Learning of the day # 3

• Mohamed Nasheed is the first democratically elected president of Maldives.
• He defeated Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to become the president.
• The island nation got its independence from Britain in 1965.
• ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations. It comprises of 10 members.
• New King of Bhutan: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck. He is the son of the last king: Jigme Singye Wangchuck.
• Prime Minister of Nepal: Madhav Kumar Nepal.
• President of Nepal: Ram Baran Yadav.
• First Indian to win at Oscars: Bhanu Athaiya for costume design in GANDHI in 1983.
• Total number of Indians or people of Indian origin who have won Nobel Prize: 7. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was the seventh. He shared the prize in Chemistry.
• The National Aquatic Animal of India: Dolphin (found in Ganga) aka SUSU.
• The original name of Indian-American actor Kal Penn is Kalpen Suresh Modi. He played the role of Gogol Ganguli in Mira Nair's Namesake