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  Breaking myths: Bigger the diamond, higher the cost? Well, not always

  Lifestyle | April 25, 2022 10:12 IST

  Let's bust some of the most common myths associated with this scintillating gemstone to ensure that you are well informed before your next diamond purchase.

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  Never wear Pearl with Diamond, Panna (Emerald) and these 3 other gemstones

  Astrology | February 03, 2022 15:47 IST

  In astrology, wearing pearls is considered auspicious as it calms the mind and relieves mental stress. However, if worn with gemstones such as diamonds and emeralds it can prove to be very harmful. Know with which gemstones you should wear a pearl for positive results.

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  Budget 2022: Polished diamonds, gemstones to get cheaper | Details

  Business | February 01, 2022 16:50 IST

  At present, the import duty on cut and polished diamonds and gemstones is 7.5%. After Budget 2022, the duty will be cut down to 5%.

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  555.55-carat black diamond at Dubai auction house; crypto accepted for payment. Here's the price

  World | January 18, 2022 10:34 IST

  Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare and are found naturally only in Brazil and Central Africa. The cosmic origin theory is based on their carbon isotopes and high hydrogen content.

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  Workers of diamond industry in Surat demand rise in wages

  News | July 27, 2021 11:28 IST

  Diamond workers from Surat city demanded a hike in their salaries.

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  Largest purple-pink diamond ever to go on sale at Christie’s Hong Kong auction

  World | March 30, 2021 14:31 IST

  A 15.81 carat Sakura diamond, the largest of its kind to ever appear for sale, will go under the hammer at Christie’s upcoming Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels Live Auction on May 23, the auction house announced on Tuesday.

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  MP farmer finds 14.98 carat diamond in patch of land leased for Rs 200

  India | December 07, 2020 12:11 IST

  Yadav found the diamond while he scooped up a handful of earth, stones and pebbles, but found one that looked different. It shone when he rubbed the dust off it. 

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  MP: Man finds diamond worth Rs 30 lakh in Panna mine

  India | November 06, 2020 16:51 IST

  Lady luck smiled on a 24-year-old man who overnight became a millionaire after unearthing a 6.92 carat diamond, valued at Rs 30 lakh, from a mine near Panna in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Friday.

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  MP: Labourer finds 7.2 carat diamond in Panna mine

  India | October 29, 2020 18:22 IST

  Fortunes smiled on a labourer after he unearthed 7.2 carat diamond at a mine in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, an official said.

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  Luck By Chance: Labourer hits jackpot with 10.69-carat single cut diamond worth Rs 50 lakh

  India | July 22, 2020 10:17 IST

  When Anandilal Kushwaha, a labourer working in Ranipura area of Panna district, went to work on Tuesday, little did he think in his wildest imagination that he would strike diamond, and quite literally so. While working he happened to dig out a 10.69-carat diamond that is priced at a whopping Rs 50 lakh.

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  A labourer finds a 10.69 carat diamond from a mine in Ranipura area of Panna district

  News | July 22, 2020 9:24 IST

  A labourer finds a 10.69 carat diamond from a mine in Ranipura area of Panna district. RK Pandey, District Diamond Officer says, 'This is a good quality diamond, it is the 2nd diamond mined from this location.'

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  COVID-19 scare: Diamond industry workers leaving Surat in large numbers

  Business | July 09, 2020 12:18 IST

  Surat Luxury Bus Operators Association president Dinesh Andhan claimed that on an average, 300 buses carrying nearly 6,000 people, mostly diamond industry workers, leave from Surat every day for Saurashtra and north Gujarat, from where these workers had come here in search of work.

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  Coronavirus outbreak may impact Surat's diamond industry badly: Here's how

  Business | February 06, 2020 10:03 IST

  Surat diamond industry is staring at a loss of Rs 8,000 crore in the next two months is exports to Hong Kong are hampered amid Coronavirus outbreak.

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  Book traces India’s tryst with world’s most precious diamonds

  Books & Culture | December 26, 2019 15:07 IST

  Sanjay Dharwadker's "Diamond In My Palm" goes on to say that ancient India was not only like a golden sparrow but as much a mine of invaluable glittering solitaires.

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  Video: 50-carat diamond worth $1.8 million stolen in Japan

  World | October 26, 2019 10:31 IST

  The 50-carat diamond vanished Thursday from a convention centre in Yokohama where an international jewellery exhibition was being held.

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  Texas woman watches tutorial on how to find diamonds, looks on ground and finds one for real

  World | August 22, 2019 17:26 IST

  The diamonds found by this Texas woman is the largest yellow diamond ever found in that particular park since 2013. "I saw it mixed with other rocks," she narrates her experience.

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  India to play active role in evolution of Kimberley Process

  Business | June 17, 2019 21:37 IST

  Diamonds which were called blood or conflict diamonds have been almost completely excluded from global trade and every rough diamond is accompanied by a certificate confirming its non-conflict origin, and export-import procedures in most of the countries are now subject to rigorous control, Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and KP Chair (India) Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi Monday said.

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  Diamond 9-times bigger than Kohinoor unearthed in Africa

  World | April 26, 2019 20:10 IST

  A Canadian company running a diamond mine in Botswana in Africa said that the diamond weighs a whopping 1,758 carats (352 grams)

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  Surat: Diamond firm to gift 600 cars to staff as Diwali gift, 2 women employees to get keys from PM Modi

  India | October 25, 2018 11:34 IST

  At the same time, in Surat, the firm - Hari Krishna Exports - will conduct the ceremony and will give cars to 600 of its employees, said media reports.

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  Kohinoor diamond was not 'gifted', but surrendered to British: ASI

  India | October 16, 2018 13:24 IST

  Kohinoor is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world.