QWrap: Onions Stolen, Salman’s Jhalak Moments, and More

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QWrap 24.08.15

1. Dalal Street in Bear Grip After China-led Global Carnage

Markets across the world tumbled today, India saw its biggest single day fall in 2015. About 7 lakh crore rupees of investor wealth was lost in a single day

2. Ashwin Magic Routs Lanka, Gives India First Test Win in A Year

India won their first test match in a year after beating Sri Lanka by 278 runs in Colombo on Monday. The win was Virat Kohli’s first as an Indian test skipper, but more importantly, it was Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara’s career’s final cricket outing.

3. Stolen Onions Bring More Tears

India was already weeping after onion prices shot up last week. Now reports have come saying that in two separate incidents, 700 kg and 2000 kg of the uber expensive onions have been stolen. Yup, it’s come to that now.

4. How Nupur Talwar Was Judged Guilty

Journalist Sonorita Chauhan was on the Times Now news desk when the Aarushi story broke. Earlier this week, she wrote a thought provoking post on Facebook about the gossip surround the Talwars’ lifestyle and how it could possibly have created a bias amongst journalists who were covering the story. Sonorita spoke to The Quint about what made her speak out about what she and other media persons did wrong.

5. Five Salman Khan Moments That Won Us Over in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa

Bhaijaan, accompanied by his ‘godchildren’ Athiya Shetty and Sooraj Pancholi, landed on the Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Reloaded sets to promote their upcoming film Hero.

The evening started with Athiya and Sooraj’s performance, but you could totally skip that to the important bits by Salman which made the show memorable!

6. #SaveABoond: Send us Tips to Save Water this World Water Week

It takes 170 litres of water to produce a pint of beer. Really want to pick up that pint next time?

Tell us what you do to conserve water. You can tweet @TheQuint, comment below or WhatsApp us at 9910181818. C’mon, share your interesting ways to ‪#‎SaveABoond‬.

7. Now Tesla Engineer Joins Apple’s Team of Automated Car Experts

Consumer electronics company Apple Inc has hired a senior engineer from electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. According to a LinkedIn post, as part of Apple’s effort to build a team of experts in automated driving, Jamie Carlson has left Tesla and moved to Apple.