Five quirky trends of what Indians were Googling in 2020

• As the world has its attention captured by the coronavirus pandemic, there was one event that was even more popular in India — the Indian Premier League (IPL).
• And, as most people searched for how to make face masks and hand sanitiser at home, the most popular ‘how to’ trend in India was ‘how to make paneer’.
• Here are five quirky Google Search trends spotted in India that set the country apart from the rest of the world.

The coronavirus pandemic, tensions along the India-China border, locust swarm attacks and now, the farmer protests in India’s national capital — 2020 has been one hell of a year for the country.

Globally, as expected, coronavirus was the top trend overall and when it came to news. After all, it is the biggest pandemic in the last 100 years.

Indians, however, had one thing that they cared about more than the pandemic. It was the same phenomenon that topped the charts last year. Cricket, once more, was seen beating out all other news.

Here are some of the quirky trends that may shock, surprise or at least leave you curious about how Indians were Googling in 2020: