Gautam Adani second richest in the world, behind only Elon Musk: Forbes
New Delhi: Having surpassed Bernard Arnault, who owns Louis Vuitton, as well as Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon, Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, with a net worth of $154.7 billion, is now the second richest person in the world, as per a Forbes survey.
Elon Musk, whose worth is $273.5 billion, remains the richest in the world.
Adani had surpassed Arnault last month too, and become the third richest in the world, although he was still behind Musk as well as Jeff Bezos.
Now, however, Arnault has slipped to third position in the list of richest persons in the world. His net worth is $153.5 billion having fallen by $4.9 billion (3.08%) today. Bezos is at fourth, his worth being $149.7 billion, after a $2.3-billion fall.
Reliance Industries Ltd head Mukesh Ambani ranks eighth in the list, his worth being $92 billion, according to Forbes.
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Man dragged into river by crocodile in Vadodara; search ops underway
Vadodara (PTI): A 22-year-old man was dragged into a river by a crocodile in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Thursday and search operations are currently underway to locate him, a police official said.
The incident took place at 1:30pm when Mithun Vasava, a resident of Kagdipara village, had gone to take a dip in Dev river amid the stifling heat, the official told PTI.
"The crocodile suddenly attacked the man and dragged him into the river. Search operations are currently underway to locate Vasava," the official added.
