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GJEPC Offers Exciting Prizes at IIJS Tritiya Show
Bengaluru: Count-down has begun for the much awaited IIJS Bharat Tritiya Show at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre to be held between 21st to 23rd March 2026. India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the organizer of the Show has added a new attraction this year offering bumper prices like Mercedes Benz, Mahindra Thar cars and many more. The Mega Lucky Draw is open exclusively to Gem & Jewellery trade buyers who meet the following criteria: Only paid visitors who fulfil the
GJEPC Offers Exciting Prizes at IIJS Tritiya Show
Bengaluru: Count-down has begun for the much awaited IIJS Bharat Tritiya Show at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre to be held between 21st to 23rd March 2026. India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the organizer of the Show has added a new attraction this year offering bumper prices like Mercedes Benz, Mahindra Thar cars and many more. The Mega Lucky Draw is open exclusively to Gem & Jewellery trade buyers who meet the following criteria: Only paid visitors who fulfil the
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GIA Changing Colored Stone, Pearl Reports
New York: Gemological Institute of America has tweaked its colored stone and pearl reports, adding better imagery and more information geared toward consumers. Beginning Feb. 1, GIA will issue the same form report for both colored stones and pearls, although the reports will still list information specific only to those gems. Other changes include: The colored stone and pearl reports
De Beers Generates $450m from January Sight
Gaborone: De Beers is said to have earned about $450 million from its first sight of 2015, which ended recently in Botswana. Rapaport cited unnamed sightholders as saying that a number of boxes were deferred, representing about 20 percent of the overall sight value. Allegedly, rough diamond prices declined by about 4 percent and De Beers made significant price adjustments
HDFC, SBI among Top 50 Global Banks
Mumbai: Two Indian banks, HDFC Bank and State Bank of India (SBI), now figure in a list of the top 50 global banks in terms of market capitalization. HDFC Bank, India’s second-largest private lender in terms of asset size, ranks 45th, with a market capitalization of $39 billion, Bloomberg data show. With a market capitalization of $38 billion, SBI is
IDI Repeats Successful B2C Promotion
Ramat Gan: Bolstered by the success of its Cyber Monday B2C e-commerce campaign, the Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI) has decided to make the pop-up platform a recurring event. IDI has just launched Sweet Valentine: Diamond Deals from Israel, a specially curated mini-site which features heart-themed diamond jewelry and loose diamonds from leading Israeli companies at discounts of
GIA Changing Colored Stone, Pearl Reports
New York: Gemological Institute of America has tweaked its colored stone and pearl reports, adding better imagery and more information geared toward consumers. Beginning Feb. 1, GIA will issue the same form report for both colored stones and pearls, although the reports will still list information specific only to those gems. Other changes include: The colored stone and pearl reports
De Beers Generates $450m from January Sight
Gaborone: De Beers is said to have earned about $450 million from its first sight of 2015, which ended recently in Botswana. Rapaport cited unnamed sightholders as saying that a number of boxes were deferred, representing about 20 percent of the overall sight value. Allegedly, rough diamond prices declined by about 4 percent and De Beers made significant price adjustments
HDFC, SBI among Top 50 Global Banks
Mumbai: Two Indian banks, HDFC Bank and State Bank of India (SBI), now figure in a list of the top 50 global banks in terms of market capitalization. HDFC Bank, India’s second-largest private lender in terms of asset size, ranks 45th, with a market capitalization of $39 billion, Bloomberg data show. With a market capitalization of $38 billion, SBI is
IDI Repeats Successful B2C Promotion
Ramat Gan: Bolstered by the success of its Cyber Monday B2C e-commerce campaign, the Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI) has decided to make the pop-up platform a recurring event. IDI has just launched Sweet Valentine: Diamond Deals from Israel, a specially curated mini-site which features heart-themed diamond jewelry and loose diamonds from leading Israeli companies at discounts of
