On Friday, the rupee plunged to a new-low as it hit the psychological 71-mark against the US dollar for the first time. For an import-dependent country such as India, currency depreciation hurts on several fronts, besides leading to a rise in general inflation.
In his pursuit to become a ‘maha shatavdhani’,17-year-old Jain monk, Muni Padma prabhchandra sagar, will display his prodigious memory by allowing audience to ask questions randomly from a lot of 200. Sagar, a disciple of Acharya Nayachandrasagarji, used techniques like silence and meditation to increase attention span and working memory.