How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to 17-year-old
Malala Yousafzai brought the average age of all Nobel Peace
Prize Laureates down from 62 all the way to 61.
2. India was among the top five contributors to
the United Nations’ Ebola response, giving $12.5 million to
the effort.
3. Flipkart, India’s online retailer, sold 60 items per
second, including a TV every second, during its “Big Billion
Day” on Oct. 6.
4. In the week after Narendra Modi’s visit to New York
City, six babies born to Indian-American parents in the New
Jersey-New York area were named Narendra. One was a girl.
5. The New York Times apologized for a cartoon it
published following India’s successful Mars mission,
showing an Indian man with a malnourished cow knocking
on the door of the “Elite Sports Club.”
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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