- Salman Khurshid, who has twice served as India’s external affairs minister, made his first trip to Pakistan only last month, at the age of 61.
- The Gujarat government has given yet another extension, the 22nd, to the Nanavati Commission set up to probe the 2002 post-Godhra riots
- There is one public toilet for every 58,844 people in the Lucknow LS constituency represented by Union home minister Rajnath Singh
- Chimps prefer Indian and African rhythms over Western music. And monkeys have a gambling instinct and believe in the ‘winning streak’.
- Devotees at Puri’s Rath festival last week left behind over 100 metric tonnes of garbage that included shoes, coconut shells, earthen lamps and flowers
- Of the 11,596 directorships available on NSE-listed firms, only 597 are held by women, against the 9,009 by men
- Indian men spend 19 minutes a day on household chores; women 298 minutes