NL Corresspondent Hyderabad, 9 Jun: Navratna CPSE, NMDC organized an Interactive Session with GeM Authorities on the existing and additional functionalities in the GeM Portal on 8-9 June, 2023 at its Head Office in Hyderabad. Chief Manager, Product and Forward Action and Nodal Officer for NMDC Shri Shailesh Kumar and GeM Facilitator of Telangana Shri
during the cleaning process, mr gamage said some stones fell out of the cluster and they were found to be star sapphires. but experts also point out that all the stones inside the cluster may not be star sapphires, so the estimates of value vary from a few million dollars to 100 million. translation: mr gamage informed us that he found a sapphire stone from the land adjoining his house. as far as i know, this is the biggest sapphire corundum in the world. i told the owner that according to my estimate, this could be worth $100 million. some are sceptical and say the sri lankan gem authorities are making tall claims about the stone s value. any exaggeration will dent the image of the country s gem industry. even if the specimen doesn t fetch millions, at least it gave the covid weary sri lankans something to smile about. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news.