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40%

Percentage of professional developers use the programming language python with a further 25% wishing to do so, according to Stack Overflow. The language was developed by Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist in the year 1989.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 6:26 PM

311

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Technology

Tags Python 32W2018

Source The Economist

$11.5 billion

Investments that have gone bad due to the collapse of 4,470 p2p lending firms in China since 2012. Over 1.2 million people have lost all their savings.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 6:10 PM

22

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Economy

Tags P2P Lending Firms China 32W2018

Source CNN Money

87 million

Number of people living in extreme poverty in Nigeria, the most for any country in the world, according to World Poverty Clock. The dubious record was previously held by India.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 4:50 PM

21

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Nations & Politics

Tags Poverty Nigeria India 32W2018

Source Time Magazine

$113 million

Cost of making Asura, the most expensive movie ever made by a Chinese studio. It made a dismal $7.3 million in its first weekend and was withdrawn from theaters for that reason.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 4:43 PM

29

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Entertainment

Tags Movies 32W2018

Source Time Magazine

2,816,619

Number of Twitter followers lost by Katy Perry between 12 and 13 Jul after Twitter purged fake accounts, according to social media analytics firm SocialBlade.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 4:31 PM

20

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Entertainment

Tags Twitter Fake Accounts 32W2018

Source Multiple

60%

of the Asian elephant's live in India. A revered figure across religions, cultures and borders, India's affair with elephants dates back to almost three million years. Mythologies, paintings, literatures, performances, films have all been full of tales of its magnificence.

of the Asian elephant's live in India. A revered figure across religions, cultures and borders, India's affair with elephants dates back to almost three million years. Mythologies, paintings, literatures, performances, films have all been full of tales of its magnificence.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 9:34 AM

20

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Nature

Tags Elephants India Gaj Mahotsav 32W2018

Source The Hindu

Rolling Stone ranking of each of Led Zeppelin's member

Rolling Stone ranking of each of Led Zeppelin's member 4

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 9:19 AM

322

Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Entertainment

Tags Rolling Stone Ranking Led Zeppelin 32W2018

Source Multiple

90%

Percentage of rice produced in India that is consumed domestically. The country is the 2nd largest producer of rice in the world.

Last Modified: 12-Aug-2018 6:15 AM

17

Posted by Shoan Dhareshwar in Agriculture

Tags Rice India 32W2018

Source Multiple

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