Jill Biden gets $20,000 diamond from PM Modi, priciest gift from any foreign leader in 2023

US First Lady and wife of President Joe Biden, Jill Biden, received gifts worth thousands of dollars in 2023, including a diamond worth $20,000 (Rs 17.15 lakh) from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his official state visit to the US in 2023.

The 7.5-carat green lab-grown eco-friendly diamond gifted to Jill Biden reflects the "chemical and optical properties of earth-mined diamonds".

The diamond, gifted to Jill Biden, was placed in a box made of paper pulp, known as kar-e-kalamdani.