Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world's ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From India, Reliance Industries is the only one in the overall top-200 list and is followed by HDFC Bank at 209th, ONGC at 220th, Indian Oil at 288th and HDFC Ltd at 332nd place.
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Sonia is the 13th most powerful woman in the world, ahead of US First Lady Laura Bush and UK's Queen Elizabeth.
Bill Gates with an estimated wealth of $86 billion topped the list for the fourth year running.
Guess who takes up the top spot!
Priyanka is the eight highest paid TV actress in the world with earnings of $11 million.
India cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the fifth most financially valuable athlete on earth, according to Forbes Magazine.
Deepika Padukone makes it to the list for the very first time!
The facsimile edition of The Wall Street Journal and the Indian edition of Forbes, the magazine famous for its global billionaires' list, will be launched next week. A look at what to expect.
The US magazine Forbes is planning to layoff several staff from the editorial and business sides, as a cost-cutting measures in response to decreasing advertising revenue.
Reigning Spanish champions Real Madrid has been valued at $3.3 billion by Forbes magazine, ending the $3.2 billion worth Manchester United's nine-year reign at the top of the magazine's annual list of the most valuable football teams in the world. Check out Forbes' 10 most valuable soccer clubs in the world.
Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker lead the pack.
Leading the Indian-Americans on the list is 49-year old Aneel Bhusri.
Some of these are low profile while few have businesses outside India or are restricted to one geography.
A look at the richest Indians on the list.
"The Apple brand is worth nearly twice as much as any other brand on the planet," states Forbes.
English Premier League soccer club Manchester United are the world's first professional sports team to be valued at more than $3 billion, according to Forbes Magazine.
A secretive 24-year-old woman tops the list.
Rediff.com presents the list of the most powerful women in the world, as per the latest Forbes rankings.
The newspaper industry in the West may be reeling under the onslaught of the web but Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, Forbes, and grandson of the founder of the magazine, believes there is a market for value-added content that people will pay for.
Net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13 per cent in the past year to $1.7 trillion.
We bring you 10 most powerful female celebrities according to Forbes who have not just built empires by themselves but have also left their mark in the world with their philanthropic work.
The New York Knicks are the most valuable professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association for the fourth consecutive year, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday. The Knicks' estimated value is US $613 million, up $5 million from last year's list, according to the magazine.
Take a list at the prolific stars.
WhatsApp was the biggest acquisition on the Midas list since it is the largest venture-backed private exit ever.
India-born PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi figures among the top10 in 2013.
Forbes said this year's 1,226 billionaires are a record high, up one per cent from last year's total.
"This (Apple) is a company that has faced setbacks before and bounced back to become the world's most valuable brand -- worth $57.4 billion," Forbes said, explaining the company's number 1 position in its Top 50 world's most valuable brands 2010 list.
Beyonce and Jay-Z top the list. Guess who else made it.
Of the top 15 on Forbes' list of best-paid female athletes, 12 were tennis players. Indian badminton player PV Sindhu came in tied for 13th ($5.5 million), with Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn ($5.3 million) rounding out the top 15.
Each year, Forbes Magazine releases a list of fashion's golden girls -- supermodels who are raking in the millions. In the pages to follow, we bring you the who's who of 2013, based on their earnings of the past year.
Mumbai and Delhi comes 31st and 34th respectively.
A drone shot shows the massive Komodor logistics park in ruins after being bombed and burnt near Makariv. The Russian attack in early March destroyed some $50 million of medicines and medical raw materials for the Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Farmac, according to Forbes magazine.
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.
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