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Mumbai wealthiest city in India with total wealth of $820 bn; Bengaluru third

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September 29, 2016

New Delhi, Sep 29: India's financial capital Mumbai, home to 45,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires, is the wealthiest city in the country with total wealth of USD 820 billion, says a report.

mumbvaiAccording to New World Wealth, Mumbai is followed by Delhi and Bengaluru at the second and third place respectively.

While Delhi, home to 22,000 millionaires and 18 billionaires has total wealth of USD 450 billion, Bengaluru boasts of a total wealth of USD 320 billion. The city is home to 7,500 millionaires and 8 billionaires. Total wealth refers to the private wealth held by all individuals.

The report defines 'wealth' as the net assets of a person. It includes all their assets (property, cash, equity, business interests) less any liabilities. The report excludes government funds from its figures.

As per the report, the total wealth held in the country amounts to USD 5.6 trillion (as of June 2016). The country is home to 264,000 millionaires and 95 billionaires in total.

Other emerging cities in the country include, Surat, Ahmadabad, Visakhapatnam, Goa, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Vadodara, the report said.

It noted that over the next decade, India is expected to benefit from strong growth in local financial services, IT, real estate, healthcare and media sectors.

"In particular, the local hospital services and health insurance sectors are expected to grow strongly. Hyderabad, Pune and Bengaluru are expected to lead the pack in terms of wealth growth," it said.

Millionaires or high net worth individuals (HNWIs) refer to individuals with net assets of USD 1 million or more. Billionaires refer to individuals with net assets of USD 1 billion or more.

Other wealthiest cities include, Hyderabad (total wealth of USD 310 billion, has 8,200 millionaires, 7 billionaires); Kolkata (USD 290 billion, has 8,600 millionaires and 10 billionaires); Pune (USD 180 billion, has 3,900 millionaires and 5 billionaires); Chennai (USD 150 billion and has 6,200 millionaires and 4 billionaires) and Gurgaon (USD 110 billion and home to 3,600 millionaires and 2 billionaires).

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abdullah
 - 
Thursday, 29 Sep 2016

What about a common man???
he is struggling for one time food also.
All facilities denied to him. Our country is looted by these rich men.

Rikaz
 - 
Thursday, 29 Sep 2016

These wealth are held with richest people!

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July 28,2020

Mangaluru, July 28: In an unexpected development, the government of Karnataka has transferred Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.

The development comes days after the IAS officer warned of legal action against those attacking cattle traders in the region.

Another IAS officer Dr Rajendra K V who was the CEO of Belagavi Zilla Panchayat, has been transferred and posted as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada.

Dr Rajendra is a medical doctor graduated from Bapuji Medical College, Davangere. He had secured the 32nd rank in the civil services examination in 2013.

Sindhu B Rupesh had taken over as DK DC in September 2019.  Now, she is posted as the director, electronic delivery citizen services (EDCS), DP & AR (e governance) Bengaluru.

Also Read: Death threat against DK DC Sindhu B Rupesh after she warns against attack on cattle traders

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January 8,2020

Udupi, Jan 8: Senior journalist Raviraj Valalambe passed away due to suspected cardiac arrest on Tuesday night at his residence in Kinnimulki, here. He was 50.

Raviraj was rushed to a hospital after he complained of chest pain. He breathed his last on way to medical facility.

He was the director of Prime TV, a local Kannada news channel.

He had worked as a reporter for ETV and Suvarna News channel earlier.

He is survived by wife and two daughters.

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Bengaluru, Jul 15: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 3,176 new cases taking the total count of cases in the state to 47,253.

A total of 1,975 new cases were reported from the Bengaluru alone, the state's health department said.

The toll has gone up to 928 with 87 deaths reported today.

The total count of COVID-19 cases in the country is 9,36,181.

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