CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The pest-control company Orkin last year ranked it the country’s second rattiest city, after Chicago, based on the number of rodent treatments performed. Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco squeaked into the top five. Rats aren’t native New Yorkers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The brown rat-also called the Norway rat, common rat, street rat or sewer rat-likely arrived in New York City sometime around the Revolutionary War. The animals are native to northern China, but they began spreading across the world in the 18th century because of international trade.