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Billionaire Mohamed al-Fayed, former Harrods owner whose son died with Princess Diana, dies at 94

Al-Fayed, who could be charming, autocratic, vindictive, spent 10 years trying to prove Diana and his son Dodi were murdered when their car crashed in road tunnel in Paris in 1997.

Jeff Bezos to give away majority of $124 billion wealth during lifetime, says report

Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon's CEO last year, owns about 10% of the e-commerce giant, along with news organization Washington Post and space tourism company Blue Origin.

SubscriberWrites: In praise of making money & why it’s a good idea to let a thousand billionaires bloom

Shaunak Desai defends the super rich from the charge that their creation of wealth also creates greater inequality in society.

India adds 40 billionaires to Hurun Global rich list, Mukesh Ambani among world’s top 10

According to Hurun Global Rich List 2021, India is home to 177 billionaires, making it the third highest in world.

Which billionaire has the greatest carbon footprint? We calculated — mansions, yachts included

Elon Musk, Roman Abramovich to Bill Gates, we combed 82 databases of public records to document billionaires’ houses, vehicles, aircraft and yachts.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.