India honours social worker
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday conferred a prestigious civilian honour on Australian Gladys Staines, a social worker and widow of missionary Graham Staines who was killed by a Hindu mob along with their two sons in 1999.It was one of two Padma Shri awards given to foreigners this year, with the other going to author and former BBC correspondent Mark Tully.
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