Express News Quiz: Sirens, Japanese healing hand & IPL

Express News QuizKamal Haasan stirred controversy by saying “Kannada was born out of Tamil” at an event, leading to backlash across Karnataka.

Welcome to The Indian Express’ weekly news quiz. You know the drill — there are 10 quiz questions below, woven around major events from India and the world. Your job is to sniff out the answers while being mindful of the timer. Any score above 80 will be commendable. Good luck, and see you on the other side!

Before you try our other games, a look at the rich stories that couldn’t make it into the quiz this week: 600-million-year-old stromatolites in the Himalayas tell the story of an ocean lost and Earth’s first breath | Warfare at night, deepfakes by day: The anatomy of a rumour in modern era conflicts |  Vanishing voices of the mountains: The struggle to preserve Pahari languages 

Aishwarya Khosla is a journalist currently serving as Deputy Copy Editor at The Indian Express. Her writings examine the interplay of culture, identity, and politics.

She began her career at the Hindustan Times, where she covered books, theatre, culture, and the Punjabi diaspora. Her editorial expertise spans the Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab and Online desks.

She was the recipient of the The Nehru Fellowship in Politics and Elections, where she studied political campaigns, policy research, political strategy and communications for a year.

She pens The Indian Express newsletter, Meanwhile, Back Home.

Write to her at aishwaryakhosla.ak@gmail.com or aishwarya.khosla@indianexpress.com. You can follow her on Instagram: @ink_and_ideology, and X: @KhoslaAishwarya. … Read More

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