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2. America’s new Surgeon General Vivek Murthy suggested a warning label on chivda and other fried Indian snacks: “This product could make you fat.”
3. Goa’s Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said the state would open centers to treat gay youths and make them “normal.”
4. A prominent sports columnist referred to Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, as “Aladdin.”
5. India’s Bhakti Sharma set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
February 2015
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How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
1. Police in Uttar Pradesh filed charges against a Muslim politician who offered a Rs. 51 crore reward to the Charlie Hebdo attackers.2. America’s new Surgeon General Vivek Murthy suggested a warning label on chivda and other fried Indian snacks: “This product could make you fat.”
3. Goa’s Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said the state would open centers to treat gay youths and make them “normal.”
4. A prominent sports columnist referred to Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, as “Aladdin.”
5. India’s Bhakti Sharma set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean.
(1, 3, 4, and 5 really happened.)
Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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