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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: Billionaires

Russian billionaire’s son says he didn’t hide $50mn from mother but lost it in trading

In one of Britain's biggest ever divorce battles, ex-wife of Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov had accused their son of helping his father to hide assets.

Creo Syndicate – the secret club for billionaires who care about climate change

Creo is non-profit and doesn’t have any money of its own but it connects investors with possible partners, and conducts research on technologies.

Don’t look at Netflix’s Bad Boy Billionaires for closure. Love-hate relationship will go on

Indians' worshipped their bad boy billionaires Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy, until their ultra-rich idols ran into legal hurdles.

Bill Gates to Azim Premji: How billionaires explain their donations

We analysed the letters of the signatories of the Giving Pledge to understand what drives the philanthropy of billionaires.

India doesn’t want taali-thali charity from billionaires, it wants Socialist state to act

Everyone becomes a Socialist in a pandemic. It’s time India realises billionaires aren’t the cure for coronavirus — the State is. 

BR Shetty, UAE’s fast cars-loving Indian billionaire who suddenly became a millionaire

BR Shetty splurged on a private jet, vintage cars and two entire floors of the Burj Khalifa until his finances unravelled and crashed dramatically.

Thomas Piketty is back with a 1,200-page guide to abolishing billionaires

Thomas Piketty’s new book doesn’t just focus on Western economies, but also the political ideologies that lie behind inequality.

Imran Khan isn’t alone. There are 10 billionaires in Pakistan’s parliament

Pakistan’s Election Commission list includes Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari, but jewellery and cars are not popular investments.

Indians are getting richer faster than people of any other economy, but there’s a problem

India is estimated to overtake China as the fastest wealth-accumulating country in the world soon, but this fortune will be concentrated in the hands of a tiny minority.

These new Indian billionaires are racing ahead as the old ones are fading away

Number of billionaires in India more than doubled to 119 between 2013 & 2018 & the country will lead global growth in ultrahigh net worth individuals.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.