Reliance Jio tops Fortune 'Change The World' list
New Delhi, Aug 20 : Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has been ranked the top company globally in the Fortune's fourth annual "Change The World" list released on Monday.
The list ranked companies as per their profit motive to help the planet and tackle social problems.
"If access to the Internet is a basic human right -- and the United Nations declared it one in the summer of 2016 -- then Reliance Jio deserves more credit than most for expanding access to it," Fortune said.
"It has since (its inception) issued a super-low cost smartphone and is rolling out fixed broadband service as well. Reliance Jio, which says it's profitable, has amassed 215 million subscribers in just 22 months," it added.
It was followed by the global pharmaceutical major Merck at the second position.
Among other companies on the list, Bank of America ranked third and the China-based Alibaba Group ranked fifth.
"In 2007, even as the financial crisis began taking huge bites out of its balance sheet, Bank of America committed to lending, investing and otherwise raising $20 billion for low-carbon and sustainable business," Fortune said.
Regarding the Alibaba Group, it said: "Alibaba wants to drive money into rural China in a fairly literal way. Its popular maps service, Auto-Navi, launched a 'poverty alleviation map' feature in Henan province this year, designed to entice day-trippers into remote countryside towns."
"It (Alibaba) flags what facilities are available, helping local restaurants, gas stations and shops draw customers and develop an online presence."
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
