De Beers Group has officially launched Desert Diamonds, its first new consumer-facing “beacon” in more than a decade, backed by the company’s largest category marketing investment in ten years. A “beacon” in…

Dr. Arvind Virmani, Hon’ble Member, NITI Aayog, visited the GJEPC-run Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ), Jaipur on 3rd October. Welcomed by IIGJ Jaipur Chairman Shri Sudhir Kothari and Vice Chairman…

Tanishq, the jewellery brand from the House of Tata, has rolled out one of India’s largest gold exchange campaigns, urging families to bring idle gold out of lockers and convert it into…

Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited announced that it has applied for financial support from the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation (CEEFC) under its Large Enterprise Tariff Loan Scheme. The company has been deemed…

The Board of Directors of HRD Antwerp, a subsidiary of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), has appointed Paul De Wachter as its new CEO. Bringing over twenty years of experience and…

The board of directors of Gemological Institute of America India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (GIA India) has appointed Amit Pratihari as managing director, responsible for all aspects of GIA India’s gemmological laboratories in Mumbai…

The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), representing over 600,000 jewellers across India, has welcomed the Maharashtra Government’s decision to establish a state-level ‘Dakshata Committee’ (Vigilance Committee) to safeguard jewellers.…

With less than a month to go before the CIBJO Congress 2025 opens in Paris on 27th October, the seventh pre-congress Special Report has been released by the CIBJO Gemmological Commission, chaired…

Gemmological Institute of India (GII) has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) under ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of “Testing.” GII said the recognition acknowledges…