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New Delhi, Sep 2 : Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Monday flew to the US for a medi

London, Sep 2 : Actress Naomi Watts says she was worried about the reaction of Prince William and Harry to "Diana", a biopic on their mother, the late Princess Diana.

The 44-year-old actress, who stars as the late Princess of Wales in the film, was concerned that Diana's children may not approve of the film, which is based on the romantic life that the late royal shared with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, reports contactmusic. com.

New Delhi, Sep 2 : Legendary British actress Judi Dench chose a pristine ivory gown defined by intricate Lucknowi chikan embroidery - a creation by Indian designer duo Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla - for the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival.

Dench, 78, mirrored an elegant look in the attire at the event over the weekend. The actress, popular as M from the James Bond movies, was at the film extravaganza for the screening of the film "Philomena".

"An actress we revere, the iconic Dame Judi Dench, who dazzled Venice in our chikan outfit. What a fabulous feeling this is," the designers jointly said in a statement.

Beijing, Sep 2 : China's statistics authority Monday lowered the country's growth rate for 2012 to 7.7 percent based on its preliminary verification.

The revised gross domestic product (GDP) came in at 51.89 trillion yuan ($8.41 trillion), down 38 billion yuan from the preliminary calculation figure that put the annual rate at 7.8 percent, Xinhua reported citing the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Primary industries took up a 10.1 percent share in the GDP structure, while the secondary and tertiary sectors accounted for 45.3 percent and 44.6 percent, respectively, remaining unchanged from the preliminary calculation.

Surrey (United Kingdom), Sep 2 : McLaren Group, which runs one of the oldest teams in Formula 1, celebrated its 50th anniversary at the company headquarters here Monday.

Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Limited was formally incorporated Sep 2 1963, when the 26-year-old New Zealander mustered together a small crew of committed individuals to design, build and race cars bearing his own name, operating from a small, cramped workshop in New Malden here.

Bruce took the team into F1 at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix - and, since that day, has gone on to win 12 drivers' and 8 constructors' championships.

Infosys, India's second largest information technology (IT) services exporter, will likely choose an internal candidate as its next CEO, sources with direct knowledge of the developments at the company revealed.

The sources said that Infosys decided to choose its next CEO from inside the company because it wants to maintain the continuity in management and not to upset the balance.

Previously, reports suggested that the company wanted to choose its next chief from outside the company.