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Rohit Mehta, chief executive of Forlink Ventures, a commodities house based in India's lab-grown diamond capital, Surat, says these diamonds are not just cheaper, but also more ethical and better for the environment.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Jagdish Khunt, president of the Surat Diamond Association in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said there would be a drop in orders in the short term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025
Most of the rough diamonds mined in Botswana are shipped to manufacturing hubs like Surat, India, where they are cut and polished into the shiny crystals that greatly increase their value.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
"We have filed an appeal challenging the Surat district court’s order," Gandhi’s lawyer, Pankaj Champaneri, told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Tavernier was once travelling from Agra to Surat with the English president, when passing within a few miles of Amenabad through a forest of mangoes, they experienced the danger of provoking such companies.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
Then there were some more words in which d'Alcacer's attentive ear caught the word "surat."
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Conrad, Joseph
There has been a surat delivered to Lakamba.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
Tell me out of the old man’s surat where you read so often at night.”
From Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river by Conrad, Joseph
In a certain surat of the koran he mentions the names of twenty-eight of the prophets of Israel, praising each and all of them.
From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Regarding the subject of that document— Akan hal surat itu.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir
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