Day in numbers: A Kargil milestone, and Flipkart’s offer

Important numbers for today

Shikhar Dhawan: ten short of a double-hundred

$900-$950 million

Online marketplace Snapdeal has agreed to Flipkart’s revised takeover offer of up to $950 million, sources told Reuters.

0.3%

U.K's economic growth in the second quarter following a 0.2% growth in the first. Office for the National Statistics, which published the results on Wednesday, called the lacklustre figures a 'notable slowdown in the first half of the year'.

190

Shikhar Dhawan's first-innings score off just 168 balls, which comprised 31 fours in the ongoing three-match Test series against Sri Lanka.

Rs 1,500 crore

Amount the Sahara Group has to deposit in a Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) account by September 7, according to a Supreme Court order.

12,000

Number of people evacuated after a forest fire in Southern France.

18

Years since India’s victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War.