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Beatles, Buddy Holly, Grease — The songs behind Paul McCartney’s $1.4 bn fortune

Forbes estimates McCartney’s individual fortune at $1.4 billion, putting him behind Jay-Z and Taylor Swift on its list of the world’s richest musicians.

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India’s top 3 IAS posts are held by officers on extension. Exception is now the rule

Cabinet, Home and Defence Secretaries are all now in office on extension. A provision meant to protect tenure has become a tool of annual renewal, and the cost is borne by batch after batch below.

China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion for second time ever as AI boom powers exports

This could fuel further tensions with EU, where leaders have called for more trade curbs with China after a pact with Beijing to limit Chinese exports of hybrid vehicles to the bloc.

Big change in Agnipath scheme: Govt grants 2-yr extension to the 75% Agniveers not selected for service

This has now created a pathway for all Agniveers to potentially join the defence forces as regular soldiers after their tenure of six years.

Farm laws to Agnipath, Modi govt failed the test of both ‘Jai Jawan/Jai Kisan’ reforms

Between the farm laws and Agnipath, you could say the Modi government erred in taking its most loyal constituencies for granted: Hindi-heartland farmers and soldiers.