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Competition Commission has approved the acquisition of Rajasthan Royals (India) and two other professional cricket franchises by industrialist Lakshmi N. Mittal and his son Aditya Mittal, along with Adar Poonawalla. Westview Cricket Ltd and Poonawalla Sports and Fitness Pvt Ltd will be buying Rajasthan Royals (India), Paarl Royals (South Africa) and Barbados Royals (Barbados). Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition, an official release said on Thursday. The transaction value is around USD 1.65 billion. Westview Cricket, a company registered in the UK, is owned by Lakshmi Mittal family while Poonawalla Sports is owned by Adar Cyrus Poonawalla. EM Sporting Holdings Ltd (EMSH), a private company incorporated in Mauritius, is the holding company for Royal Multisport Pvt Ltd (RMPL), Paarl Royals Ltd and Barbados Royals Ltd. RMPL owns and operates the Rajasthan Royals franchise, which participates in the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament organised
India is set to become a key engine of global steel demand over the coming decades, driven by large-scale infrastructure development, urbanisation and investments linked to the energy transition, ArcelorMittal Executive Chairman Lakshmi Mittal said on Thursday. Speaking ahead of ArcelorMittal's 20th anniversary on July 31, Mittal said the global steel industry was entering a new phase in which India is expected to play a role similar to that played by China over the past two decades. The last 20 years have been characterised by China's remarkable growth. Now it is India's turn, with massive infrastructure expansion, rapid urban housing growth and energy-transition infrastructure all on the cards, Mittal said in a video message to delegates attending the World Steel Dynamics Global Steel Dynamics Forum 2026 in New York. Reflecting on the merger of Mittal Steel and Arcelor in 2006, which created the world's largest steelmaker, Mittal said the combination had strengthened the company .
Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi N Mittal, until now based in Britain and a regular on the country's richest billionaires tally, has decided to quit the UK as the Labour Party-led government's feared tax shake-up for the super-rich nears, according to a UK media report on Sunday. Rajasthan-born Mittal is a resident in Switzerland for tax and will now spend much of his future in Dubai, according to the The Sunday Times'. The founder of ArcelorMittal steelworks is worth an estimated 15.4 billion pounds as per the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List', which ranked him the UK's eighth richest man. Now, the newspaper references sources close to the 75-year-old industrialist to claim he has become the latest billionaire to leave the UK ahead of a much-anticipated Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday. Mittal already has a mansion in Dubai and has now bought up tracts of an intriguing development on the nearby Naa Island in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the newspaper claims. The n