It’s been one of those weeks, hasn’t it?

A new Kapoor-Khan baby, more Kangana comments, and a croissant vada pao. See what else you recall from the week gone by

We have the world’s largest cricket stadium, and soon, the world’s highest rail bridge. Taller than the Eiffel Tower, the Chenab bridge will connect the Kashmir valley with India. It is being built by which coastal rail corporation, which is headquartered in Navi Mumbai?

For the moment, he’s been remanded at Wandsworth Prison, UK. But jeweller Nirav Modi’s extradition to India is all but cleared. He’s set to face charges of fraudulent loan agreements worth $2 billion. Where will he be held when he’s transferred to Mumbai?

A driver at which state’s civil aviation department was suspended after photos from a pre-wedding shoot, featuring his friend and wife posing against a state chopper, went viral?

Tank up, and tell us what costs under Rs 30 in these nations: Venezuela, Iran, Angola Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan, Kazakhstan and Qatar?

Yusuf Pathan announced his retirement from cricket on Friday. The all-rounder will be remembered for setting many records and, along with his brother Irfan, making India proud. But what did their father, a muezzin, initially want them to be?

I’m listening... Kelsey Grammer will reprise his role as a radio shrink after 17 years. He first played him on a sitcom in 1984, then in a legendary spinoff. He’s put in 20 years as the same character. Name any of the shows.

Meanwhile in Madhya Pradesh, Brajendra Singh, the state minister for public health engineering, was struggling to get network on his mobile phone. To what 50-foot-high fairground spot did he temporarily move to?

In this country, even female cartoon characters must now cover their faces with a hijab. Name the nation that has previously issued fatwas against Salman Rushdie, and the acquisition, development and use of nuclear weapons.

Adieu! For 28 years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, hid their identities behind helmets, had a PR strategy designed to avoid the press, and conquered electronic music with albums like Homework and Random Access Memories. Who retired their act this week?

A campaign called Don’t be Silent, started by 22-year-old Japanese college student Momoko Nojo, was aimed at calling out Yoshiro Mori who publicly complained that women talk too much. He’s quit after public backlash against those sexist remarks. What powerful position did he hold? 

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