New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is the richest Indian celebrity, according to the 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, which he has topped for the third consecutive year. Shah Rukh Khan has fallen out of the top 10 list. The 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List rankings are based[Read More…]
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Priyanka Chopra eighth on Forbes highest paid TV actresses list
Bollywood actress turned international icon, Priyanka Chopra has made it to the Forbes list of highest paid TV actresses in the world for the second year in a row. Similar to 2016, Chopra safely maintained herself at eighth position with $10 million (Rs 65 crore) this year. With the earnings[Read More…]
India is Asia’s most corrupt country: Forbes
A recent survey by the Transparency International (TI) states that India is the most corrupt country in Asia. In a list released by Forbes, it states the five most corrupt countries of the world, where India beats Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan and Myanmar. The bribery rate in India is stated at[Read More…]
Kohli only Indian in Forbes highest paid athletes list, shines at 89th
In the latest Forbes list, Captain Virat Kohli is the only sportsperson from India who made it among the world’s 100 highest paid athletes, topped by Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. Kohli, 28-year-old, has been ranked 89th in the Forbes 2017 list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’ with a total[Read More…]
Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes list of Global Game Changers
Just when Reliance was enjoying Jio’s popularity and success over making 4G Internet incredibly accessible to Indians, Mukesh Ambani, 60, comes at the top of the list for his game-changing efforts to bring the internet to India’s masses. “Anything and everything that can go digital is going digital. India cannot[Read More…]
Twitter accounts of UNICEF, Forbes, Reuters and others hacked by Turkish govt supporters
Hundreds of Twitter accounts, including media outlets, celebrities, international aid organisations and political entities, appear to be hacked by a group supporting the Turkish government. The tweets from alleged hackers include a swastika, as well as the hashtags ‘Nazialmanya’ (NaziGermany) and ‘Nazihollanda’ (NaziHolland), which refers to the increasing diplomatic tensions between[Read More…]
Carlos Slim poorer by $4.7 billion after Donald Trump’s victory
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu’s fortune witnessed a dip in his fortune by $4.7 billion after Donald Trump emerged victorious in the US presidential elections on Wednesday. The drop lowers Slim’s net worth to $49 billion at midday East Coast time on Wednesday, down from FORBES estimate of $53.7 billion[Read More…]
Mukesh Ambani miles ahead of others as he tops Forbes India’s annual rich list
With a net worth of $22.7 billion, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the annual Forbes’ list of richest Indians for the ninth straight time. The industrialist was leaps ahead of the second ranked Dilip Shangvi, who was quoted to be worth $16.9 billion. The interesting pick of the[Read More…]
Meet Amancio Ortega, the new ‘richest man’ in the world
Amancio Ortega is now the world’s richest man. The Spanish retail genius who started Zara, passed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday as shares of Ortega’s business Inditex, parent company to Zara, Massimo Dutti and Pull&Bear, ticked up 2.5% Wednesday, boosting his personal fortune by $1.7 billion. That lifted Ortega’s net worth from[Read More…]