-- India is the world’s second-largest smartphone market with over 220 million users.

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-- Nearly 60 per cent of India’s 1.27-billion population is under the age of 30 years.

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--About 60 lakh Indians are settled in 55 countries of Africa.

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--Between January and April, 1.5 million jobs have been lost.

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--India has slipped by one rank in the world competitive ranking from 39th last year to 40th this year, after massive upward swing over two previous years.

   The high-profile Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new report has found India›s ranking extremely poor in providing business environment to Ah, India! Oh, India! FACTS | MAHESH TRIVEDI | investors.

   Thus, the Global Competitiveness Report 2017-18 ranks India 98th in intensity of local competition among 137 countries it analyses, 124th in....