Surat: The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Southern Gujarat Chamber Trade and Industry Development Center have organised 'Sparkle International Gems & Jewellery Exhibition- 2022' at Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium, Athwalines Surat on 16th, 17th and 18th December 2022. Over 30 jewellery brands from across India will participate in it. The exhibition is organised on a B2C basis. The special artisans and jewellery designers havae been designing the jewellery to be ...Read More

Surat: The diamond industry of Surat is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to allow export and import trade to be carried out in Indian currency instead of foreign exchange. The diamond industry of Surat will now be able to pay in Indian rupees for the rough diamonds it imports from Russia. The diamond industry of Surat imports rough diamonds mostly from Russia, payment for which is made through the importer’s bank in India using the services of a med...Read More

Surat: The International Gemological Institute has certified a 30.18-carat lab-grown diamond developed by Carp Impex Lab of Surat as the world’s biggest lab-grown diamond. Hitherto, a 14-carat lab-grown diamond developed by the same laboratory in 2021 held the status of the world’s biggest lab-grown diamond. The biggest lab-grown diamond has been obtained by the chemical vapour deposition process, and it has H colour and VS2 clarity. The diamond took 28 days to be grown in the labor...Read More

Surat: A meeting of representatives of diamond manufacturers and polishing machinery manufacturers was organized in the city on Monday by the Surat Diamond Machinery and Technology Association to discuss the issue of a copyright case an Israeli company has filed against four-diamond manufacturing companies and about 200 diamond factory owners. The meeting ended with a declaration to begin breaking the Israeli company’s monopoly from Surat. The delegates at the meeting came with posters and ...Read More

Surat: The beautification work of the world’s largest diamond bourse in Surat is on the verge of completion. The bourse committee now has organized a ‘Ganesh Sthapana’ and ‘Maha-Aarti’ of 4,200 lamps on June 5, 2022, at the Surat Diamond Bourse. Attempts are being made to rope in Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dedicate the Diamond-shaped main gate built at a cost of Rs 9 crore to the people. However, some are of the view that the ceremony to dedicate the entire project to th...Read More

Surat: Goldi Solar, a solar panel manufacturer and EPC services provider, in partnership with Shree Ramkrishna Knowledge Foundation (SRKKF) today laid the foundation stone for the solarization of the village of Dudhala in Southern Gujarat. 400 KW solar rooftop projects here will be used to power around 350 houses and public areas such as anganwadis and gram panchayat. Once complete, this would be the first village to be completely powered with solar panels by a foundation. Instead of providi...Read More

Surat: Renowned businessman Savjibhai Dholakia’s family members gifted him a helicopter worth Rs 50 crore as a surprise gift, after he recently received Padma Shri award from the government for his achievement in social work. His family members including his brothers Ghanshyambhai, Tulsibhai, Himmatbhai and 8 sons of his family had arranged a surprise party in Mumbai for him on 1st February in which the gift announcement was made. Padma Shri awardee Savjibhai Dholakiya said that the bl...Read More

Surat: Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) will put up the names of the members shifting their business from Mumbai to Surat at the reception of the bourse for a lifetime under the list ‘Leading member of SDB that started diamond trading’, as per a decision made by the managing committee of SDB. Such members will not have to pay the maintenance charge for the first six months, as per a circular of SDB. The circular further states that such members can purchase diamonds from anywhere but cannot se...Read More