THE WORLD IN NUMBERS

350

senior Army officers have moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to lay down guidelines to protect the bonafide action of soldiers under Armed Forces Special powers Act (Afspa), so that no soldier is harassed by way of criminal proceedings or arrest for the actions taken in good faith while delivering their duties.

$290 MN

A California jury has ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer.

`1,54,470 CR

was the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of 19 nationalised banks.

804

member Indian contingent got sports ministry’s nod for the Asian Games.

100

Afghan policemen and soldiers were killed in the four days of fierce fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over a key provincial capital.

40 LAKH

persons’ names have been left out from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam for determination of citizenship.

22

children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in the swollen waters of the river Nile north of the Sudanese capital.

38

persons were killed in the Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy. The Morandi viaduct dates back to 1960s and has been riddled with structural problems for decades, leading to expensive maintenance and severe criticism from engineering experts.