SURAT, India — Ajay Lakum has been a diamond worker his entire adult life, like his father before him. His wages as a sorter were modest, but the work was steady, helping Lakum support his 10-person ...

Everyone has heard the legend of the Kohinoor, the most expensive diamond in the world. Archives suggest that the diamond was ...

Donald Trump’s weaponisation of tariffs has further eclipsed the sparkle of the “diamond capital” of India. Dinesh Tank of Gujarat’s Junagadh, who struggles to earn ₹18,000 a month as a diamond ...

For Kalpesh Patel, Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated across India, might well mark lights out for his eight-year-old diamond cutting and polishing unit. The 35-year-old employs about 40 ...

A vehicle is parked inside the premises of the Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB), a diamond trade centre located in Diamond Research and Mercantile City, also known as DREAM City, in Surat, India. (Reuters / ...

NEW DELHI – India’s exports of cut and polished diamonds have plunged to their lowest level in nearly two decades in the 2024–25 fiscal year, dragged down by weak demand from key markets and the ...

For the coronation of King Charles III and the queen consort, she will wear a century-old crown that does not include the storied Koh-i-Noor diamond, taken from India under British rule. By Mark ...