A 10.69 carat diamond, with an estimated value of almost a quarter of a million dirhams, was unearthed in a mine in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Anandilal Kushwaha, who has leased the mine, has deposited it with the local diamond office in Panna district.
According to reports, the precious stone will be auctioned and the proceeds will be given to the depositor after deducting government royalty and taxes.
Xi gives Trump rare tour of secret garden at heart of Chinese government
After talks on trade, Taiwan and Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping showed off the centuries-old trees in Beijing’s walled-off Zhongnanhai compound, where he strolled with US President Donald Trump in the concluding hours of their summit.
Scientists dig up Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand
Along a meandering river in a warm and arid region that is now Thailand roughly 113 million years ago, a plant-eating behemoth almost 90 feet (27 metres) long browsed on the treetops without much fear of predators due to its sheer size.
Thief flees with medieval saint's skull taken from Czech church
A thief snatched the 800-year-old skull believed to be of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a display box in a church in the northern Czech Republic and ran away with the relic, police said on Wednesday.
Paddington meets Astérix as Canal+ and Hachette forge book-to-screen alliance
French broadcaster Canal+ and publishing giant Hachette Livre are joining forces to leverage Hachette's extensive literary catalogue for premium screen adaptations, they said on Tuesday.
Seoul holds 'Power Nap Contest' in sleep-deprived South Korea
Under hazy spring sunshine on Saturday, hundreds of young Seoulites turned up at a park by the Han River at the invitation of the city government to try to do something many overworked South Koreans never get enough of - sleep.
