India's forex reserves touch new record high
IANS | May 9, 2015, 05.32PM IST
India's foreign exchangereserves to rocket by $7.26 billion and touch a new record high of $351.86 billion.
According to the data furnished by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its weekly statistical supplement...
Rank 73 | Deepak Parekh (70) | HDFC Chairman
2014: Rank 34
WHY
Considered the doyen of India’s financial sector, he is a source of guidance and advice for top corporates, bankers, regulators as well as the government. HDFC Group has been scaling new heights under him year after year.
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Rank 65 | M Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathy (65) | CPI (Maoist) general secretary
2014: Rank 83
WHY
As commander of Maoists, poses arguably the single biggest challenge to the authority of the State.
POWER PUNCH
In Dec 2014, his cadres killed 14 in the biggest single-day casualty inflicted on...
Rank: 57 | Anil Ambani (55) | Chairman of Reliance ADA Group
2014: Rank 38
WHY
Despite a sharp drop in the market capitalisation of his group companies, he inked a few big deals last year, like the sale of his Big Cinemas.
POWER PUNCH
In December 2014, group firm Reliance Capital tied up...
Rank 49 | Naveen Patnaik (46) | Orissa Chief Minister
2014: Rank 20
WHY
Last year, he became one of the few politicians in India to notch a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister, leading BJD to a landslide win in LS and Assembly polls.
POWER PUNCH
In December last year, he cancelled...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
By: Express News Service | Published on:February 28, 2015 5:23 pm
Rank 41 | Chandrababu Naidu (64) | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
NEW ON THE LIST
WHY
He tied up with the BJP ahead of the 2014 Assembly elections to return to power as the first...
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Rank 33 | Nripendra Misra (69) | Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
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WHY
The retired IAS officer was handpicked by the PM to be his Principal Secretary. Misra has emerged as the quiet engine...
Rank: 25 | Gautam Adani (52) | Industrialist
2014: Rank 98
WHY
Has emerged as India’s ports tycoon, with growing acquisitions in other fields as well. He has also risen in stature as he is seen to be close to PM Narendra Modi.
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Chinese magazine Hurun Report ranked Adani among...
Rank 17 | Ajit Doval (70) | National Security Adviser
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WHY
Doval is arguably the most powerful NSA India has ever had — a foreign policy czar and homeland security commissar rolled into one.
POWER PUNCH
In November, Doval, a former IB chief, was appointed Special...
Rank: 9 | Sushma Swaraj, 63 | External Affairs Minister
2014: Rank 13
WHY
For someone who has no illusions about which camp she doesn’t belong to, Swaraj is watched for every public statement she makes. Though she bagged a key portfolio, so far foreign policy has been all about Modi.
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By: Express News Service | Updated: February 28, 2015 5:31 pm
Rank 1 | Narendra Modi (64) | Prime Minister
2014: Rank 1
WHY
Nine months after he led his party to a spectacular victory in the 2014 parliamentary elections, he leads a government where centralisation of power is almost complete...
NEW DELHI: When PM Narendra Modi visits Japan, his counterpart Shinzo Abe will give him a rare honour. Abe will host a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, or chanoyu, for Modi in Tokyo on Monday.
Abe will also host a banquet for Modi but the Japanese tea ceremony, used as a political tool by...
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