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2,038

Number of hours it takes on average for a Brazilian business to prepare, file and pay taxes. In the UAE, it takes 12.

Last Modified: 29-Jul-2018 5:35 AM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry

Tags Tax Filing 30W2018

24 Jul 2018

Congo’s health ministry announces the end of the Ebola outbreak. The day marks the first full Ebola-free day since an epidemic began in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Forty-two days (2 incubation periods) have elapsed since the last confirmed case. It takes up to three weeks for symptoms to appear after exposure to the virus.

Last Modified: 28-Jul-2018 11:19 PM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Health

Tags Ebola Democratic Republic of Congo.Ebola Free 30W2018

Source CNN

Number of new embassies that India will open in Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a speech to Uganda’s parliament.

Last Modified: 28-Jul-2018 5:48 PM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Nations & Politics

Tags India Africa 30W2018

Source Multiple

140

Number of dams that Laos plans to build by 2020 on the tributaries of the mighty Mekong. Laos has dubbed itself “South-East Asia’s battery” and plans to export 90% of the energy to neighbouring Thailand.

Last Modified: 28-Jul-2018 5:37 PM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Energy

Tags Hydro Electric Power Dams Laos Thailand 30W2018

Source The Economist Espresso

13%

Percentage of our oceans - around 54 million square kilometres - that remain as unaltered wilderness: pockets of mostly pristine waters, rich in biodiversity and home to many unique marine species. Most is polar, or in the southern high seas. A heartening chunk of 16m square kilometres sits in the Pacific Ocean. Little survives in coastal regions.

Last Modified: 28-Jul-2018 5:25 PM

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Nature

Tags Oceans Marine Conservation 30W2018

Source The Economist Espresso

7 million

Number of people that visit the Taj Mahal each year. Commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. Toxic air from nearby factories and refineries, belching pollution and excrement from swarms of insects have turned the mausoleum’s pearly-white exterior to shades of greyish-black, yellow and green.

Last Modified: 28-Jul-2018 5:17 PM

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in History

Tags UNESCO Heritage Site Taj Mahal India 30W2018

Source Multiple

200,000

Number of jobs estimated to be lost on account of dumping of Chinese solar panels in India according to a parliamentary panel finding. The panel further noted, "It is disheartening to note that India was one of the major exporters of solar products between 2006-2011 before China started dumping their products at the cost of Indian manufacturers."

Last Modified: 27-Jul-2018 8:57 PM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry

Tags Solar Panels Jobs India 30W2018

Source Economic Times

$63.12 billion

India's trade deficit with China in 2017-18, up from $51.11 billion in 2016-17.

Last Modified: 27-Jul-2018 8:54 PM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Economy

Tags International Trade Trade Deficit India China 30W2018

Source Economic Times

Number of indigenous languages spoken in Peru. Only 4 million of the country’s 31 million speak in be of these languages with Quechua being the most spoken.

Last Modified: 15-Oct-2017 6:15 PM

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Culture

Tags Languages Peru 30W2018

Source The Economist

Adrift: Unwanted and orphaned in space 2

Last Modified: 18-Nov-2016 9:59 PM

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Technology

Tags Space Communication Satellites Space Debris 30W2018

Source BBC Arts