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Nobel Peace Prize
Human rights champions in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize
The award will be presented at a formal ceremony in Oslo on Dec 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of the prizes' creator, Alfred Nobel
07 Oct 2022 3:47 PM
AA Edit | ‘Gorby’ transformed world’s history, not a hero at home
The general peace that reigned in the decade after the Iron Curtain came down was, however, unlikely to last forever
02 Sep 2022 12:05 AM
P.S. Raghavan | The man who brought down the Iron Curtain
Gorbachev’s was an unlikely story of a peasant boy from rural Russia climbing up the greasy pole of Soviet politics
02 Sep 2022 12:02 AM
Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus want Peace Nobel for farmers’ front
A forum of former IAS officers has come out in support of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the apex body of the farmers
30 Dec 2021 7:37 AM
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90
In his final years, he regretted that his dream of a 'Rainbow Nation' had yet to come true
26 Dec 2021 1:58 PM
Farrukh Dhondy | Will vaccine philantrophy be deserving of a Nobel?
In 2019, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
12 Sep 2021 2:50 AM
Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering UAE-Israel peace deal
The nomination also cites his part in ‘creating new dynamics in other protracted conflicts, such as the Kashmir border dispute’
10 Sep 2020 10:23 AM
December Nobel Prize banquet in Sweden cancelled
The pandemic also makes it uncertain whether prize winners can travel to Sweden
22 Jul 2020 3:19 PM
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Ahmed was awarded for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with bitter foe Eritrea, the Nobel Committee said.
11 Oct 2019 3:18 PM
We can all live in peace: Malala's appeal for peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue
'There is no need for us to continue to suffer and hurt each other,' she said.
08 Aug 2019 1:09 PM
Celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day, his legacy
In 1994 general elections, Mandela became South Africa’s first black president after the African National Congress emerged victorious.
18 Jul 2019 2:22 PM
'They gave you Nobel for what?' Trump asks Yazidi activist Nadia Murad
Trump said, 'And you had the Nobel Prize? That's incredible. They gave it to you for what reason?'
18 Jul 2019 9:15 AM
We will approve Dalai Lama's successsor: China
China on Wednesday asserted that any successor to the Dalai Lama should have its approval.
10 Apr 2019 4:35 PM
Report says Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on US request
Japan's Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after receiving a request from the US government.
18 Feb 2019 1:05 PM
'Japan PM nominated me for Nobel Peace Prize' claims Donald Trump
Donald Trump claimed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize over his outreach to North Korea.
16 Feb 2019 11:19 AM
Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour
Amnesty International said it was revoking Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009 while she was still under house arrest.
13 Nov 2018 11:04 AM
Apt Nobel for peace
We know how rampant misogyny has become when the US President mocks a survivor of sexual abuse.
07 Oct 2018 1:28 AM
Denis Mukwege: Healer of DR Congo's wounds becomes Nobel laureate
Nobel Peace Prize co-winner had been repeatedly nominated for work with gang rape victims from conflicts that have ravaged his homeland.
05 Oct 2018 3:25 PM
Nadia Murad: From jihadist slave to Nobel laureate
Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege were jointly awarded prize for ‘efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.’
05 Oct 2018 3:16 PM
Tamil Nadu BJP president 'nominates' PM Modi for Nobel Peace Prize 2019
Soundarajan has nominated PM Modi for launching 'Ayushman Bharat' and appealed people to join her in nominating the PM.
25 Sep 2018 9:53 AM
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