Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad says pandemic raising violence, trafficking of womenThe 27-year-old activist, who was forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State fighters in Iraq, said curfews, lockdowns and travel restrict...
01 Dec, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to be honoured by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch Bharat AbhiyanModi will be presented with the 2019 'Global Goalkeeper Award', which according to the Foundation is a "special recognition"
17 Sep, 2019, 11.02 PM IST
Donald Trump asks Nadia Murad why she received the Noble Prize, and her answer left the US President stumpedMurad was forced to flee to Germany after ISIS attacked her Yazidi community.
22 Jul, 2019, 05.25 PM IST
Actress Dia Mirza, Alibaba chief among 17 new 'SDG Advocates' of UNFounder and Executive Chairman of Chinese multinational conglomerate Alibaba Group Jack Ma has been an SDG Advocate since 2016.
10 May, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
Nobel Peace Prize ceremony: Murad-Mukwege dedicate award to rape victimsDr Denis Mukwege & Nadia Murad were awarded for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
10 Dec, 2018, 07.22 PM IST
Climate, development tipped for Nobel economics prizeAs with the other Nobels, nominations and deliberations are kept secret for 50 years, so it's nearly impossible to know which way the prize...
08 Oct, 2018, 09.19 AM IST
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Denis Mukwege, ISIS survivor Nadia Murad for fighting sexual violenceMurad is one of an estimated 3,000 Yazidi girls and women who were victims of rape and other abuses by the IS army.
05 Oct, 2018, 04.28 PM IST
Winners get ready as the Nobel season begins with Medicine PrizeNo Literature Prize will be given out for the first time in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal.
01 Oct, 2018, 11.55 AM IST