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Facts 138 year old Habib Miyan of Jaipur is the oldest person in India according to the Limca book of records 345 trees will be felled at Delhi's Siri Fort forest to build news badminton and squash courts for the 2010 commonwealth games 11,000 is the number of people who contract HIV virus every day around the world Quotable Quotes Agriculture remains a sort of gateway issue. We know where the trade offs are in agriculture now.. The only question is how much ? Pascal Lamy Director General WTO The key to that is reconciliation ensuring the needs of Iraqis of different communities are properly taken care and a lasting political accommodation is reached between them- Tony Blair on how to push for greater political reconciliation. If the diplomacy and military efforts we have taken do no bring calm , we will have to escalate our response-- Ehud Olmert-- Israeli PM threatening tougher action against Hamas Snippets Delhi Life had been tough for Badam and Daisy, two street dogs in East of...

Facts 7095 INR is charged for a evening tour in Royal Time Machine , the heritage tourism bus in Delhi 15 million red blood cells are created and killed every second in the human body. 10 million US dollars was the amount for which America Ferrera , star of a US television show insured her smile. Quotable Quotes It's time for a new life. Time to relax and play with my dogs-- Kim Clisters Belgian Tennis Star on her retirement ( Clisters retired two weeks back and is aged 24 ) I feel sad that my leader has suspected me. Someone has.. Misled him with misinformation-- Dayanidhi Maran Former Union Communication Minister The only way you can conquer the pull of power is to set it down-- Tony Blair British PM on his resignation on June 27 US energy secretary asked about the Iran - Pakistan - India pipeline and we explained our position.. It is none of their business-- Murali Deora Petroleum and natural gas minister Snippets Kerla The nursing staff at the Institute of child health at the K...

Facts Rank of Mumbai and Delhi among 219 cities worldwide in terms of quality of life--- 119 and 125 Estimate amount in bribes doled out by India's truck drivers every year to ensure hassle free movement in RS crore 22,200 Amount the world owed to USA in 1980 in trillion US $ 1: Amount the USA owes to the world in trillion US $ 3 !! 15,000 KM is the maximum range of Airbus A380 , sufficient to fly non - stop from Chicago to Sydney 5 billion US $ is the price Rupert Murdoch's News corporation has offered for The Wall Street Journal's parent organisation Dow Jones Quotable Quotes Anyone in India who is being offered the opportunity to serve as the first servant of the nation will regard it as the greatest honour-- Somnath Chatterji Lok Sabha speaker on his chances of becoming the President The Ambassador car represents all that was once right and wrong in India -- Dilip Chabbria - Automobile designer It is a great feeling to go to Iraq- I just wanted to go out there and do it...

Facts 10,908 crore rupee is the net profit of Reliance Industries in 2006-07 15.10 Crore was paid by actor Hrithik Roshan as income tax in 2006-07 170 bullets were fired by Virginia tech killer Seoung Hui Cho ( it was lick that lesser number of people were killed ) 611 Crore rupees is the amount for which Mumbai based Hotel Leelaventure has bought 3 acres in south Delhi Quotes Amar Singhiji is not a friend , he's a member of my family. If people believe my association with him disgraces me, then I am proud to be disgraced- Amitabh Bacchan in his relationship with Amar Singh of the Samjadwadi Party If the emergency had not been imposed, I would have never been a political leader. It was necessary for curbing indiscipline in the country - Lalu Prasad Yadav Railway Minister If eight or nine players sign a contract with a XYZ company, the company wants the players to be always in the team. It is not an official complaint but looks like one- Sharad Pawar BCCI President Snippets Bihar Wh...

Facts 14,000 freshers are being hired by Wipro during 2008 Financial year 500 Indian students at Virginia Tech University form the largest number of foreigners on a US campaign 45,000 children go missing in India every year says a National Human Rights Commission report 4.1 Million pounds was the earning of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal in 2006 Quotes The number of SEZs is not important but it is the number of units in a Zone that matters. It is not possible to acquire large tracts of land for SEZs because of density of population-- Kamal Nath Minster for Commerce and industry The dividing line between judicial approach and activism may at times become a case of overreach-- Manmohan Singh PM If Gopi is going to get the guy from the village to fly, great. Once he flies and prospers , he will come to me , in any case -- Vijay Mallaya Chief Kingfisher Airlines on Air Deccan's G.R. Gopinath I ask myself if I want the momentary joy of eating biryani or a lifetime of bliss - I choose life-...

Facts : 40 new channels are waiting for licence from the ministry of Information and Broadcasting ( aiyo … ) 1.98 million people subscribed to BSNL in March, recording the highest ever net add by an operator in a single month 2333 is Halle Berry's number on the Hollywood Walk of fame Quotable Quotes of the week Law and order is very bad as the government is patronising criminals. But we have dealt with criminals before.. Mayawati BSP Leader You cannot complain of high interest rates as well as high inflation rate. The former is increased to bring down the latter. We are following a consistent policy- P.Chidambaram Finance Minister of India People ask me how I can be Chief Minister and still write poems but I ask them " Am I not human " ? - Narendra Modi Gujarat CM It is an unpardonable offence. There is no need for Narayanamoorthy to make a statement that instrumental version of the National Anthem had to be played to avoid embarrassment to Foreigners-- M.P. Prakash karna...

