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Jeff Bezos loses World’s 4th richest position to Mark Zuckerberg as markets is ‘unhappy’ with Amazon’s … Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has slipped behind Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the global wealth rankings after Amazon’s latest earnings report failed to meet market expectations. According to Forbes Billionaires List 2025, Jeff Bezos’ net worth was reduced by $16 billion (6.9%) to $218.9 billion, trailing behind Zuckerberg with $226.6 billion net worth. Elon Musk remains the world’s wealthiest person with a net worth of $839.4 billion, followed by Google cofounders Larry Page ($267.3 billion) and Sergey Brin ($246.6 billion).Markets unhappy with Amazon’s…

A Pakistan minister has warned that the government may consider banning social media platforms if they do not cooperate with authorities.Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik made these remarks on Thursday, according to a Dawn report.The social media platform X, which around 4.5 million people in Pakistan use, was blocked in February 2024, around 10 days after the general elections.Speaking on Dawn News programme, Barrister Malik, responding to a question about a possible ban on incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan’s X account, said “investigations are ongoing.” He added that while the government has contacted X, the…

A “massive attack” by Russian forces on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has caused power outages across the country, the state grid operator said on Saturday. Russia has pressed on with its invasion of Ukraine in recent days despite the two countries holding U.S.-brokered talks to end the nearly four-year-long war. Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of deliberately targeting energy infrastructure, causing outages that have left hundreds of thousands people without lighting or heating in temperatures well below zero. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said Kyiv had requested emergency assistance from Poland after Russia hit the Burshtynska and Dobrotvirska power plants in…

MUMBAI: The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has awarded its highest-ever commercial land development project to Oberoi Realty Ltd after the developer emerged as the top bidder for aprime railway land parcel in Bandra East with a bid of Rs 5,400 crore, officials said on Thursday.The deal, one of the largest real estate transactions in Mumbai and the country, was finalised on Wednesday after the opening of financial bids through a competitive tender process. The winning bid marginally exceeded the reserve price of Rs 5,365 crore and included a 45% revenue share for RLDA.The tender saw stiff competition, with Shree…

Image Credit: Rajesh Mehta/ TOI NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old call centre employee was found dead inside an open construction pit in west Delhi’s Janakpuri on Thursday morning, hours after telling his family that he would reach home in ten minutes. The victim, Kamal Dhyani, had left his Rohini office late on February 5 and went missing shortly thereafter, prompting an overnight search by family and police. Weeks After Noida Techie’s Death, Delhi Biker Dies After Falling Into Pit Dug By Jal Board His motorcycle was later recovered from the pit, raising questions over civic safety and the handling of the…

Gangavathi (Koppal): The Gangavathi additional district and sessions court Thursday convicted all three accused in the rape-murder case in which two foreign tourists and three Indian citizens accompanying them were attacked near Hampi. The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment on Feb 16.The crime occurred on the night of March 6, last year, near Sanapur Lake in Gangavathi taluk, about 25 km from the Unesco World Heritage site of Hampi. According to the police, the victims — two women and three men, who had met at a homestay — were stargazing near the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal when the…

Hyderabad: Hyderabad has emerged as the weakest link in Telangana’s ongoing preparatory exercise to clean up and verify electoral rolls, recording the lowest mapping coverage in the state at just 28% under the pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.The figures have highlighted a stark urban-rural divide in voter verification, with election officials pointing to high migration and frequent changes of residence in city constituencies as the primary reasons.While Telangana has achieved an overall 53% mapping progress, Hyderabad lagged far behind. After the capital, the lowest coverage was recorded in Medchal Malkajgiri (30%), Rangareddy (44%), Warangal (45%), Sangareddy (46%) and Nizamabad (53%).…

Chennai: AIADMK and BJP have stepped up attack on TVK president Vijay after the Madras High Court order upheld the Rs 1.5 crore penalty imposed on him by the Income Tax department for not voluntarily disclosing his additional income in the year 2015 – 16.AIADMK and BJP questioned Vijay’s claim of offering a corruption-free governance `when he had violated law by concealing his income.’Chennai: Avian Flu Advisory, I-T To Auction Jayalalithaa Assets, EV Investment Plan And More”Only now the whistle has started blowing,” BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran said said implying Vijay would be facing more setbacks in the coming…

Gandhinagar: Tourists from 52 countries regularly visit the Chhari Dhand wetland area in Kutch district, which was designated as Gujarat’s fifth Ramsar site, the state govt said on Friday.State forest and environment minister Arjun Modhwadia on Friday presented the Ramsar site certificate to chief minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar.Chhari Dhand is a wetland located between desert and grasslands, attracting thousands of migratory birds annually, including the globally significant Grey hypocolius. In 2008, Chhari Dhand was declared a conservation reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.Tour operators and ornithologists reported that over 80% of visitors to Chhari Dhand were from…

10 yrs ago, selling a supercar in Odisha was almost unheard of. Now, dealers get 2-3 inquiries every quarter. As disposable income increases & roads improve, TOI looks at how the luxury car market is growing in the stateOdisha’s luxury car market witnessed a dramatic acceleration in 2025, signalling a clear shift in the aspirations of its growing urban elite. Once considered a marginal segment, the premium and super‑luxury car category has expanded rapidly across Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela and Sambalpur — with even rare badges like Lamborghini making brief appearances on Odisha’s roads. The India–European Union trade deal signed recently…