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Ah, India! Oh, India!

by Gyanvitaranam

Colleges

   There are 45,000 colleges in India.

Unemployment

   An estimated 6.6 million white-collar professional jobs, including engineers, physicians and teachers, were lost between May and August 2020, bringing their employment to the lowest level since 2016 and wiping out the gains made over the last four years, while five million industrial workers were out of work during the period, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said.

Rich Indians

   With a 73 per cent surge in his wealth in the past year to Rs. 6,58,400 Crore, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries (RIL), has topped the IIFL Hurun India Rich List for the ninth consecutive year in 2020.

   The phenomenal rise in wealth has propelled him to become the richest individual in Asia and fourth richest person in the world, as per the report. London-based Hinduja brothers (S. P. Hinduja, along with his three....

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