'Modi's recent decisions to improve India-China relations, adjust India's neighbourhood policies and to rebalance India's ties with the major powers are linked to his political agenda.' 'Of course, the good part is that this agenda is also in the national interest,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
Underworld don and India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, figures third on the Forbes' Most Wanted Fugitives list.
In its annual ranking of the world's richest people released last month, Forbes had named Mittal at the eighth place with a net worth of $19.3 billion.
Shaffi Mather, 41, founder of the yellow ambulance or the 1298 service, was appreciative of US President Barack Obama's vision of trying to bring together grassroots and community-based entrepreneurs, instead of the regular Fortune and Forbes 500 and 100 businessmen, to the parley.
Iconic Dalal Street investors Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Radhakishan Damani, known for their stock picks, have forged an unusual partnership to make Bollywood flicks.
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.
Sonia Gandhi, Michelle Obama are some of the prominent names in the Forbes' list of the world's most powerful businesswomen
Media conglomerate NewsCorp may look at divesting stake in some of its businesses in India, said Chairman Rupert Murdoch. The world's 109th richest man, worth $8.3 billion according to the Forbes 400 ranking, had announced a $100-million investment plan during his recent visit to India.
'Don't waste your time in doing long pointless graduation courses.' 'Try and get into an apprenticeship or a job after Class 10 or Class 12, as there is always time to get back to academics and learn new skills.'
With the Forbes' richest people list out and 4 Indians featuring in it, it has been calculated that a mere 10 per cent of their net worth can erase our national deficit
A left-leaning centralised socialist model has created a shortage/entitlement economy. In fact one of the reasons for India's limited progress is that post-independent India is at odds with its true nature. It is something that educated right of centre Hindus are trying to correct, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Adobe System's chief executive officer Shantanu Narayen and beverage major Pepsico's Indra Nooyi have been ranked at the 16th and 17th places, respectively in the list of 25 'top gun CEOs' for 2009 who kept their firms thriving amid the recessionary situation. The list is topped by business solutions provider Automatic Data Process's Gary C Butler and the magazine said he was 'extremely strong at strategic planning and overall execution.'
The world has 1,011 billionaires, up from 793 a year ago. And that was despite the global economic slowdown, according to the Forbes annual list of the world's richest people. Among the top 10 richest persons across the world, there are two Indians.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has emerged as the richest person in the world with $53.5 billion in assets in the US magazine Forbes annual list of world's top billionaires.
Here's looking at some more top earners from the movies.
Companies must have a plan to mentor people close to superannuation.
'This year felt different -- and was different.' 'For the first time, the Indian American voter seemed to matter.'
The latest Fortune list is topped by Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs.
'Today, moviegoers are in the 13 to 33 age bracket.' 'If people like us have to remain relevant, we have to make movies that cater to them,'
Floyd Mayweather tops the Forbes list of best paid athletes for the fourth time in seven years, followed by soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
If carmakers don't explore innovations to improve safety, they could be relegated to the garbage heap by new players, says Indrajit Gupta
Ranked 737 in the Forbes global billionaire list with personal wealth of $2.4 billion, Yusuffali's diversification does not stop here.
Blogging might be a leisure activity for many famous personalities but it has brought fame to people like India-born Om Malik who has been named as one of the global web celebrities by American magazine Forbes.
Addressing an Economic Club gathering in Chicago, Nooyi recalled that in 2001 when she went home to tell her mother about her appointment as the Pepsico president, her mother reacted indifferently with a 'dead pan' expression.
International companies usually store data on global servers and the requirement to store data locally would require them to make an additional investment. But policymakers in India believe storing data locally would help monitor and conduct investigations if the need arises.
India origin Kartar Singh Thakral, who chairs the Indian garment maker Givo, is ranked at the 30th position, while Mustaq Ahmad of the 24-hour Mustafa Centre is at 38th spot. Sunny George Verghese of cashew and cocoa trader Olam International at 39th rank is also among the three Indian origin people. Mustaq Ahmad, who inherited the famous 24-hour Mustafa Centre, is ranked at the 38th position.
'Francisco D'Souza, 39, heads what is now the largest public company run by a 40-or-under CEO, though his $ 5.7-billion Cognizant Technology Solutions is dwarfed by the $ 16.9-billion Yahoo!.' Forbes said. 'D'Souza has been an officer at Cognizant for 11 years now, chief executive since 2007, and chief operating officer since 2003, when he was a mere 33.'
'Running a start-up is hard.' 'We almost always will have obstacles.' 'There are two ways to tackle it.' 'We can either take them head on or let them hold you back.'
Like China, India needs to encourage 'hacker clubs' in view of the challenges of virtual terrorism, says Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd)
Chennai-born Nooyi has moved up to the third rank in this year's list, from the fifth last year, to become the top-ranked among all the corporate chiefs on the list.
'Economy is leading the way as far as the relationship between the two countries is concerned'.
India's Anil Ambani has emerged as the biggest wealth creator while Warren Buffet is labelled as the richest man. With wealth soaring by $23.8 billion since the last list, Anil has come out as the biggest gainer.
'Outside investors don't want to get tangled up in a religious war.'
It's not very often that you attach the title 'Dr' to the name of a 21-year-old youngster. Meet Dr Tathaghar Avtar Tulsi, who is on top of the world today after joining an exclusive club of scientists with a doctorate at the age of 21.
Deane De Menezes hopes to reduce the awkwardness and stigma around menstruation.
During his lifetime and after, Ambani aroused extreme responses in others.
India's booming real estate sector has more than doubled the number of billionaires from this space in just 12 months, with DLF's Kushal Pal Singh emerging "the world's richest real estate developer." Among 54 Indian billionaires identified by Forbes magazine, there are seven real estate developers with a net worth of over a billion dollar each.
India's billionaires are pledging a decent amount of their wealth for the welfare of society.
