India’s diamond city struggling due to war in Ukraine

The World

Ninety percent of the world’s diamonds are processed in Surat. But these days, the mood in India’s diamond city is lackluster, because business has never been worse, and a lot of people are out of work. It’s all a distant ripple effect caused by war in Ukraine. Reporter Sushmita Pathak has the story.

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