Facts 1.4 Billion euros is the projected European revenue for Infosys in 2008 7% of the world's population are lefties 2 animals can see behind themselves without turning their heads-- rabbits and parrots 418,000 Knee replacement surgeries are performed in the US every year 30 year old Ramazan Kadyrov of Chechnya is the world's youngest president Quotable quotes Rahul Gandhi is just a kid-- Mulyam Singh Yadav UP CM Samjadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party are not political parties in the real sense . They are instead private companies-- Rajnath Singh BJP President I am trying to teach them to play football not wrestling-- Jose Mourinho- Chelsea Manager on complaints that his players commit lots of fouls I have gambled 60 years of my life-- Girija Prasad Koirala Nepal PM If I were to do a film in Hollywood, it has to be about a 40 year old who is brown, short has lots of hair and is an Indian-- Shah Rukh Khan Actor Snippets Bihar Nothing is impossible in Bihar. Even the dead and re...

Facts 361 homemakers committed suicide in Mumbai 2005 4 to 12 per cent is the rape conviction rate in India 257 female pilots are working in civil airliners in India 148 is the rank of Delhi in quality of living survey by mercer Human resource consulting 36 million dollars has been raised by Hillary Clinton for her presidential election campaign Quotable quotes I don't speed on the roads, neither do I get impatient… But like everyone else in India I want to tear my hair when I'm stuck in traffic-- Narain Karthikeyan Formula one driver My approach has been, I admit careful. I admit I've not been willing to try for the big bang. I don't think that's where we are-- Condoleezza Rice Nowhere else in the world is there competition to assert backwardness and then claim we are more backward than you-- A Supreme Court bench staying the 27 % reservation for OBC's in higher educational instructions Snippets Kerla Do not drink and drive. Do not use mobile phones when behind...

Facts 1 million tourists are expected to visit India during the commonwealth games in 2010 5.5 million people are short of drinking water because of drought in south western china 1,000 billion rupees will be the size of the media and entertainment industry in the next four years in India according to a report by FICCI and PWC. Quotable Quotes The biggest regret of my life is not having an MBA degree. I wanted to go to a B school after my graduation , but involvement in family business denied me that _ lakshmi Mittal President and CEO Arcelor Mittal There is some response ( From the PM ), but pleasantries are not a substitute for substantial steps-- Mufti Mohammed Sayeed PDP Chairman on his talks with the PM I have no brothers and men generally seemed like mysterious creatures to me. I always have to ask myself would a man think this or do that-- Jhumpa Lahiri Writer on writing from the male point of view Snippets Tamilnadu The world cup might have been a cup of woes for Team India. Bu...

Facts 132 million dollars was spent by China on improving cricket facilities in the West Indies 5,000 Crore mails are delivered each year in the US 70 % of India's population are below the age of 35 Quotes When I sing it is a nightmare -- AR Rahaman If I get killed , the president of America should be held responsible -- Hugo Chavez Venezuela President On paper you'd say we are a decent side. Unfortunately, we don't play on paper, we play on grass-- Dougie Brown Scotland Cricketer ( what a statement to apply to Indian cricket ) You have only seen my magic, I am yet to cast the spell. Next year it will be psychic power that you will see-- Lalu Prasad Yadav ( Wow ) I normally don't watch tense matches because I have this superstition that India will loose if I watch the match. I watch it after the match is over.. Amitabh Bacchan-- ( Amitabh does not know the result is the same whether before and after ( he he -- I can afford to comment after the world cup fiasco ) Snippet...

Facts 1300 stray dogs were caught from Bangalore streets in four days. 8000 hair dressers participated in the 17th national open championship for hairstyling and make up in Manila last month 25 % of government primary school teachers in India are absent from work says a World Bank survey Quotable Quotes The only way to rid the country of corruption is to hang a few of you from the lamp post-- A Supreme Court bench while hearing the bail petition of a accused in the 1000 Crore fodder scam You are resolved only to be irresolute-- Jaswant Singh to PM Manmohan Singh The best way to kill romance is to joke-- Shah Rukh Khan I have full faith in the Supreme Court but not the central Bureau of Investigation. The CBI is an agency of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi-- Mulayam Singh Yadav UP CMSnippets Kerla The residents of Cheranelllor in Ernakulam saw a pair of sandals, a bag and a suicide note signed by a woman on a bridge an started hunting for her body. After hours of search in vain, the...

