The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council welcomed GST 2.0 measures on prosecution thresholds, penalties, refunds and rate-change schedules, citing potential benefits for compliance, cash flow and business planning.

The Kolkata jeweller created gold jewellery for the idols of Goddess Durga and her children at the Indian Museum’s first Durga Puja celebration, featuring traditional crafts and a heritage exhibition.

GJEPC’s India-France Jewellery Summit will bring 17 Indian jewellery companies to Paris from October 13 to 15, 2026, to explore partnerships with French luxury brands, opening avenues for design collaboration, private-label manufacturing, and access to European markets, discovers Suneeta Kaul.

The government has ended a tax benefit for banks importing gold, silver and platinum, bringing these shipments under the 3% Integrated GST levy from April 1, 2026, to ensure parity across import channels

CaratLane celebrated its 18th anniversary with a film featuring brand ambassador Yami Gautam Dhar, alongside product upgrades, new designs and initiatives to expand its international business.

The jewellery retailer launched a flagship campaign featuring actor Sonali Bendre, highlighting its mangalsutra and traditional jewellery collections and positioning jewellery as an heirloom.

The lab-grown diamond jewellery startup will use the funds to strengthen its team, marketing and supply chain as it expands its business.

ZOYA has launched Her Again, a High Jewellery collection inspired by Indian spices, featuring coloured gemstones and Anoushka Shankar as the campaign face.

The natural diamond jewellery retailer recorded 75.75% revenue growth in H1 FY27 and added company-operated stores in Pune and Nashik.

The initiative will provide Divine Solitaires’ partner jewellers with diamond screening technology to verify natural or lab-grown diamonds, laser inscriptions and Hearts & Arrows.

The collaboration features Gemfields’ Zambian emeralds in contemporary high jewellery designs, alongside tanzanite, diamonds and 18K gold.

India can move beyond being a major producer of laboratory-grown diamonds to becoming a global technology leader by developing indigenous equipment, advanced materials, device fabrication capabilities, and high-value industrial applications, says Prof. M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Head of the India Centre for Lab Grown Diamond (InCent-LGD) at IIT Madras, in a conversation with Suneeta Kaul. Prof. Rao was one of the main organizers of GJEPC's VAIRAM 2026 Workshop, held earlier this year at the campus of IIT Madras.

Mahabir Danwar Jewellers concluded the fifth season of Couple No. 1 in Kolkata, bringing 11 finalist couples together and unveiling its Rajwada bridal jewellery collection.

IAGES hosted Trust Circle 2026 in New Delhi, bringing stakeholders from refining, bullion, manufacturing, assaying, hallmarking, retail and digital investment gold together.