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Facts 1.79 lakhs is the strength of the women police in India 3.5 lkhs tulips were planted lst month on the banks of Dal lake in Srinagar to develop the world's largest tulip garden 23.4 billlion dollars was the IT enabled service exports from indai during 2005-06 2 Billion litres of Vodka is consumed in Russia every year 62 % Indians bribe the police says the transparency International survey 2005 21 million Ipods were so;d in India in the last six months Quotable Quotes I won't write about India, as it is not my subject-- Kiran Desai Booker Prize winner We, Indian should stop creating so much hype about nominations-- Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla maestro on his Golden Strings of the Sarod being nominated for the Grammies Israel must make a choice between peace and settlements. It cannot have both- Saeb Earaka Palestinian Leader. For everything there is a price-- Pranab Mukerji on whether the Left has been more of a hindrance than a asset. Snippets Ghana Choose your Coffin Let us

Some Facts 99.20 US $ is earned by former English football captain David Becckham in a minute 70 Million people live below poverty line in Bangladesh 20 % of medicines sold in India is fake. Average size of a public issue during the period 1992-95 in RS crore : 10.16 Average size of a public issue during period 2003- 06 in RS crore : 375.45 1.7 billion dollars is the combined box office collections of The Pirates of the Carribean, parts one and part two Quotes If India has to solve its problems it has to embrace capitalism-- NR naryanamoorthy Infosys Mentor I swear by Jesus Christ- the greatest socialist in history. Hugo Chavez Venezulean President Many guys may look spectacular. But when they open their mouth, I want to run a thousand miles-- Ameesha Patel Actress If I were affected by what you call controversies , I wouldn't have been shooting films almost non- stop-- Ram Gopal Varma Film maker Snippets Punjab You don't have to show your hefty pay check or bank account to get

Facts 10.2 % is the annual growth of the gems and jewellery sector in India over the last five years 80.5 is the average life span of Australians, the highest in the world 13 judges are there for every 10 lakh people in India while the US has 107 131 year old Moloko Temo of South Africa is the oldest living woman in the world Quotes Nothing is better than nonsense-- manoj Bajpai Actor on why he is not getting films Such small things keep happening-- Shivapal Singh Yadav Up PWD Minister on the noida serial killings where at least 19 skulls have been recovered You know what Saddam's last words were ? " I knew we should have had the trial in Los Angeles "- Jay Leno American comedian on Saddam Hussein's execution. I dream of a day, while retaining our respective national identities, one can have breakfast at Amristart , lunch in Lahore and dinner in Kabul-- PM Manmohan Singh Snippets Cool Delicacy The sight of ice cream and custard will not make Kailas Vishwakarma drool,

150 millions litres of Ice cream was consumed in India in 2006 157 is the rank of India in the latest FIFA ratings ( Football ) 38 Year old Fransico D' souza of Cognizant technlogy and Solutions is the youngest CEO of any billion - dollar IT company in the world 72 % of online purchase of beauty products in India is made by Men. Quotes There are so many battles to be fought and won, which you can accomplish only if you are alive and well -- J.jayalalitha AIADMK leader to Trinamool leader Mamata banerjee urging her to break her fast in Singur ( Tata car project land issue ) Just because I dance , that too badly , does not mean I can become a politician-- Shah Rukh khan In how many ways can I fool you ? That is all this is about-- Elizabeth Warren-- Professor of Law at Harvard law School on the tactics of Credit card companies By callin then ( Muslims ) backward time and again, the PM, in fact is degrading the community-- VK Malhotra BJP leader in the Lok Sabha I can assure L. K. Adv

1 is India's rank in the world Travel and Tourism council's list of fastest growing tourist destinations Women speak 20,000 words a day-- Men 7,000 words a day !!! ( no comments ) 8,000 acres of land is required for the proposed steel plant in Orissa Only 5 % of Indian homes have insurance against catatrophes 304.4 million dollars is the overseas box office collections of Casino Royale , the highest by any bond movie Quotes People in India think smiling is the coolest thing unlike people elsewhere-- Ian Gillian Drummer of the British rock bank Deep Purple The fears of India getting flooded are unfounded. If they flood us, we too, can flood their market-- Jairam Ramesh Minister of State for commerce on apprehensions that turning Nathu La in to full scale trading post would lead to Chinese flooding the market with Cheaper goods Manmohan Singh is not the real leader of the party. He is only making lip movement. But you know whose voice it is-- Amar Singh Samajwadi Party General Se