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Washington, Aug 8 : Dr. Norman Borlaug, known as the "father of the green revolution", was remembered for "his great contributions to the advancement of agriculture and food production in India" at a function here.

"When you consider the achievements of Dr. Norman Borlaug, you realise that this is what legends are made of," said India's Ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao at the event held Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of Borlaug's first visit to India.

Los Angeles, Aug 8 : Her work demands she looks good, but model Lily Aldridge says there are days when she feels like staying at home in her favourite pyjamas.

"There are mornings when I want to stay in my pyjamas and not leave the house," femalefirst. co. uk quoted Aldridge as saying.

The Victoria's Secret model, who has a daughter Dixie with Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill, gives credit to a team of professionals for her right look on the ramp.

New Delhi, Aug 8 : A total of 42 percent children under five years of age in India are underweight. While in urban areas 32.7 percent were underweight, in rural India the corresponding figure was 45.6 percent, parliament was informed.

Giving this information in the Rajya Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said that around 35 percent of women in the age group of 15-49 years suffer from chronic energy deficiency (CED) which is measured as low body mass index.

CED in urban areas was present in 25 percent of women, and in rural areas it was present in 40.6 percent women.

Islamabad, Aug 8 : Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday expressed "sadness" over the border clashes in Kashmir, and said India and Pakistan must take "effective steps" to restore normalcy on the frontier.

Sharif told foreign ministry officials here that he was sad over the incidents involving Pakistani and Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries.

New Delhi, Aug 8 : State-run generator NTPC will build a 500 MW thermal power plant in Sri Lanka in association with Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Thursday.

In a written reply to parliament, the minister said a joint venture company, Trincomalee Power Co Ltd (TPCL), had been created for the project with 50:50 equity participation from NTPC and CEB.

The Sri Lankan Attorney General’s office recently approved NTPC's first overseas project proposed to be constructed at Sampur in the eastern district of Trincomalee.

Mumbai, Aug 8 : She fits the role of a modern young woman to the T, but "Chennai Express" pulls Deepika Padukone out of that zone and presents her as a traditional southern Indian girl. The actress says styling and costumes are the key to good performances.

"The get-up helps a lot... your job is half done if your styling is right," said Deepika

"If I am shooting in a village and the way that is created, it (the character) comes automatically. When you are in the (right) clothes and in the world of the film, you give it that much more automatically," she said.