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42 Projected number out of every 100 Indians in the age group 35+ likely to suffer from heart diseases in 2021

110 Projected number of HIV/AIDS cases in India by 2025, in million

1 in 3 Chances that children worldwide who are not in primary schools at any given time are Indians

8 Estimated average reduction in life expectancy on account of the AIDS epidemic, in years

2 in 5 Chances that hospitalised Indians borrow money/sell assets to cover excessive hospital expenses

1 in 4 Chances that hospitalised Indians fall below the poverty line because of excessive hospital expenses

1 Rank of Delhi in terms of "worst example" of lawlessness in the world

1,00,000 Number of Indians injured in 21,000 incidents of rioting between 1954 and 1996

26,728 Estimated amount paid as bribes by Indians every year for using 10 public utility services, in Rs crore

3 in 10 Chances that a rapist is punished in India

16,000 Number of Indians who have lost their lives in the 21,000 incidents of rioting between 1954 and 1996

1 in 2 Chances that a person in Mumbai is a slum-dweller

74 Percentage of Indians who completely agree with the statement that their culture is most superior worldwide

23 & 21 Percentage of Americans, Chinese who completely agree with the statement that their culture is most superior worldwide

1 in 3 Chances that a person going hungry to bed in developing countries at any given time is an Indian

33 & 25 Proportion of the world’s wheat and rice stock held by India respectively, in per cent

304 Number of IAF aircraft that have crashed since 1990 in peacetime operations, most of them MiGs

30 Number of MiG aircraft which have crashed in the past 35 months, killing 36 pilots and civilians

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12.5 Compensation amount ordered to be paid by Ansal Theatres and Clubotels Pvt Ltd for Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy in New Delhi, in Rs crore. PS: the company claims it has no money to compensate victims.

83.75 Amount raised by the company by mortgaging its property, in Rs crore

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