Releasing a report titled 'Profiting from Pain' in Davos, the rights group further said as the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion every two days.
Since exploding onto the tennis scene as a 14-year-old, Serena Williams has achieved everything on a tennis court - but her incredible collection of titles and trophies barely define the imprint the American has left on her sport.
Reputation Institute has identified 100 companies that have successfully established strong international reputations.
Roshni, also a trained classical musician, came on the board of HCL Technologies in 2013 and was vice chairperson. Shiv Nadar would continue to be MD of the company with designation as chief strategy officer.
There is a high demand for IT professionals who can envision, design and develop applications for the future.
Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance co-founder billionaire Zhang Yiming on Thursday announced that he will step down as CEO, in a surprise move that signalled a major leadership shake-up at the nine year-old technology firm which created popular global short-video app TikTok. Zhang, 38, who is one of China's wealthiest entrepreneurs, said he is ready to step down after nearly a decade of running the world's largest unicorn, becoming the latest among the country's technology founders to quit in their prime. Zhang will step down from his role as CEO of the Beijing-based ByteDance, giving up his day-to-day responsibilities to "be more impactful on longer-term initiatives," the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted the company announcement on Thursday.
It emerges that Vi has probably offered good data quality despite being short on spectrum and infrastructure due to its stretched finances. Did the two companies that merged face the heat due to price wars? Probably. Did the government's tough stance in demanding its "due" share of telecom revenues hurt the company? Certainly!
China has deployed a fleet of underwater drones called Sea Wing (Haiyi) glider in the Indian Ocean, which can operate for months on end and make observations for naval intelligence purposes, according to defence analyst HI Sutton.
'People will say a lot of things -- ignore the noise.'
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
Stephen Hawking, in his final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, considered an asteroid collision to be the biggest threat to the planet. At this point, we are as well prepared as dinosaurs were when a 10-km wide asteroid hit the planet 65 million years ago, notes Kumar Abishek.
Although the world economy is going through tough economic times, the number of Indians making it to the global rich list is increasing.
Although the world economy is going through tough economic times, the number of Indians making it to the global rich list is increasing.
For the first time, Chinese companies dominate the top slots.
If there is a morality tale here, it is that debt and death spare no king.
Sramana Mitra, the founder of One Million by One Million, a virtual incubator that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally cross $1 million in revenue, has seen many companies go through the early growth phase.
Denmark topped the list of the 144 nations.
The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
It's the only Indian destination mentioned in the Forbes list of '13 cultural events to be seen' across the world. Set in the historical port town of Kochi, India's first ever new-age art extravaganza, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has received great response from the global art world. Durga Dominic brings you a glimpse of some of the Indian artistes participating in the Biennale. Photographs: Rajesh Karkera
A flurry of new models like the Huracan STO, Huracan EVO RWD Spyder will arrive in India in 2021.
It's the only Indian destination mentioned in the Forbes list of '13 cultural events to be seen' across the world. Set in the historical port town of Kochi, India's first ever new-age art extravaganza, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, has received great response from the global art world. Durga Dominic brings you a glimpse of some of the Indian artistes participating in the Biennale. Photographs: Rajesh Karkera
PV Sindhu, Depika Padukone ensured Indian representation on the global front.
Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani may have retained his title as India's richest person for 7th year in a row, but his place among the world's richest people has dropped to lowest in eight years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his debut among the world's most powerful people, ranked 15th on the Forbes list topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin who pipped his US counterpart Barack Obama for a second year in a row.
America's Lexie Alford has travelled to almost every country on earth.
Forbes magazine recently came up with a list of most powerful people.
Britain said it had imposed asset freezes on Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich
The companies include Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, TCS and Sun Pharma
The list includes political leaders, corporate executives, NGO heads, top government functionaries and a first lady. Here, we present you the world's top 30 businesswomen.
Investment guru Carl Delfeld on why he is optimistic about India.
Ebullient and eccentric at the same time, barefoot painter Maqbool Fida Husain took Indian art to the global stage with his cubist-inspired modern art but was riled in controversy with his paintings on Hindu deities.
The latest Fortune list is topped by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs.
Recently, Forbes announced its Best under a Billion List of Asian corporation based on sales and earnings growth. To qualify the companies were required to have annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion, and be publicly traded for at least a year.
Qatar's Doha Bank has said it is keen to engage Indian IT major Wipro to provide software solutions to improve its e-commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) systems, among others.
The Forbes 30 Under 30 list is harder to get into than Stanford or Harvard University. Meet the desis who made the cut this year.
India's financial hub Mumbai is emerging as one of the 'world capitals of the future', with an expanding industrial base, the world's largest movie industry and a burgeoning middle class making the city globally prominent, a latest study has said.
The latest victim is the New York Times which told its print and web employees on Saturday that non union staff would receive no pay raises next year, Forbes.com reported. The announcement comes a day after Newsweek was reported to have been considering reducing staff and cutting print order for the magazine.
Forbes Magazine has published its list of the world's richest women for the year 2009.
