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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. India to drive past China to record world’s fastest auto sales growth Business world using CWG to assess India DD Hikes Advertising Rates For CWG’s Closing Ceremony By 150% IIM-A to reform placement system; discusses uniform methods of compiling salaries Reliance Retail close to signing JV with World’s Leading Toy Retailer Toys“R”U Michelle Obama: World’s most powerful women Test tube baby’ scientist, Robert G Edwards wins Nobel for Medicine Android roars past iPhone in US Maharashtra will woo Sachin to bat for tourism Mukesh Ambani to pen RIL story
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Current Market Rates as on 8th Oct’10 Rupee / US Dollar Rupee / Euro Rupee / Pound Gold (10 Gram) in Rs. Values 44.38 61.80 70.37 19097 Stock Market Indices as on 30th Sep’10 BSE SENSEX NSE (NIFTY) Values 20250 6103
WORLD POPULATION AND GROWTH RATE POPULATION: As of 9 October 2010, the world population is estimated by the United States Census Bureau to be 6.874 billion. In the future, world population has been expected to reach a peak of growth; from there it will decline due to economic reasons, health concerns, land exhaustion and environmental hazards. There is around an 85% chance that the world's population will stop growing before the end of the century. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population
POPULATION GROWTH: Although it took 123 years for World’s population to become 2 Billion from 1 Billion in the year 1804, it will take only 85 years to add another 5 Billion. World’s population over last century has been increasing steadily. However, some countries have started experiencing negative population growth, especially in