How did Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba make history, a politically charged men's badminton final & why a delegation threw flowers into the Seine during the opening ceremony. These & more in the answers to my Geopolitico quiz on the 2024 Paris Olympics https://t.co/NleAxtZyHE

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On #Kerala Formation Day or #കേരളപിറവി ദിനം, reposting my Geopolitico quiz answers on my home state, featuring tapioca, jackfruit, Duke of Wellington, the first Malayali head of state in the post-monarchy era & the WW1 origins of the Malayalam word Yamandan

Decades of Dominion Power Clingers quiz by @josephjohn000 https://t.co/KkUYhiiYnU

Another great quiz on "Trains and Rail Travel" from @josephjohn000 "It is 200 years after the world’s first passenger railway journey on September 27, 1825" https://t.co/z34tY8bYCK

A reminder of a regular sports headline in Malayalam from my childhood. അസറു കസറി at the Ranji Trophy semifinal. https://t.co/8sIJeWFYTW

Dr. K.S. Manilal, one of Kerala’s greatest unsung heroes, has passed away. He discovered new plants, rediscovered what was believed to be extinct, helped save Silent Valley, and unlocked a 300-year-old botanical mystery in Latin—yet many Malayalis may not have known his name. 🧵

On Mohammed Rafi's birth centenary, a reminder of his only song in a Malayalam film. Composer Jithin Shyam roped in Rafi for the song Shabab Leke in Hindi in the 1980 Malayalam film Thaliritta Kinakkal

On the occasion of #NationalSportsDay , we look back at some of the most iconic & memorable moments of Indian sports. Request our readers to please add to the list. Amsterdam, 1928 - First Olympic medal, Gold in men's hockey. Also marked the first bow of a lance-naik from the

My Geopolitico quiz on the 2024 Paris Olympics #Paris2024 #ParisOlympics2024 #ParisOlympics https://t.co/PHOkPOWukq

Noticed that the military leaders of Niger, Mali & Burkina Faso announced their new Confederation of Sahel States at a convention centre named after Mahatma Gandhi in Niger's capital Niamey. It's the first convention centre named after Gandhi in Africa built with Indian support

Reposting my Geopolitico quiz answers on #NATO as the alliance marks its 75th anniversary in Washington DC #NATOSummit. Details include the recent addition of Finland & Norway & the pressure to boost defence spending https://t.co/UdCPDc2Ire

With the #NATOSummit underway to mark its 75th anniversary, reposting my quiz answers on the alliance. I explain the pressure to raise defence spending, #NATO's preparations for the potential return of Trump and how the Ukraine war expanded the alliance

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the meeting at Bretton Woods, dominated by John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White, that created the new postwar international system. The Indian delegation left its mark on the conference, punching far beyond its weight. A thread ...

My Geopolitico quiz on the UEFA European Football Championships past and present https://t.co/gg0NslF4wI #EURO2024

Ahead of the first Biden-Trump debate of 2024 here's my Geopolitico quiz covering the best and worst moments in U.S. presidential debates so far. Updated with videos (originally posted in 2020) https://t.co/8mVYg4GnbO

The answers to that quiz on India! So interesting:

The aviator-politician who played a role in Indonesia's independence movement & the External Affairs Minister who hugged Saddam. Details in the answers to my quiz on Parliamentary Elections in India, with the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha underway https://t.co/i4xagThUuf

The pioneering Black woman science fiction writer who depicted climate refugees facing off against a U.S. president with the slogan 'Make America Great Again' in 1998. More in my Geopolitico quiz on Refugees and Migrants in Fiction #worldrefugeeday

The Trinidadian author of Tamil origin who was the first to fictionally chronicle the UK's Windrush generation from the Caribbean. More in my Geopolitico quiz on Refugees and Migrants in Fiction #WorldRefugeeDay