Kolkata: Diamond exporters in India are in a dilemma as their buyers of cut and polished diamonds in the US and Europe are demanding source declarations for even small diamonds that are currently exempt from sanctions imposed on Russia following the Ukraine invasion. Exporters said many dealers and jewellers in G7 nations have declined to…
The co-founders of the direct-to-consumer (D2C) footwear brand Trase – Jitin Goel and Dhruv Gupta – have reacquired the brand from the roll-up company Upscalio. This strategic move was followed by a $500K angel round led by investors like Deep Bajaj and Mohit Bajaj, co-founders of Sirona Hygiene, the co-founders of the brand told ETRetail….
The glittering storefronts of jewellery shops are fast becoming a prominent feature in shopping malls in India underscoring a shift in consumer preference towards established retailers. Each mall currently has about 8-10 jewellery stores, up from just one or two in 2021. These stores now occupy nearly 5% of total mall space, up from just…
NEW DELHI: On an evening at Chinnaswamy where records were broken one after another and Royal Challengers Bengaluru succumbed to a dreadful fifth straight defeat, their stumper-batter Dinesh Karthik had a night to remember as he smoked an unreal 35-ball 83 in the improbable chase of 288. In a record-shattering contest that had 549 runs…
NEW DELHI: The US state department spokesperson on Monday addressed recent publications about democratic decline in India and reaffirmed New Delhi as an important strategic partner to Washington.While responding to questions about allegations of democratic backsliding in India, Mathew Miller said, ‘India is the world’s largest democracy, it is an important strategic partner of the…
MUMBAI: Within 24 hours of the firing on Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s house, the city crime branch late Monday evening arrested two persons. The two accused were arrested from Gujarat’s Bhuj and both hail from Bihar, police said.The Unit 9 of the crime branch led by inspector Daya Nayak arrested Vikas alias Vicky Gupta and…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Dinesh Karthik turned out to be the lone warrior in Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s middle-order, smashing a whirlwind 35-ball 83 in his side’s improbable chase of 288 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Monday. Aged 38, Karthik produced an absolute gem of a knock and almost gave RCB a sniff of a…
NEW DELHI: Succumbing to a fifth straight defeat of the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru once again had a tough night, this time against Sunrisers Hyderabad as they lost a record high-scoring encounter at the Chinnaswamy on Monday.With RCB bowlers getting ripped apart, Sunrisers raked up 287 for 3 — the highest ever total in the…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR/MADURAI: PM Narendra Modi accused CPM on Monday of “looting the poor” and raised corruption charges against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family. He also targeted Congress, saying the “yuvraj” of the grand old party, who could not protect his family’s seat in UP, had come to Kerala to seek votes.In his speech…
VIJAYAWADA: In a scene eerily similar to the 2023 New Year’s-eve horror in Delhi, an allegedly drunk man drove nearly 18km in Andhra’s Anantapur with the body of a biker perched on his Innova roof where the latter had been flung after being hit by the SUV late Sunday.Locals alarmed by the grotesque sight on…
