LuLu Group’s M A Yusuff Ali richest Malayali in the World in Forbes’ rich list
Kochi: Forbes published the latest list of global billionaires in which eight Malayalis have found place among 2,153 richest people. Yusuff Ali M A, chairman of LuLu Group International, topped Malayalis with a net worth of $4.70 billion (Rs 32,981 crore), ranking 394, followed by Ravi Pillai with $3.90 billion net worth, ranking 529 in the world.
Others Malayalis in the list are: Sunny Varkey ($ 2.40 billion, rank 962), Kris Gopalakrishnan ($2.20 billion, rank 1057), S D Shibulal ($1.40 billion, rank 1,605), Shamsheer Vayalil ($1.40 billion, rank 1,605), T S Kalyanaraman ($1.20 billion, rank 1,818) and P N C Menon ($1.1. billion, rank 1,941).
Globally, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topped the list with a net worth of $131 billion.
Among Indians, Mukesh Ambani topped the list with a global ranking of 13 and a net worth of $50 billion. His younger brother Anil Ambani is also in the list with a ranking of 1,349 and net worth of $1.7 billion.
Courtesy: timesofindia
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Thirteen civilians killed in Pakistan's ceasefire violations along LoC in Poonch
New Delhi (PTI): Pakistan's ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have claimed lives of 13 civilians in Poonch sector, and injured a total of 59 people, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
Out of the total injured, 44 were from Poonch, the external publicity division of the MEA said.
The Pakistan Army has been resorting to heavy shelling in several sectors along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir that was effectively responded to by the Indian Army, military officials said.
The intensity of Pakistani shelling has increased following India's military strikes on nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir early Wednesday.
"During the intervening night of May 7 and 8, Pakistan Army posts resorted to unprovoked fire using small arms and artillery guns across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir," a military official said.
"The Indian Army responded proportionately," the official added.
In view of the escalating tension, the authorities have ordered that all educational institutions in five border districts of Jammu region will remain closed for the second day on Thursday.