Facts 50,000 crore rupees is the value of fruits and vegetables India produces in a year 3 Million Dollars was paid to Hollywood actor Cameroon Diaz for a Japanese mobile phone commercial 1594 percent is the inflation rate if Zimbabwe, the highest in the world Average Russian men dies at 59 and 13 years less than Russian women ( Must be the Vodka ) Quotable quotes Let the players not follow us-- Somnath Chatterji Speaker of the Lok Sabha advising the Indian team to play with discipline and not to emulate parlimentarians Like a tree offers shade, I look after every traveller-- Lalu Prasad Yadav-- Railway Minister For me rasicism would mean not wanting to have anything to do with someone because of their colour-- Shilpa Shetty Actor and Big Brother show winner Iran has obtained the technolgy to produce nuclear fuel and Iran's move is like a train which has no brakes and no reverse gear-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran President. Snippets Harayana DJ's beware ! The ruhal Khap community ...

Facts 46,000 children on an average go missing every year in India 51 % of deaths of Brazilian males of 15 to 24 of age are caused by homicide 14 billion lunar New year SMSes are expected to be sent by Chinese users 79 % of Indian children below the age of three are anaemic Quotes I don't think I have ever done anything original in my life. Every line, every scene, every shot in my films has been taken from another film, a book , a play, real life, a TV show.. The important thing is that you understand what you are copying-- Ram Gopal Varma Film maker Can you double - check the envelope -- Martin Scorcese Oscar winning director, surprised at the Jury's decision I want to be like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and John Lennon-- but I want to be alive-- Madonna Singer Today we are fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life-- George Bush who compared the US war on terror to the American war of Independence while celebrating George Washington...

Facts 1 Million US $ is the starting bid at E Bay auctions for pop singer Britney Spears's tresses 75 is the number of years that 86 year old Parallax Lain from Paramour in Ahmadabad claims he has survived without food or water. 4 is India's rank in mobile subscribers list behind China , USA and Russia 41 % of the revenue of Hutchinson Telecommunication International came from its Indian operations , Hutchinson Essar Quotable Quotes My morale is good. All I want is to bowl and win the world cup - Irfan Pathan Cricketeer -- To head butt a cop is the dream of every Frenchman -- Omar Sharif Actor on receiving a $ 1000 fine and a suspended sentence for head butting a cop in 2003 When the Tatas selected Singur , if I had said NO to them , then no corporate house would have come to our state -- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee West Bengal CM on the land allotment controversy The internet is like a mirror-- if you do not like what you see, fix the person, don't fix the mirror-- Vinton Cerf...

Facts 325 million copies of Harry Potter have been sold so far. 6 billion dollars was paid by Aditya Birla to acquire US based Novelis Inc., 80 % of flights in India take off with fewer than 80 people on board 15 % of the voters in Punjab are migrants Quotable quotes I am a singer by default -- Shaan Singer Those leaders who want a reduction of security forces should surrender their personal security-- Ghulam Nabi Azad-- J & K CM We are aiming for Pluto, but we may end up on Saturn or on the worst case end up on Mars, which still is where no man has gone before-- Chris Denring-- MD ICC world Cup on the ticket sales for the world cup ( Cricket ) I wish they would attack us with a nuclear bomb and kill us all so we will rest and anybody who wants the oil- which is the core of the problem can come get it-- Haydar Abdul Jabbar -- A witness to the recent truck bombing Snippets Tamilnadu Shelling out Rs 25,000 for a short scribble! Crazy , one would say. But Neel Kamal Maheswari 28 did n...

Facts 441,600 US $ was fetched by artist M.F. Hussain's untitled Woman and horses at the Christie's in Dubai 8.1 Crore people in India are 60 or above 152 year old Fairy Queen is the world's oldest operational locomotive 1 in 500 human has one blue eye and brown eye 95 % of Kolkotans are non vegetarians Quotable Quotes There will not be a successor-- there will only be candidates for the presidency-- Vladimir Putin Russian President It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed. You pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm and your feet stick out. But the blanket is made in cashmere-- Jose Mourinho Chelsea Manager on the injury crisis to his star studded team. Shyam Benegal shows you scence ( in his films ) you have never seen,. Karan Johar shows you scene that you want to see. Mani Ratnam show you scene that are right in front of you but you have never noticed-- Suhasini Actor and wife of Mani Ratnam It has been the tradition of Nehru - Gandhi family to ruin...

Facts : 148,781 cars were exported from India during April - Dec 2006 ( Surprise ! ) 51 % of the Women in the US are living alone 24 Hours is the time taken by a Robotic Builder, developed at the University if Southern California to build a two storey house 3.8 Billion Dollars is the value of the trade between India and Russia Quotable Quotes Writing is what I do to understand the world I live in -- Salman Rushdie The stakes will be high when America chooses a new president in 2008,. I am in and I am in it to win-- Hillary Clinton My wife doesn't have to have black hair, beautiful eyes and that sort of stuff, as long as she is a great cook-- Akshay Khanna Actor We are a deck of cards at the moment-- we lose one wicket, we lose four or five-- Andrew Flintoff English Cricket skipper Listen, the man who employs can find out whether you are recruited on merit or reservation in five minutes. So why are making so much noise about reservation- TN Seshan on reservation in private sector Sn...

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, ...