The Bharat Digest

The Bharat Digest: Addressing all state and other Indian matters in the common interest.

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You don't know how much you know until you know how much you don't know.

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The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.

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I will do today what you won't, so I can do tomorrow what you can't.

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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.

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In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.

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The only thing bad about a holiday is that it is followed by a non-holiday.

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Benelux is a politico-economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name, a portmanteau of the three countries, was first used for the 1944 customs agreement that founded the union.

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Jesse Shwayder (1882-1970) was an American businessman who founded, presided over, and chaired the Samsonite Corporation, which became the world's largest luggage manufacturer by his death.

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The Great India Place (GIP Mall), located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, is one of the largest malls in the country, offering a wide selection of national and international retail outlets. It is part of the 150-acre Entertainment City Limited development, which also includes Worlds of Wonder (WOW), Kidzania, Gardens Galleria Mall, and Decathlon, situated in Noida's most expensive commercial hub within the Delhi NCR.

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The Shatabdi Express, named after the Sanskrit word for century, was inaugurated on July 10, 1988, by then-Railways Minister Madhavrao Scindia. It commemorated Jawaharlal Nehru's "birth centenary", India's first Prime Minister, and originally ran between New Delhi and Gwalior. At the time, it was the country's fastest train, reaching speeds of 140 km/h (87 mph).

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Eswatini and South Africa grapple with high unemployment, reporting rates of approximately 34.2% and over 32% respectively, according to international labor organizations and market studies.

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The World’s first-ever trillionaire: Elon Musk

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire in June 2026 after SpaceX's record-breaking $75 billion IPO.

The aerospace, satellite, and AI company's successful market debut valued it at over $2 trillion.

Musk's 42% stake in SpaceX, worth over $800 billion, combined with his $280 billion in Tesla, boosted his personal net worth to an estimated $1.1 trillion.

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The world's first billionaire: Rockefeller

By 1916, a share in Standard Oil of New Jersey was trading at $567.

According to calculations published by The New York Times, the combined value of shares in the companies created after the breakup had risen to $2,014, compared with the original share's par value of $100.

The sharp rise in share prices pushed the estimated value of Rockefeller's holdings above $1 billion.

At the time, The New York Times reported that the stock market rally had effectively made Rockefeller the world's first billionaire.

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India's GDP is approximately $4.15 trillion, according to the IMF. Elon Musk's $1.1 trillion fortune is nearly one-quarter of India's annual economic output.

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$1 trillion equals $1,000 billion, $1,000,000 million, or $1,000,000,000,000.

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and developmentally inappropriate. ADHD symptoms arise from executive dysfunction.

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Dysania refers to an extreme difficulty getting out of bed, often lasting 1–2 hours after waking. It is not an officially recognized medical diagnosis but a symptom linked to conditions like depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, and sleep disorders.

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A new material called "magnetoelectric multiferroic" has the potential to make a smartphone battery last for three months.

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There are two ways of being rich: One is to have all you want, the other is to be satisfied with what you have.

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The "Pinky Promise" originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.