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Big hits, bigger misses and the biggest, baddest global scandal of the season. Have you been keeping tabs on the week that was?

At the Parade of Nations, in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 opening ceremony, India entered 21st out of the 205 contingents. Name the traditional Japanese alphabet ordering system that decided the position.

The International Olympic Committee has relaxed rule 50 this year. So now athletes can take a knee or raise a fist, wear a white band or a black one, and make a political stand on the field. What did rule 50 prevent athletes from doing?

Niv Carmi, Shalev Hulio and Omri Lavie started their tech company in 2010, but we only just heard about them. Governments are their clients, secretly tapping phones is their product. Name the now infamous Israeli company.

When it rains it pours. Floods are devastating some parts of the world, forest fires are raging in others. In Dubai, it was so hot that scientists made it rain, quite literally, by using drones to zap clouds with electricity. What is this innovative, albeit controversial, technology called?

This maritime city in England has become only the third place (after Oman’s Arabian Oryx Sanctuary and the Dresden Elbe valley in Germany) in nearly 50 years to be stripped of its Unesco World

Heritage status, because a string of new developments has destroyed its “outstanding universal value”. Hey Jude, if you’re planning a trip to Anfield, where would you go?

The Punjab Congress unit has a new chief, a former cricketer-turnedcommentator-turned-comedy show judge-turned-state minister of tourism, cultural affairs and museums. True to form and full of glee, he made a batting swing before walking up to the dais to address party workers. Who?

They’re clunky and ugly, but unlike their toothy and scaly namesake, they’re undeniably comfy. They were originally meant for medical professionals, they’ve had record sales this quarter and are fast becoming the quintessential quarantine shoes. Which?

Deepinder Goyal is now a part of the ultra-rich startup entrepreneur club, after his company jumped 80% in its market debut. Name the company that has probably come to your rescue during the lockdown, especially on days when you just didn’t want to cook!

Rumana Sultana topped the class 12 state board exams in West Bengal this year, scoring a record 499 out of 500 marks. And yet, head of the state’s education board Mahua Das, failed to mention her by name. How did she identify Rumana instead?

On the heels of the world’s most expensive burger and French fries, the world’s most expensive ice cream makes the news. The Black Diamond, valued at around Rs 60,000 by Scoopi Café in Dubai and made of fresh vanilla beans, saffron and black truffles, shares one common ingredient with the other two gaudy fares. Which?

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REUTERS India marched in at the 21st position at the Olympics opening ceremony. Which alphabet ordering system decided that position?