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VII Things We Learnt Last Week

  • The Waldorf-Astoria, where PM Modi stayed in NYC, is owned by a Chinese insurance firm run by Deng Xiaoping’s grandson-in-law
  • 31 of the 51 people who have died in communal violence this year have been Muslims
  • Bihar strongman Laloo Prasad Yadav’s younger son Tejaswi is 26, older son Tej Pratap is 25 (as per their poll affidavits)
  • Delhi-San Francisco will be the world’s longest long haul flight: 8,700 miles done over 18 hours
  • Singer, politician and Union minister Babul Supriyo was the original choice for the Mika Singh hit song, ‘Gandi Baat
  • Star India CEO Uday Shankar functions from a standing desk at his office in Mumbai
  • Bertie Wooster, the world’s most beloved upper-class twit, created by P.G. Wode­house, has turned 100
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