Admitted
Switzerland and East Timor, as 190th and 191st members of the UN respectively.
Mapped
The gene profiles of the anopheles Mosquito and its Malaria parasite, in the US. This could help eradicate malaria.
Scotched
The claim that blondes will disappear in 200 years, by the WHO.
Departed
Raunaq Singh, 80, founder chairman of the Apollo group. He landed up penniless on this side of the border after the Partition and started in Old Delhi’s Hauz Qazi area.
Ranked
Vidya Chabria and Naina Lal Kidwai, as the 44th and 50th most powerful businesswomen by Fortune.