Abdul Sattar Edhi of Pakistan and Franois Houtart of Belgium were awarded the '2009 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation-Madanjeet Singh prize for promoting tolerance and non-violence. The two will share a prize money of US $ 10,000 and receive the award on the 'International Day for Tolerance' on November 16, the Paris-headquarted UNESCO said in a statement.
Bollywood actor and activist Shabana Azmi received the Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2006.
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As the world celebrates the International Day of non-violence, United States President Barack Obama on Friday said America has its 'roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi'. "His teachings and ideals, shared with Martin Luther King Jr on his 1959 pilgrimage to India, transformed American society through our civil rights movement," Obama said on the occasion of Gandhi's birth anniversary. Americans owe enormous gratitude to Gandhi, he added.
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Mahatma Gandhi would never have agreed with the "idea that there is some connection between Islam and violence" and would have stood up to the Taliban and Osama bin Laden if he were alive today, his grandson has said.
The residents of Barimula village had built a memorial to mark Gandhiji's overnight stay at a house on January 30, 1934 after he held a padayatra and a public meeting there
'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji's dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us that rights and duties are but the two sides of the coin - indeed, the true source of rights is duty. Today we recall his lessons in compassion too - compassion not only for our human neighbours but also for our other neighbours, namely, flora and fauna, rivers and mountains.'
The highly anticipated historic G20 Leader's Summit begins on Saturday, September 9, in New Delhi.
Dispelling doubts over the ownership rights of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia, which went under the hammer in New York, India has told the US government that these articles belong to the Navjivan Trust and their auction was illegal.
Mahatma Gandhi's items, including his pocket watch, a pair of sandals, a plate, a bowl and his rimmed glasses, were sold at an auction by New York-based Antiquorum Auctioneers on Thursday. UB Group Chairman Vijay Mallya reportedly bought the items for $1.8 million.Preliminary reports suggested that Mallya may hand over the items to the Indian government.
The black and white photo of a bespectacled Gandhi taken by Margaret Bourke-White shows Gandhi sitting on a thin mattress on the floor, head bent down as he is reading the news while his spinning wheels sits in the foreground.
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"Vijay wanted to know if I was going to bid and I said I would," Chatwal said. "As I chatted with him it was clear to me that he too wanted to donate the items to the Navjivan Trust. I then decided I would not bid.
Opposition MPs continued their 50-hour day-night sit-in protest on Friday morning in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue inside Parliament premises to mark their strong protest against their suspension and the central government which they claimed was not ready to hold discussion over key issues like price rise and increased GST rates.
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