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Police have been trying to find Amritpal Singh Sandhu since Saturday, and they [shut down the internet in Punjab](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/punjab-internet-blackout-hunt-sikh-preacher-amritpal-singh-sandhu) as part of their search. Sandhu and his followers have been advocating for a separate Sikh state, the Guardian reports.

**To catch a radical preacher**

This week, the Indian government shut down internet in the entire state of Punjab. Why did they do this?

Gamestop reported a $48.2 million net profit in its fourth quarter of 2022 — after a loss of $147.5 million in the year-ago period, [CBS reports](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gamestop-shares-fourth-quarter-earnings/). In early 2021, investors on Reddit mass purchased shares in Gamestop, [pushing the stock price up over 480% in a week](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/gamestop-reddit-stock-shares) and costing hedge funds millions of dollars.

**Gamestop**

This company reported profits for the first time since 2021, two years after becoming a viral memestock. What is it?

Uracil is part of what makes up RNA, which plays a major role in gene expression in living organisms. This finding [makes a strong case for life on Earth](https://www.space.com/building-block-life-uracil-rna-asteroid-ryugu) originating from extraterrestrial elements.

**It's a genetic building block for life**

Researchers in Japan have identified the presence of nucleobase uracil on an asteroid. What does nucleobase uracil do?

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour [has begun](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/taylor-swift-eras-tour-first-show-glendale), with a [setlist of 50 songs](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-glendale-review-1234699496/) that stretched for three hours.

**3**

Last Friday, Taylor Swift did her first live performance in how many years?

Researchers analyzed hair kept by fans to better understand the hearing loss and other health conditions that affected the composer. “From what I get Beethoven was a person with fragile genetics and a fragile liver that got worse because of his alcoholic attitude," [audiology expert David Brotto told Vice](https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bgp8/beethovens-dna-has-been-analyzed-after-200-years-from-locks-of-hair). "This explains his gastrointestinal symptoms and the hearing loss as well, and also the composer’s behavioral issues.”

**Ludwig van Beethoven**

Scientists released research on a 200-year-old lock of hair from which famous historical figure?

Badgers dug under train lines between Den Bosch and Boxtel, [putting these railroads out of service for at least a week](https://apnews.com/article/badgers-netherlands-trains-delays-dcd9acb783750366e1c308c0160d3aa8). "Badgers are protected animals in the Netherlands, so rail operators have to get permission to move them or disturb their habitat before repairs can begin," AP reports.

**Badgers digging underneath the rail tracks**

What caused the recent cancellations on train lines in the Netherlands?

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