India’s road network is long enough to loop around
Earth over 117 times.
India’s road network totals 4.7 million kilometers and is the second
largest in the world. Earth has a circumference of 40,075 kms.
New Delhi’s air is the most polluted in the world.
The World Health Organization found that New Delhi’s PM 2.5 —
particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less and that is dangerous for
lungs — mean was 152 micrograms per cubic meter. This was nearly three times
that of Beijing which has an annual mean of 59.
One person died on the road in India every three
minutes in 2012.
India saw 138,258 people die in road accidents in 2012. But in terms of
the number of deaths per 100,000, India’s accident death rate equaled 18.9 for
every 100,00 people, only slightly higher than the global average of 18.
India will become
the world’s youngest country by 2020.
By 2020, the median age in India will be 29. The population in the 15-34
age group is expected to rise from 430 million in 2011 to 464 million in 2021.
India consumes about half of the world’s whiskey.
India consumed about 1.2 billion liters of whiskey in 2012. While India is
the world’s largest whiskey market by volume, on a per capita basis, France
takes the top spot.
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