Indian children's right activist and Pakistani teen wins Nobel PrizeTop Stories

October 10, 2014 18:47
Indian children's right activist and Pakistani teen wins Nobel Prize},{Indian children's right activist and Pakistani teen wins Nobel Prize

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Indian chilren's right activist Kailash Satyarthi, Pakistani Malala Yousafzai win Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 on Friday.

Kailash Satyarthi (60) with his organization ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ has rescued over 80,000 children from trafficking and slavery, Kailash Satyarthi maintaining Gandhi’s tradition also has headed various forms of peaceful protest and demonstrations ,focusing on exploitation of children for financial gain and He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights .

Malala at17 is youngest recipient of the prize,the teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 campaigning for girls right to education,after recovery unable to return Pakistan Malala moved to Britannia and set up Malala Fund supporting local advocacy groups with focus on Pakistan.

"The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim - an Indian and a Pakistani - to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism, according to Rediff.com

The prize, worth about $1.1 million, will be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who founded the award in his 1895 will.


AW: (Arun Kumar)

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