For your info:

Lakh = 100,000 Crore = 10,000,000

New Delhi: In 2019, between 3 and 10.4 lakh people in India died due to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a condition in which pathogenic bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics, according to the new Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project. The first analysis of the global burden of AMR, the project is a partnership between the University of Oxford and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

The findings, published Tuesday in The Lancet, also said that over 39 crore deaths caused directly or indirectly by antibiotic-resistant infections are estimated to occur worldwide by 2050.

    • Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.comOPM
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      2 months ago

      lol yeah - a similar system is actually used in some other parts of the world. The Koreans use denominations of 10,000 and 100,000, and a trillion as a single syllable as well.

      I believe trillion as a denomination only become popular in modern times due to the currency, though, but I am not positive.