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30 Apr 2021, 19:25

TCS’ new chief financial officer has been with the company for over two decades — including when it launched its IPO

Samir Seksaria will be coming in as Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) new chief financial officer on May 1. He has been will the c...

30 Apr 2021, 11:19

Former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee passes away at 91

Soli Sorabjee, the former Attorney General of India, passed away on 30 April at the age of 91 due to complications from COVID-19. The Padma Vibhushan...

29 Apr 2021, 17:09

Azim Premji donated ten times more than even Shiv Nadar And Mukesh Ambani in 2020

India’s ‘IT Czar’, Azim Premji, is the most generous man in India donating at least ten times more money than anyone else in

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14 Apr 2021, 11:41

These 10 quotes from BR Ambedkar are relevant even today

These 10 quotes from BR Ambedkar are relevant even today...

09 Apr 2021, 13:54

Meet Nethra Kumanan — the first woman sailor from India to qualify for the Olympics with a love for Bharatnatyam

Nethra Kumanan is the first-ever female sailor from India to qualify for sailing in the Olympics. The discipl...

06 Apr 2021, 10:43

Gautam Adani is now one of world’s top 20 billionaires

Indian businessman Gautam Adani has entered the top 20 list of world’s billionaires, as per Forbes.
Gautam Adani’s net worth is $59.9 billion.
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25 Mar 2021, 15:02

India’s vaccine king Adar Poonawalla will pay $69,000 a week to live on the same neighbourhood as Winston Churchill once did

Poonawalla has rented out a mansion in Mayfair, London from Polish billionaire Dominika Kulczyk. His new neig...

13 Mar 2021, 20:21

Richest Nepali- interesting facts about Binod Kumar Chaudhary

The Nepali entrepreneur, politician, and philanthropist put in one, Binod Choudhary is the first businessman from the Himalayan nation to enter the F...

10 Mar 2021, 13:45

Elon Musk sets a new milestone — adds nearly $25 billion to his net worth in just one day

According to the Bloomberg billionaire index, Musk's net worth swelled to $174 billion.
The net worth jumped after Tesla's sto

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08 Mar 2021, 16:13

Nita Ambani’s latest venture is a social media and networking platform for women – here’s a look at the organisations she runs as a part of Asia’s richest family

On the occasion of women’s day, Ambani has launched a social media and networki...

05 Mar 2021, 13:25

Tesla's founder Elon Musk is no longer the second richest person in the world

According to Forbes, Elon Musk's net worth plummeted $6.2 billion yesterday.
Forbes estimates Musk's current net worth at $150

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05 Mar 2021, 11:07

Here’s why the BJP may be dilly-dallying on declaring the Metro Man as the Chief Minister candidate for Kerala

V Muraleedharan, minister of state for external affairs and parliamentary affairs, tweeted hinting that Sreedh

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03 Mar 2021, 16:09

India remembers the man who changed Indian industry forever — Jamsetji Tata

India remembers the man who changed Indian industry forever — Jamsetji Tata...

03 Mar 2021, 09:03

Meet Jay Chaudhry, the man who studied under a tree in Himachal to become one of the world’s top billionaires today

Jay Chaudhry and his family own 45% of the Nasdaq listed ZScaler, which is today worth $28 billion. According...

02 Mar 2021, 18:40

Patanjali’s Acharya Balkrishna is the biggest loser on Hurun’s Rich List of Indian billionaires

Patanjali chairman Archarya Balkrishna’s estimated net worth was cut down by a third in 2020. He now ranks 919th on the Huru...

02 Mar 2021, 17:15

OYO’s Ritesh Agarwal and Future Group’s Kishore Biyani did not make the cut this year to be among India’s richest billionaires

Indian billionaires Ritesh Agarwal and Kishore Biyani dropped off Hurun’s Rich List for 2021.
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02 Mar 2021, 14:13

Gautam Adani, Naveen Jindal, Anand Mahindra and Kumar Mangalam Birla increased their net worth despite COVID-19 wreaking havoc

Despite the turbulence brought on by the pandemic in 2020, 150 Indian billionaires saw their wealth increase o

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02 Mar 2021, 11:22

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani are among the top 10 richest people in the world

The Hurun Global Rich List 2021 released today shows that the world added 412 new billionaires in 2020.
Here is a look at the

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12 Feb 2021, 11:54

Meet the 20 Indian-Americans in the US Cabinet

At least 20 nominees in Biden’s cabinet are Indian Americans, 13 of which are women.
Neera Tanden will be the first woman of colour and South Asian Ame

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05 Feb 2021, 18:37

Meet the 63-year old making a comeback as Tech Mahindra's CFO

Milind Kulkarni is returning as the CFO of the $5.2 billion Indian IT services company Tech Mahindra starting April 2. The man who began his professi...

01 Feb 2021, 10:00

The Aung Sang Suu Kyi facing a coup today is not the Nobel prize winning peace icon she once was

Aung Sang Suu Kyi was burdened by her reputation as a democracy icon, that she once was. Amnesty International stripped her ...

12 Jan 2021, 13:11

Interesting facts about the world's second richest man Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon, is the second richest person on the earth today with a net worth of $182.2 billion Creating an empire of w...

07 Jan 2021, 13:27

Meet the youngest self-made billionaires in India

About 17 Indian entrepreneurs, aged under 40, have been featured in the Hurun’s 40 & under self-made rich list 2020.
Together, they hold a fortune of

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29 Dec 2020, 10:58

Telugu actor Ram Charan tests positive for COVID-19

Telugu film star Ram Charan on Tuesday said he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is under home quarantine. The 35-year-old actor took...