VII Things We Learnt Last Week

Updated on: 7 February 2024 5:29 pm

South India’s first test-tube baby Kamla Rathinam has become a mother
Akshay Patra prepares 2.05 lakh rotis, cooks 6 tonnes of rice and 5 tonnes of dal to be served in 473 schools as mid-day meals
Nitin Sethi of New York is to play Mowgli in Disney’s live action and animation film based on Kipling’s Jungle Book
A missing signature on an MEA letter to Pakistan six decades ago has handed Bangladesh 1,06,613 sq km of area of sea south of Bengal and Bangladesh
A British tortoise called Bertie has beaten a 37-year record to become the world’s fastest. It does 18 feet in 21.47 seconds. Charlie held the previous record at 43.7 seconds.
The Tour de France cycle race was originally started to emphasise that friendship is an illusion and death is man’s only true companion.
Bollywood’s Sri Lankan import Jacqueline Fernandez has opened her first restaurant in Colombo, called ‘Kaema Sutra’