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  US President Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2021

  World | September 09, 2020 15:42 IST

  US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021. According to reports, he was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde who is a member of the Norwegian Parliament. Gjedde has praised Trump for his efforts towards resolving conflicts worldwide. 

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  EXPLAINED: Why Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali has got Nobel Peace Prize

  Fyi | October 11, 2019 16:26 IST

  Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has been awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2019, defeating Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali as the Nobel Peace Prize winner 2019 for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation. The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 award has gone to the Ethiopian Prime Minister particularly for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

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  Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize 2019

  World | October 11, 2019 15:11 IST

  The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation" with Eritrea last year, ending a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war, it was announced on Friday.

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  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg wins Alternative Nobel

  World | September 25, 2019 13:52 IST

  Thunberg is being recognized “for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts,” the prize foundation said.

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  US President Trump claims Japan’s PM nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize

  World | February 16, 2019 8:13 IST

  “I’ll probably never get it, but that’s OK,” Trump said. “They gave it to Obama. He didn’t even know what he got it for.”

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  Meet Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, who won Nobel Peace Prize 2018

  World | October 06, 2018 14:40 IST

  The duo received the award for their "effort to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict", Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Nobel Committee, announced at a press conference in the Norweigan capital, Oslo, on Friday.   

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  Nobel Peace Prize 2018: Activists Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad win top honour

  World | October 05, 2018 15:03 IST

  The duo received the award for their "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".

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  Tamil Nadu BJP chief 'nominates' PM Modi for Nobel Peace Prize

  India | September 24, 2018 22:35 IST

  Her husband, Professor Dr P Soundarajan, Head of Department and Senior Consultant in Nephrology at a private university, has also nominated Modi for Nobel, a press release from the state BJP chief's office said.  

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  President Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korean President Moon Jae-in

  World | May 02, 2018 12:03 IST

  President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday suggested that President Trump should win the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts to unify the North and South Koreas.

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  See no reason for Grameen Bank operations in India: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus

  Business | November 02, 2017 13:54 IST

  Bangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus said he sees no reason for his Grameen Bank to set up operations in India as the country has several successful microcredit organisations.

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  Pak court sentences four to 25 years for attack on Malala

  World | April 30, 2015 16:47 IST

  Islamabad: Four Pakistani Taliban militants were today sentenced to 25 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court for their role in the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage child rights activist who last year

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  Astronomer names asteroid after Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala

  World | April 11, 2015 11:32 IST

  Islamabad: The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner and girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai now has an asteroid named after her, media reported.Amy Mainzer, astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, named Asteroid 316201 after

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  Posthumous Nelson Mandela memoir to be published in 2016

  World | March 24, 2015 8:09 IST

  London:A posthumous memoir by Nelson Mandela, recounting his time as South Africa's first democratically elected president, is scheduled to be published around the world next year.Pan Macmillan said Tuesday that it will publish the sequel

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  Obama, Dalai Lama to appear in public; move set to rile China

  World | February 01, 2015 16:09 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama will appear at a high-profile public event here this week that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is also attending, a move that is set to anger China.Obama will

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  Speak out against child exploitation, says Satyarthi

  India | January 09, 2015 8:06 IST

  New Delhi: Dedicating his medal to all Indians, the country's newest Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Thursday urged them to fight together against child labour and speak out against their exploitation - a responsibility that came

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  Kailash Satyarthi to visit Taiwan from January 14-18

  India | January 08, 2015 14:19 IST

  New Delhi: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi will visit Taiwan Jan 14-18, a statement said on Thursday.Satyarthi, who founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan (save childhood movement), and his wife, will visit Taiwan on the invitation of its

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  Satyarthi tells kids to be candles which light up the world

  India | January 05, 2015 7:04 IST

  Mumbai: Nobel Prize winning child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi on Sunday said that it is everybody's job to end child labour, and asked kids to be "candles which light up the world"."Let us decide never

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  Resolve to protect children from violence in 2015: Satyarthi

  India | December 31, 2014 18:45 IST

  New Delhi: In his New Year message, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi today called for concerted efforts to protect children from all types of exploitation.Resolving to uphold the rights of every child, Satyarthi said

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  Satyarthi calls for Nepal Constitution to protect child rights

  World | December 21, 2014 21:32 IST

  Kathmandu: Child rights activist and Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to Nepal's political parties to draft a constitution that would ensure the welfare of children.Satyarthi who met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime

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  Satyarthi appeals to terrorist groups to spare children

  India | December 18, 2014 23:32 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the militant attack on a Peshawar school as an “act of sin”, Nobel Peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to the terrorist groups to spare children and asked the global community