- Vatican
Pope Francis planning a rock album, Wake Up, to spread the message of hope, faith, unity
- Dubai
Sheikh Waseem Yousef, a young cleric, being fired after he slammed the UAE government for granting a temple during Narendra Modi visit
- Thiruvananthapuram
Sreedevi Kartha, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Malayalam translator, being kept off the dais because Swami Brahmaviharidasji doesn’t sit close to women
- New Delhi
Modi getting a ‘Ficus Krishane’, a rare butter cup fig tree, commonly known as ‘Makhan Katori’, from health minister Maneka Gandhi on his 65th birthday
- Ahmedabad
Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama donating 1.25 lakh bilva (bael) leaves to a Shiva lingam on the banks of the Narmada, praying for the dam’s height to be raised further more
- Ranchi
Jharkhand govt unveiling a “Jharkhand Thaali” on the occasion of world tourism day
- Dharamsala
The Dalai Lama saying that if he had a female successor she should be “very very attractive, otherwise she is not much use”
Contributed by Uttam Sengupta, Alka Gupta and Ashish Bagchi
