The United States is among the countries most visited by Modi and his upcoming visit will be his ninth since assuming the role of prime minister in 2014.

After the Chinese, the second most common nationality to receive asylum in the US in 2022 were Venezuelans, followed by Salvadorians, Guatemalans and Indians.

Only 12 refugees from Bangladesh and none from Pakistan were registered in India with the official agency as of mid-2023.

All internet blockages and shutdowns in 2023 in India – the country that cuts internet access the most – affected around 59 million people for a total of almost 8,000 hours, the highest in the world when combined, according to Top10VPN.

In India, while minimum support prices can aid farmers, the agricultural policies as a whole disadvantage and implicitly tax them.

The Ambanis’ wealth remains more than double that of the next clan in the ranking of Asia's richest families, the Hartonos of Indonesia's Djarum brand.

Data shows that the months of June through November 2023 have been the hottest of their kinds since records started in 1850 – with July 2023 qualifying as the hottest of them all.

More than 11,000 Indians also received a passport of the United Kingdom in 2021.

Overall, many Indian states are still showing a rain deficit seven weeks into the monsoon season. But even in states with a rain tally that can be considered normal at this point, weeks of no rain alternating with heavy downpour can take its toll on crops.

As seen in an annual survey by The Israel Democracy Institute, Israelis’ trust in the state’s institutions has been deteriorating for some years, with only 35% of people in the country saying they trusted institutions quite a lot or very much in 2022, down from a high of 61% in 2012.

A survey found that 18.4% of Indian women engage in paid work in a single day, while 81.2% of them carry out domestic work. For men, 57.3% had employment or related activities scheduled, while only around a quarter did work around the house.

Looking at population estimates that the UN has published for July 1, 2022 and July 1, 2023, the changeover should occur on April 1.

As of the close of markets on February 14, stocks of Adani Enterprises – the group’s flagship holding company – listed for just around half the price they had reached on January 23, the day before Hindenburg’s publication.

Other popular online services have generally taken much longer to hit the one million user mark.

While vegetarianism is expanding slowly in several countries around the world, for example in Europe or the United States, large emerging economies are doing it the other way around.

After having fallen to a still-high 43% by 2008, the share of global wealth held by the wealthiest 1% increased again to nearly 46% in 2021, according to Credit Suisse's annual Global Wealth report.

The country has set itself the ambitious target of generating half of its electricity from renewables by 2030.

With reports emerging that the US's apex court is likely to do away with abortion as a constitutional right, around half of the country's states would most likely go ahead to enforce the ban.

Overall, 27% of Oscar nominees in non-acting categories this year are female. In 2020 and 2021, the share of women nominated was 30% and 32%, respectively.