CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In Taiwan, hundreds changed their names to include the word salmon in exchange for a restaurant’s promotional promise of free sushi. The thing is, in Taiwan, they limit how many times citizens can change their name. So without a change in the law, some are stuck with names like Salmon Dream or Dancing Salmon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taiwanese parliamentarians have debated changing legal limits on name changes, after some of the hundreds of people who legally altered their name to “Salmon” in return for free sushi reportedly became stuck with it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oncorhynchus masou formosanus, the Formosan landlocked salmon or Taiwanese salmon, is a freshwater salmonid fish endemic to Taiwan. The Formosan landlocked salmon is a subspecies of the more widespread West-Pacific cherry salmon (or masu salmon).

Detailed explanation-4: -The temporary deal from “Taiwan Sushiro” offered free all-you-can-eat sushi to anyone with “gui yu”-the Chinese characters for salmon-in their name. The promotion prompted an unexpected craze that was dubbed “salmon chaos” on social media and by local news outlets.

Detailed explanation-5: -People applying to alter their given name in accordance with subparagraph 6 of the preceding paragraph may be granted this privilege only three times. However, in the second instance, the applicant must have already reached the age of majority. 3.