GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Barak Obama
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Ban Ki Moon
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Malala Yusufzai and Kailash Satyarthi
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European Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for the right of every child to receive an education. She was born in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. When the Islamic Taliban movement took control of the valley in 2008, girls’ schools were burned down.
Detailed explanation-3: -Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 “for the struggle against the suppression of children and young people and the right of all children to education". Satyarthi is the first natural-born Indian Nobel Peace Laureate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 but passed over that year, Yousafzai in 2014 won the prize, becoming the youngest Nobel laureate.