Nevada (US), Nov. 10: The Gandhi Monument Council made up of interfaith clergy has approached mayors of 185 of world''s important cities spread in 39 countries to name one of the major streets of their respective cities after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.
Right Reverend Gene Savoy Jr. and Rajan Zed, Council coordinators, in a communiqué to these cities, requested that they would prefer the name of this proposed street to be "Mahatma Gandhi Marg" (marg means path). While Savoy is Head Bishop of International Community of Christ, Zed is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism.
Kathmandu, Nov 10 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda will visit New Delhi on Wednesday to attend the second summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperatio
Bangalore, Nov 10 : After the success of Chandrayaan -1, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has conceptually developed a Sun mission called ''Aditya''.
Talking to ANI here, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair, said the success of Chandrayaan -1 has boosted the confidence of ISRO scientists to look beyond the moon.
"Aditya has been approved and its operations would begin soon. Sun mission is very critical and one of its kind in the global space research," Nair added.
Lahore, Nov 10 : US Consul General in Karachi Kay L Anske has said that despite the change in guard at the White House (on January 20), the US policy on Pakistan will not change.
After a meeting with Jamaat-e-Islami leaders in Karachi, Kay told media persons that the US presidential election was a part of a democratic process, and that a change in government did not necessarily translate into a change of policies.
Pakistan and the US had enjoyed good relations over the last 60 years, and the ties would be strengthened further in the future, the Daily Times quoted her as saying.
Washington, Nov 10 : Aussie actress Nicole Kidman is all set to play the world’s first post-op transsexual in the movie ‘The Danish Girl’, with actress Charlize Theron.
Kidman will also be producing the movie, which is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
The story is based on how the marriage of the two artists changed dramatically after Einar stood in for a female model that Greta was set to paint.
London, Nov 10 : A new study has found that a growing number of children, who are just starting school, are unsure whether they are left or right handed.
The physical impediment could affect the children’s academic and physical development, said the researchers behind the study.
According to psychologists, around 30 percent of the five-year-olds, which is up from 10 percent a decade ago, do not even know in which hand they should hold a pencil.
The finding added to the fears that children are developing more slowly than in the past, a fact which would leave them unable to cope with simple tasks like peeling potatoes as they grow older.
Bangalore, Nov 10 : After the success of Chandrayaan -1, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has conceptually developed a Sun mission called ''Aditya''.
Washington, Nov 10 : Aussie actress Nicole Kidman is all set to play the world’s first post-op transsexual in the movie ‘The Danish Girl’, with actress Charlize Theron.
