IQ test: Indian-origin boy beats Einstein, Hawking

London: An 11-year-old Indian-origin boy here has scored 162 in the prestigious Mensa IQ test, two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Arnav Sharma, from Reading town in southern England, passed the infamously difficult test a few weeks back with zero preparation. Mensa IQ test was developed in Britain to form an elite society of intelligent people, the Independent reported. The “genius benchmark” is set at 140 and Sharma gained a score of 162 — the maximum possible result you can achieve on the paper. PTI

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Anti-hunger activist awarded by the Queen

London: Anti-hunger activist Ankit Kawatra, 25, was awarded the Queen’s Young Leaders Award for 2017 at the Buckingham Palace. Kawatra is the founder of Feeding India, that aims to eradicate hunger and food wastage in India. It functions across 43 cities with 4,500 volunteers serving 80 lakh meals to the needy by making use of excess food. pti

UK teens most extreme Internet users

London: Every third British teenager is an “extreme Internet user” who spends at least six hours a day online. A report, by the London-based Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank, said 37.3 per cent of UK’s 15-year-olds can be classed as ‘extreme Internet users’. The only country with higher levels of extreme Net use was Chile. ians