in on Dubai, Hong KongThe recent FTWZ expansion by the government is expected to create more opportunities for India’s jewellery sector and elevate the country's...
27 Apr, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
West Asia war: Amid gloom and doom in Surat and Tiruppur’s textile clusters, one industry offers hopeAs the West Asia conflict drags down most sectors in India’s two major textile hubs, one segment in Surat is opening up new opportunities
13 Apr, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Congress bats for diamond workersCongress is demanding safeguards for Surat's diamond workers as the industry grapples with the rise of lab-grown diamonds. Jairam Ramesh, C...
05 Nov, 2024, 11.49 PM IST
'Customer' vanishes with rare Rs 4.5 crore diamond after replacing it with lab-grown oneThe thief, after checking the diamond, left on the pretext of withdrawing money for the transaction. After he left, the owner's son found o...
27 Jun, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
Surat Diamond Bourse: 4500 offices, 70 lakh sq ft area, 130 elevators, 22 km passage...inside the world's largest office buildingToday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Surat Diamond Bourse, the world's largest center for global diamond and jewelry trade. ...
17 Dec, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
Pentagon's 80 years of dominance is over! Surat now home to the world's biggest office buildingThe Surat Diamond Bourse in India has become the world’s largest office building, breaking the title held by the Pentagon for the past 80 y...
19 Jul, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
20,000 jobs lost in Surat as diamond demand fadesSurat, the main centre of India's diamond industry, offers employment to some 800,000 workers in its 4,000-odd cutting and polishing units....
06 Jan, 2023, 12.50 AM IST
Polished stones may pinch with Surat in long vacation modeCut and polished diamonds are a major revenue earner for India. The overall gross exports of cut and polished diamonds stood at ₹91,489.2 c...
06 Nov, 2021, 06.30 AM IST
Surging Covid-19 cases a cause for concern for Surat’s diamond workersThe industry fears another lockdown would impact production and about 20 million migrants who had returned to the diamond hub after restric...
23 Mar, 2021, 05.31 PM IST
Why Mumbai diamond traders are shifting base to SuratThe trend gathered momentum from January when 65% -70% of diamond imports in value terms took place in Surat. In January, India imported ro...
23 Feb, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Surat Diamantiares sigh relief as polished diamond prices up by 5 pcDiamantiares in Surat have heaved a sigh of relief as prices of polished diamonds have started stabilising ahead of the Diwali.
10 Oct, 2012, 05.11 PM IST
- Surat diamond industry decides to offer performance bonus to check attrition
For the first time in 50 yrs, Rs 65K-cr Surat diamond industry has decided to offer its workers a performance bonus.
07 Apr, 2010, 02.13 AM IST
- Rosy Blue & Rapaport to invest in Surat
Slowdown blues have not stopped investments in Surat, the diamond destination for the world.
27 Dec, 2008, 02.47 AM IST
- Workers of Diamond industry in Surat demand rise in wages
Hundreds of workers engaged in cutting and polishing of diamonds in Surat took to streets and pelted stones on diamond factories as their w...
02 Jul, 2008, 01.52 PM IST