Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Death by Drones in Pakistan

No. of Drone strikes since 2006------082
No. of Al-Qaeda, Taliban and other---020
militant leaders who have been
killed in the attacks.
Percentage of attack casualties who---031
were Pakistani civilians.
Percentage of attack casualties who ---068
were Al-Qaeda, Taliban or other
jihadist militants.

Traffic signals in New Delhi, India

Total no. of traffic signals---------------725
No. of Blinkers-------------------------424
Signals to be fitted with Intelligent traffic System----220
No. of signals not working daily---------090
Signals not working after heavy rain----130

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Road Mishaps in India

Amount lost due to road accidents every year--- Rs 70,000 crore.
Number of persons killed every day------------- 0315
Number of persons seriously injured every day--5000
Number of road deaths in 2008-----------------1.14 Lakh.
( All data for India )

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Expenditure on fighter pilots in India

The expenditure on training of one fighter pilot by govt of India= Rs 11,50,00,000
13-14 years to recover the cost

International Students in US colleges and universities

In 2008-09----
Total-----------671,616 No.
From India----100,260 No.----Ist
From China----098,235 No----2 nd
From Korea----075,000 No----3 rd
In 2007-08---
From India--------094,563 No.
From China-------081,927 No.
From Korea-------069000 No
Top spot retained for the eighth consecutive year by India.
Indian students contributed $ 3 bn to US economy this year.