Industrialist Mukesh Ambani remains India's richest person with a sharp surge of 30 per cent in his net worth to $26 billion.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with spearheading investor-friendly initiatives, saying it will "enthuse" businesses planning to invest in states.
The pandemic will be over but Covid will be here to stay, the scientists said as Covid numbers begin to ebb in several parts of the world, including India.
In India, the shortage is of high quality higher education institutions.
In the Forbes rich list Mukesh Ambani is ranked 39th.
Anurag Tiwari, who belongs to Sarasan village in Lakhimpur district, said he has got selected to Cornell University where he would be pursuing higher studies in Economics.
Indian IT major HCL Technologies will provide training for three months to 100 students each in its Lucknow and Madurai campuses.
Ambani is also the year's biggest gainer, adding USD 9.3 billion to his wealth amid the continuing success of his Reliance Jio broadband telco service.
India produced 179 more super-rich people this year led by Adani Group's Gautam Adani who amassed a whopping wealth of Rs 365,700 crore or more than Rs 1,000 crore daily, and the number of such individuals has crossed the 1,000-mark. Geographically, five more cities are home to super-rich taking the total number of super-rich cities to 119 and these 1,007 individuals cumulatively added 51 per cent more wealth in 2021. The average wealth increased by 25 per cent this year that also saw the livelihoods of thousands of people being hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Indian bridge contingent continue to be the victims of the official apathy from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), who are yet to provide them with team blazers.
'Many resignation dramas are played out to make others realise one's importance, but Sharad Pawar would not play such petty games.'
Donation to go to Sarojini Damodaran Foundation and Advaith Foundation
'He has divine power... For our future, safety is in the hands of Modi.'
A Class 12 student is changing the lives of the girls in her village, says Geetanjali Krishna.
'It is safe to consume cooked non-vegetarian food.'
'The BJP knows only one language, intimidation!'
Consolidated dollar revenue $1,321 million, up 4% q-o-q.
Mukehs Ambani, KLakshmi Mittal, Azim Premji features in top ten rich Indians list.
Gadkari, who was on a 3-day visit to London, listed the Hinduja family and Sri Prakash Lohia of the Indorama Corporation among the donors.
The rise in fresh Covid cases and the effective reproduction number -- indication of how fast an infection spreads -- in many states is worrying but don't panic. Instead, mask up and get vaccinated, say experts, stressing that it is too early to declare the beginning of a new wave.
India's 100 top billionaires have seen their fortunes increase by Rs 12,97,822 crore since March last year when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country and this amount is enough to give 13.8 crore poorest Indians a cheque for Rs 94,045 each.
'We know that there are new variants which are more transmissible. We know that human behaviour determines the spread of this virus. Therefore, it is not very relevant if we declare whether the second wave is over or not'
Together, the top 10 business groups reported a pre-tax loss of Rs 19,342 crore during the January-March 2020 quarter, as against a profit before tax of around Rs 48,500 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 39,600 crore during the December quarter. While Vedanta was the worst hit. others included Aditya Birla, Bharti, Adani, Mahindra, and Tata.
India's fourth largest software services exporter HCL Technologies on Thursday reported a 63.8 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,416 crore (Rs 14.16 billion) for the first quarter ended September 30, 2013, on the back of growth in Europe and encouraging macro-economic trends.
As the global debate on booster shots gathers momentum, several scientists in New Delhi said the priority must be to ensure that more people are inoculated with at least their first jab.
The arrival of summer in India may have raised hopes that hot and humid weather could slow the COVID-19 progression but virologist Naga Suresh Veerapu believes that outbreak and pandemic occurrences often do not follow seasonality.
Over time, as more mutations occur, the vaccine may need to be altered.
Flipkart's co-founders Sachin and Binni Bansal made their debut at 86th position with a net worth of $1.3 billion each.
Indian billionaires do not believe in sitting on their wealth.
The 20 richest people on the planet are worth a staggering USD 1.2 trillion, a sum roughly equivalent to the annual economic output of Mexico.
Consolidated revenues grew by 13.4% at Rs 9,283 crore.
According to SOP, those testing positive will be isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility.
Women's Day is coming up on March 8 and we're marking the occasion with a series on India's women achievers across entertainment, business, sports, politics and fashion. Today, we look at the forerunners in the world of Indian business. Vote for your favourite!
With the lockdown in force, live online teaching has become the order of the day, report Peerzada Abrar and Sai Ishwar.
Every day when Akhilesh returns after a joust with political adversaries to his Camelot, which is Lucknow's 5, Kalidas Marg, it is time to hold court with advisors and loyalists.
'The BJP plans to win 10 (Lok Sabha) seats (in Tamil Nadu) and the alliance (with the AIADMK) 20 seats in 2024.'
Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
Recent studies in China and Europe observed that the infection might relapse in those people who have already recovered from earlier phases.
This makes him corporate India's biggest donor to society.
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
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