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Mukesh Ambani Regains The Crown As World’s Richest Indian

Staff ReporterProfile, Money 0

As the rout in Adani group’s stocks triggered by short seller Hindenburg Research’s allegations touched $92 billion on Wednesday, as per news agency Bloomberg, business tycoon Gautam Adani lost his status as the world’s richest Indian to fellow Gujarati businessman and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.

The richest

Sixty-year-old Adani has now been pushed to the No. 15 spot on the list of world’s richest billionaires, compiled by Forbes, with his wealth now estimated at $75.1 billion. Sixty-five-year-old Ambani is at 9th position with a net worth of $83.7 billion. Over the last three years, Ambani and Adani have swapped positions as world’s richest Indian on several occasions.

With that, Ambani also became the world’s richest man from Asia, sharing the top-ten space in the Forbes list of billionaires with Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Larry Page among others.

Brotherhood of billionaires

Adani groups, on Tuesday, secured a $2.5 billion share sale amid the short-seller storm, triggered by allegations of stock manipulation, accounting fraud and use of tax havens against the conglomerate.

While the heavy lifting was done by a $400 million investment from a conglomerate based in Abu Dhabi, a few other uber-rich surprisingly came to the last-minute defense of their compatriot.

People who’re neither financial institutions nor small investors bid for 3.3 times the stock reserved for them as a class. A Delhi-based industrialist, three Gujarati pharmaceuticals billionaires and a steel magnate from Mumbai were among the share sale’s white knights, according to the Economic Times. Read more here.

But, FPO cancelled

However, Adani Enterprises sprung up a surprise on Wednesday evening, announcing that it has “decided not to go ahead with the fully-subscribed Follow-on Public Offer” and assured that all proceeds will be refunded to investors. In a statement, it cited “unprecedented” market fluctuations and “extraordinary circumstances” to conclude that going ahead would not be “morally correct”.

Mercedes-Benz Introduces ‘Full Self-Driving’ Automated Car

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Mercedes-Benz drivers could get their hands on a technology that Elon Musk has literally been promising for years—and before Tesla drivers.

The German car company has just announced plans to introduce ‘Level 3’ self-driving in Nevada by the end of this year.

The firm’s ‘Drive Pilot’ system means drivers will be able to watch movies, play videogames, and browse the Internet while the car handles ‘all aspects’ of driving.

Meanwhile, Tesla drivers are still stuck with ‘Level 2’ self-driving which requires the driver to remain in control of key aspects of the journey—despite Elon Musk promising ‘full self-driving’ every year for over a decade.

Elon Musk has fallen short of delivering full self-driving for years – despite his promises(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Like a Tesla, the Drive Pilot system will require drivers to keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel, and autonomous driving will deactivate if the driver falls asleep or gets distracted.

The self-driving system will also only work on roads up to 40 mph. However, it still meets the US highway safety administration’s framework for Level 3 automation, which states that the car “handles all aspects of the driving task while the driver remains available to take over driving if requested.”

The Drive Pilot software is cheaper than Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ system(Image: John Locher/AP/REX/Shutterstock)

Cameras in the dashboard ensure that the driver’s face is always visible. If something is placed in front of their face, like a selfie camera, the AI-powered system will deactivate.

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