Numbers of note

6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion per cent (65 followed by 107 zeros): Annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe. According to Forbes Asia, prices double every 24.7 hours.The country has also issued the world’s first 100-trillion dollar note

7.7 million: The number of people who watched “video streams” of US President Barack Obama’s swearing in, according to net surveillance firm Akamai. It was also watched by record TV audience the world over

60 per cent: The (recent) drop in business of heritage hotels, according to Heritage Hotels Association of India