| | | Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who died at 92 on Thursday, leaving behind a legacy of historic measures that unleashed India’s economy, was cremated on Saturday with full state honours at Nigambodh Ghat in the nation’s capital. | THE DAILY QUIZ To us it’s obvious. But Jeran Campanella and his pals weren’t convinced. They joined an all-expenses-paid expedition to the South Pole to see the sun circle the sky without setting. Each paid $37,000 to confirm what we all know. That Earth is… a. Warming
b. Old
c. Round
d. Flat TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Thousands pay tearful last respects to Manmohan Singh Top officials, relatives and thousands of admirers gathered as the funeral pyre was lit by Singh’s eldest daughter, Upinder Singh, in the presence of her sisters Daman Singh, a writer, and Amrit Singh, who teaches at Stanford Law School, apart from the late prime minister’s wife Gursharan Kaur. Congress party leaders and foreign dignitaries also attended the funeral that saw a 21-gun salute. National flags flew at half-mast across the national capital on what was a grey, overcast day. Shortly after 11.20am at the funeral site, President Droupadi Murmu led the nation in paying tributes to the 13th prime minister of the country, whose premiership ran from 2004 to 2014. The president laid a wreath of white lotus flowers and lilies at the foot of a raised platform where Singh’s body had been lain, draped in the national flag. Read more. | | THE BIG QUESTION What did Putin say to Azerbaijan prez over mystery plane crash? Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Saturday that the Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijan Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, breaking the Kremlin’s silence as speculation mounted Russia may have accidentally shot the plane. The Russian leader called his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, and apologised for the incident that took place in Russian airspace, while stopping short of saying Russian air defence shot the plane. Baku, meanwhile, said Aliyev had “emphasised” to Putin that the plane was hit by outside interference over Russia, saying it wanted those responsible “held accountable.” The phone call between the allies came three days after the Embraer 190 plane flying from Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people of 67 onboard. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | | | PHOTO OF THE DAY Hail freezes over in Noida | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Abhirup Sengupta. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
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