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Number Cruncher: Jayawardene goes past 11,000 ODI runs
Statistical highlights of the Group A match between Sri Lanka and Australia that Sri Lanka won by 20 runs. #Sports #Cricket #Sri Lanka #Australia #Mahela Jayawardene #NumberCruncher #Champions Trophy 2013 #Clint McKay
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May trade deficit widens to $20 bn on high gold imports
Gold and silver imports rose nearly 90 percent year-on-year to $8.4 billion last month, slower than an annual 138 percent surge in April, as retail consumers in the world's biggest gold importer tried to take advantage of a sharp fall in global prices. #Numbers #Gold #imports #CAD #Trade account
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Good news: Record number of women in 2013-2015 IIM batch
Compared to a paltry 10-15 percent of the entire batch size, women now make up more that 20 percent and even up to 30 percent in most IIMs. #Numbers #IIM #Management institutes
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March IIP boosts green shoots theory, but it's not a recovery
Green shoots need to be nurtured. But will a government fighting a scandal a day be able to do that? #Numbers #Economy #P. Chidambaram #C Rangarajan #IIP #Ashwani Kumar #Pawan Kumar Bansal
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Slowdown pinches: Manufacturing PMI at 16-month low
Power outages continue to hamper production. Growth in total new orders and export business also slowed, #NumberCrunching #manufacturing #HSBC #PMI
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Budget 2013: No room for tax hikes ties govt hands on revenue front
Taxes cannot be raised at a time when the economy is slowing down while it cannot be broadened as elections are due in 2014. #Numbers #GDP #fiscal deficit #Chidambaram #Taxation #Budget2013 #Union Budget 2013
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The Epoch TimesChinese Mathematician Discovers Groundbreaking Proof on Prime Numbers
A previously unheard of mathematician has proved an important theorem on prime numbers, surprising the mathematics field and earning international fame overnight. Hailing from China, lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, Zhang Yitang has proven t #University of New Hampshire #China #Colorado
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Al JazeeraGlobal refugee numbers at 19-year high
The number of people who have been forcibly displaced by war and other crises worldwide has risen to its highest level for almost two decades, hitting 45.2 million, according to the UN's refugee agency. Annual figures released by the United Nations High #United Nations #United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees #Antonio Guterres
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Times of IndiaRefugee numbers at 20-year high: UN
GENEVA: War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012, the UN's refugee agency said on Wednesday, pushing the number of people forcibly displaced to a two-decade high of 45.2 million. All told, the UNCHR's annual figures #Antonio Guterres #Afghanistan #Syria