While there is heavy lobbying going on about the Nuclear Deal between India  and the US , a surprise resignation of Sonia Gandhi , MP in India brought shock to many. The congress party leader also quit her post on the National Advisory Council after allegations that she was holding an office of profit.

 In other news, have you ever heard of the 250 year old tortoise ‘Adwaita” in West Bengal? A tortoise that once belonged to British colonial General ‘Clive of India’ in the 18th Century has died in a zoo in Calcutta. Adwaita, "the only one" in Bengali, was found dead by keepers in Alipore Zoo. Records showed Adwaita was at least 150 years old but other evidence pointed to 250. The shell of Adwaita, an Aldabra tortoise, will now be carbon-dated.

 Moving on the more material world of business and wealth, we bring you a list of the billionaires according to Forbes magazine.

 005. Lakshmi Mittal, 55, $23.5, steel
025. Azim Premji, 60, $13.3, software
056. Mukesh Ambani, 48, $8.5, petrochemicals
104. Anil Ambani, 46, $5.7, diversified
114. Kushal Pal Singh, 74, $5, real estate
125. Sunil Mittal, 48, $4.9, telecom
140. Kumar Birla, 38, $4.4, commodities
168. Shiv Nadar, 60, $4, technology
185. Pallonji Mistry, 76, $3.6, construction
207. Anurag Dikshit, 34, $3.3, online gambling
245. Anil Agarwal, 52, $2.8, mining, metals
245. Ravi and Shashi Ruia, $2.8, diversified
278. Adi Godrej and family, 63, $2.6, diversified
317. Indu Jain, 69, $2.4, media
317. Dilip Shanghvi, 50, $2.4, pharmaceuticals
512. Naresh Goyal, 56, $1.5, aviation
562. Baba Kalyani, 57, $1.4, engineering
562. Tulsi Tanti, 48, $1.4, wind energy
645. N.R. Narayana Murthy, 59, $1.2, software
698. Uday Kotak, 47, $1.1, banking
746. Subhash Chandra, 55, $1, media
746. Habil Khorakiwala, 63, $1, pharmaceuticals
746. Vijay Mallya, 50, $1, liquor

 n interesting ensemble! So hang in there and enjoy this issue while taking part in our survey poll that we hope to bring every fortnight for you.

 The Lokvani team
Nirmala Garimella, Anoop Kumar, Ranjani Saigal and Anil Saigal

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