Domestic flyers
India crossed the 10-crore-domestic-flyers-in-a-year mark for the first time ever in 2017, with 11.7 crore people flying within the country, compared to 9.9 crore in 2016. **********
Cancer
Every day 1,500 people die of cancer in India, making it the second most common cause of death in the country after cardiovascular disease. And nearly 2,000 new cancer cases are detected daily, according to National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research. **********
India’s wealth
India is the sixth wealthiest country in the world with a total wealth of $8,230 billion. The country has a total wealth more than France, Canada, Australia and Italy while the US and China top the list of the wealthiest countries in the world.
According to a report by New World Wealth, the US is the wealthiest country with total wealth of $64,584 billion, followed by China ($24,803 billion) and Japan ($19,522 b). Others in the list....