Gandhi Peace Prize

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - making her electoral debut in next month's Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll - invoked the memory of humanitarian icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa Monday morning as she began her campaign.

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated several times but was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah complimented the Gita Press on Monday for being awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize and said it has been doing a wonderful job of selflessly taking several holy books to the masses.

Gita Press on Monday said it was a matter of great honour to be conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize, but the publisher would not accept the cash component of the award keeping with its tradition of not receiving any kind of donations.

Calling the decision, taken by a jury headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a "travesty", Congress MP Jairam Ramesh likened it to awarding Hindutva idologue VD Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse.

Pratham, a pioneering civil society organisation dedicated to improving the quality of education for underprivileged children in India and across the world, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday handed over the Gandhi Peace Prize 2020, being conferred by India upon Bangladesh's "Father of the Nation" Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to his daughter Sheikh Rehana who is also the younger sister of premier Sheikh Hasina.

The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 is being conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the culture ministry said on Monday.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday conferred the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize on British broadcaster David Attenborough at a virtual event.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize For 2019 is awarded to David Attenborough for a lifetime of doing more to reveal the wonders of the natural world to us than perhaps any other individual.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi today hit out at BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur for her comments that Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, was a "desk bhakt (patriot)". The 65-year-old child rights activist posted a message on Twitter warning the nation that comments by people like Pragya Thakur were "killing the soul of In...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force on terror camps across the Line of Control when he sought apology from the audience at the Rashtrapati Bhawan for being late as he was "busy" with "some other work".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received the Seoul Peace Prize from the South Korean government in recognition of his service to international cooperation, global growth and human development. In what was the highlight of the occasion, a group of children in colorful Indian attire, sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnav Jan Toh' to...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his second visit to South Korea's Seoul, said terrorism and climate change are two biggest challenges faced by mankind today. He also said Mahatma Gandhi's teachings and values can help the world to address both the pressing issues.

Gandhi Peace Prize winner Yohei Sasakawa has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the leprosy eradication programme as "massive" as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and include it in school curriculum to remove the stigma attached to it.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - making her electoral debut in next month's Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll - invoked the memory of humanitarian icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa Monday morning as she began her campaign.

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated several times but was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah complimented the Gita Press on Monday for being awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize and said it has been doing a wonderful job of selflessly taking several holy books to the masses.

Gita Press on Monday said it was a matter of great honour to be conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize, but the publisher would not accept the cash component of the award keeping with its tradition of not receiving any kind of donations.

Calling the decision, taken by a jury headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a "travesty", Congress MP Jairam Ramesh likened it to awarding Hindutva idologue VD Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse.

Pratham, a pioneering civil society organisation dedicated to improving the quality of education for underprivileged children in India and across the world, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday handed over the Gandhi Peace Prize 2020, being conferred by India upon Bangladesh's "Father of the Nation" Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to his daughter Sheikh Rehana who is also the younger sister of premier Sheikh Hasina.

The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 is being conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the culture ministry said on Monday.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday conferred the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize on British broadcaster David Attenborough at a virtual event.

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize For 2019 is awarded to David Attenborough for a lifetime of doing more to reveal the wonders of the natural world to us than perhaps any other individual.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi today hit out at BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur for her comments that Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, was a "desk bhakt (patriot)". The 65-year-old child rights activist posted a message on Twitter warning the nation that comments by people like Pragya Thakur were "killing the soul of In...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force on terror camps across the Line of Control when he sought apology from the audience at the Rashtrapati Bhawan for being late as he was "busy" with "some other work".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received the Seoul Peace Prize from the South Korean government in recognition of his service to international cooperation, global growth and human development. In what was the highlight of the occasion, a group of children in colorful Indian attire, sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnav Jan Toh' to...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his second visit to South Korea's Seoul, said terrorism and climate change are two biggest challenges faced by mankind today. He also said Mahatma Gandhi's teachings and values can help the world to address both the pressing issues.

Gandhi Peace Prize winner Yohei Sasakawa has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the leprosy eradication programme as "massive" as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and include it in school curriculum to remove the stigma attached to it.