A medical college named after him in the Bronx, New York’s poorest borough, will now provide free education after a billion-dollar-donation by former professor Ruth Gottesman. He was a patent clerk and theoretical physicist. Think genius hair and E=mc2. Who is he? *

X is an ancient sage believed to have authored the Yoga Sutras. X is also a corporation helmed by a sage that is being held in contempt by the Supreme Court, for violating its order and publishing misleading ads. Swadeshi jeans. Coronil. Ghee. Give X. *

No Other Land won the Berlinale Documentary Award. Its directors, Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra, live 30 minutes from each other. But “in two days, we will go back to a land where we are not equal,” Abraham said. What did he call for in their acceptance speech? *

Wakeel Hassan is a national hero. Last year, he crawled through 200 feet of rubble to help rescue 41 construction workers trapped in the tunnel that collapsed in Uttarakhand. Last week, his home was razed as part of a demolition drive. Give his profession? *

About 900 of them jammed roads in Brussels. Hundreds disrupted traffic in Madrid. They were used to block a border crossing between Poland and Germany. In Delhi, they’re blocking highways. It means to pull in Latin. Mahindra makes them. What are they? *

Prasanth Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap and Shubhanshu Shukla are training to go where only two Indians have gone before. They’ll travel 400 km and return in three days in a pressurised capsule that will crash into the sea. Where are they going? *

It belongs to the genus Nicotiana. It has to be cultivated, cut and cured. Native Americans presented it to Christopher Columbus. It’s a leading cause of preventable deaths. New Zealand banned its sale to future generations. It will now repeal the ban. On what? *

A freight train took off from Kathua, travelled 84 km and reached a speed close to 100 km/hr. The alarm was sounded, tracks were cleared and rail crossings were closed off. A downslope and sandbags finally brought it to a halt. Who was driving the train? *

There are Y sides in a square, Y leaves in a clover and Y elements in nature. If a year is divisible by Y, it’s a leap year. But century years have to be divisible by Yx100. So, 2024 is a leap year; 2000 was a leap year; but 2100 will not be one. Give Y. *

14 new temples, 2,500 dishes on the menu, Rihanna for entertainment and everyone who’s anyone on the guest list. A city in Gujarat is gearing up for an Ambani wedding. It’s also home to India’s largest oil refinery and the world’s largest animal rescue centre. Which? *