Upfront

3.6 billion is the number of Internet users, globally, as of June 2016, according to a report by internetworldstats.com. Thats more than 49 per cent of the world population.

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"People in villages are chanting a new slogan: Arhar Modi, Arhar Modi, Arhar Modi"

- Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a break from his power naps to attack PM Narendra Modi on rising prices of pulses in Lok Sabha.

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"In June 2014 CPI was 6.77 and WPI was 5.66. Did FM add the two numbers? Voodoo statistics!"

- Congress leader P. Chidambaram tweeted, rejecting Arun Jaitley's contention in Lok Sabha that the UPA government left behind double digit inflation.

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SBI Loses Weight, Fast

State Bank of India is considering relocating or shutting down 30 per cent of its 24,000 branches to remain competitive, as advised by global management consultant McKinsey.

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Bezos Passes Buffett

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos emerged as the third-richest person in the world with an estimated wealth of $65.3 billion, going past Warren Buffett's $64.9 billion.

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A Place in the Sun

The Centre aims to create 10 solar zones, each covering 10,000 hectares of uncultivable, fallow or wasteland, by 2021, to realise the 100,000 MW solar power target by 2022. The ministry of renewable energy will extend financial assistance of Rs 44 crore for the projects.

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Adrenaline Rush

Seventeen days, 10,500 athletes, 33 venues and 450,000 condoms sum up the Rio Olympics. The camisinhas, or little shirts in Brazilian, are being supplied by the International Olympics Committee for the 2016 Summer Games. That's 42 condoms per athlete, which, even by Olympic standards, is record-shattering.