Caste politics is already rife in the state. Ahead of the elections, this demand could mean that a momentum is building for a change in BJP leadership.
Chinese And Hong Kong Billionaires On Top As Global Real Estate Fortunes Surge $151 Billion
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The world’s real estate billionaires collectively added $151 billion to their fortunes in the past year, driven by a spike in Asian markets, according to the 2021
Forbes Billionaires rankings. The 215 real estate moguls have a combined net worth of more than $800 billion and represent about 8% of the total individuals on the list. Only 30 saw a net worth drop over the last year.
The six richest are all citizens of either China or Hong Kong, including Hong Kong’s Lee Shau-kee, 93, the world’s richest real estate tycoon, with a $31.7 billion fortune. Lee controls publicly traded Henderson Land Development, which builds residential properties and marquee commercial projects, like the World Financial Center in Beijing and the International Finance Centre complex in Hong Kong.
Khaps, not Khalistan: Inside the intensifying farmer protests of Haryana
Far beyond the Delhi border, Jat farmers are crowdfunding the protests against the Modi government’s farm laws. Jan 21, 2021 · 07:12 pm Dayanand Dalal sits with other members of the Dalal Khap that run a community kitchen along Rohtak bypass. | Vijayta Lalwani
“The whole of Haryana is up in arms,” exclaimed Parveen Sarsod. The 27-year-old farmer from Sarsod village in Hisar district has been camping at Tikri, on the border with Delhi, where thousands of farmers have amassed to register their dissent against the Narendra Modi government’s farm laws, which they believe will skew agricultural markets in favour of large corporations.