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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian and the eighth richest man in the world with a networth of ₹6.06-lakh crore ($83 billion). However, Asia’s richest man tag goes to Chinese bottled-water company Nongfu Spring Chairman Zhong Shanshan ($85 billion).

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In a report, Recorded Future, a US-based company, has claimed that a campaign conducted by a China-linked threat activity group has targeted the Indian power sector.

In its report, The New York Times said that this discovery raises the question about whether a power outage in Mumbai last October was meant as a message from Beijing about what might happen if India pushed its border claims too vigorously. Maharashtra's Energy Minister Nitin Raut confirmed on Monday, that the power failure was an act of sabotage.

India's PSLV C-51 on February 28 successfully launched Amazonia-1 of Brazil and 18 other satellites in the first space mission of 2021 for ISRO.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 lifted off at around 10.24 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) and first injected into orbit primary payload Amazonia-1 about 17 minutes later.

PSLV-C51 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO's commercial arm.

On February 24, Trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was halted between 11:40 am and 3:30 pm on the account of connectivity issues.

On February 25, The Central Government on Thursday announced guidelines for social media platforms, online curated content platforms (also known as OTT platforms), and digital media entities imposing code of ethics and grievance redressal mechanisms.

India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 1,10,96,731 on Sunday with 16,752 new infections in the past 24 hours. The death toll mounted to 1,57,051 with 113 fresh fatalities.

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way the insurance sector functions. What were these changes? Is the industry moving towards more digital ways of sales? Mr Rahul Agrwal, Chief Dirstibution Officer at Exide Life insurance joins us in today's episode to answer these questions.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced the days in which Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry would go to the polls. The elections in Assam will be conducted in three phases starting on March 27. The second phase will be held on April 1 and the last phase will be April 6.

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry will all go to poll on April 6. The election in West Bengal will be a long affair, as the state will witness eight phases of polling, starting from March 27 going all the way till April 29.

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The Central government on Thursday announced guidelines for social media platforms, online curated content platforms (also known as OTT platforms), and digital media entities imposing code of ethics and grievance redressal mechanisms.

What happens to creative freedom? Listen to the discussion with BusinessLine's Meenakshi Verma Ambwani.

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For years, many have claimed gold to be an ideal investment option. Be it jewellery or gold bonds, these options are popular.

BusinessLine's T R Vivek and Akhil Nallumuthu discuss the various aspects pertaining to gold as an investment.

In a press conference today, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that no party came forward to stake the claim to form a government in Puducherry after the resignation of the Chief Minister V Narayanasamy. Thus, Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan recommended President's Rule there and the Union Cabinet has approved the same.  Anyway, the UT will go to polls this summer, and so the President's rule will not last for long. 

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) had experienced a technical glitch in the early hours of the day on Wednesday (February 24, 2021). All trading activities were suspended for about four hours. More importantly, trading had resumed after the markets had closed at 3.30 pm and the exchanges were functioning till 5 pm. This had a massive impact on many traders, who lost several crores at the stock exchanges.

BusinessLine's Palak Shah gives us more details.

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India’s annual exports to China increased 16.15 per cent to $20.87 billion in 2020, while imports from China fell 10.87 per cent to $66.78 billion. This resulted in the narrowing of trade deficit by 19.39 per cent to $45.91 billion.

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