Bapu’s ‘charkha’ among most influential photos

New York: A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his ‘charkha’ (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time, according to a compilation by Time magazine of “images that changed the world”. The black and white photo was taken by Margaret Bourke-White. “It became an indelible image, the slain civil-disobedience crusader with his most potent symbol, and helped solidify the perception of Gandhi outside the subcontinent as a saintly man of peace,” Time said. PTI

Philip Morris looks to phase out cigarettes               

London: Philip Morris International , the world’s largest international tobacco company, could eventually stop selling cigarettes, its chief executive told the BBC, as it launched its alternative product IQOS in the UK market. The company’s IQOS smokeless cigarette, already on sale in over a dozen markets, heats tobacco enough to produce a vapour without burning it. The company believes that makes it much less harmful than cigarettes. Reuters

Largest collective chant of ‘Om’ by museum

New York: A leading museum here is organising a unique exhibition focussed on the Indian symbol ‘Om’, that will educate people about its importance and invite them to contribute their voices to the largest collective chant of the sacred symbol ever generated. The Rubin Museum of Art will run the ‘Om Lab’ exhibition for a month from February to educate people about the importance of the “sacred sound of the universe”. PTI