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VII Things We Learnt Last Week

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VII Things We Learnt Last Week
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  • Paresh Rawal’s wife, Swaroop Sampat, appointed to the Prasar Bharati board, has a PhD in education from Worcester  Univer­s­ity—and is an ex-Miss India and Miss India Universe
  • Rs 2,000 crore: estimated wealth of ex-Maharashtra dep­uty CM and Shiv Sainik-turned NCP leader, Chhagan Bhujbal
  • In the Delhi government ad plu­g­ging AAP’s rule, a man watches a TV station called ‘BC News’
  • Prices of pulses are up 50 per cent this year. A ‘dal’ costs MPs Rs 2 at the Parliament canteen.
  • World’s most advanced country digitally is Estonia, says Wired

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  • Descendants of both Napoleon and Duke of Wellington, the two opponents at the Battle of Wat­erloo, work as bankers in Paris
  • Mukesh Ambani’s new armou­red Merc, the S600 VR9, can be driven at 80 kmph even on flat tyres
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