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 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 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.

QWEEN has introduced seven gold colours in India, using alloy compositions rather than surface coatings to expand colour choices across its jewellery range.

As leading retailers and designers flag rising interest in colour stones, COUTURE India 2026 reveals how emeralds, turquoise and Tanzanite are shaping the jewellery conversation ahead of the wedding season, discovers Preeti Kulkarni

From new materials and lightweight designs to emerging suppliers, wider sourcing and stronger seasonal relevance, COUTURE India 2026 showed how the format has evolved, discovers Preeti Kulkarni

At the 11th edition of COUTURE India 2026, businesses across design, branding, packaging, technology, certification and retail services presented solutions aimed at addressing the operational challenges faced by jewellery retailers.