- Patna
American researchers suggesting that a toxin in the litchi fruit could be the cause for hundreds of deaths in Bihar since 1995
- New Delhi
Maneka Gandhi rechristening the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts as the National Centre for the Arts
- London
Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy donating £200,000 for a Gandhi statue at Parliament Square
- Dubai
With 70.4 million international passengers in 2014, Dubai topples London’s Heathrow as the world’s busiest airport
- Mumbai
Singer-politician Babul Supriyo shifting his eight pet dogs and numerous birds to Delhi after becoming a minister in the “Modi sarkar”
- Mysore
The railways launching a ‘concierge service’ for Shatabdi passengers to hire porters, trolleys and even taxis while booking tickets
- Colombo
Sri Lanka’s first woman newspaper editor Champika Liyanaarachchi stepping down after eight years at the helm of the Daily Mirror
Compiled by Uttam Sengupta and Alka Gupta
