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School textbook showing Malala Yousafzai as national hero of Pakistan conf
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Activist and youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai once again found herself in the middle of a controversy when social studies book showing her as a national hero of Pakistan was confiscated by government officials.
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Raghuram Rajan, Esther Duflo to advice TN government to reverse state's ec
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government is planning to constitute an 'Economic Advisory Council' to the Chief Minister comprising Nobel laureates, former Reserve Bank of India governor and other economic experts from around the globe to advice the state on h
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Malala's remarks on marriage causes panic among Pakistani citizens, politi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): After Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai recently expressed doubts about whether she would ever marry, her remarks have sent shockwaves in Pakistan - where citizens and politicians are panicking over what they see as a threat to the institution of
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World Day Against Child Labour: Kailash Satyarthi Claims Child Labour is "
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of International Day Against Child Labour, which he worked to institute over 2 decades ago on 12th June, Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi speaks to social first publisher NEWJ for an exclusive interview, on the journe
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Pak religious leader held for threatening Malala over her views on marriag
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lakki Marwat [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): A religious leader in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat district was arrested for threatening and inciting violence over Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai's remarks on marriage.
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126 Nobel Laureates press for strong action, say humanity taking colossal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Ahead of the G7 summit in the UK, a scientific statement signed by an unprecedented 126 Nobel Laureates was delivered to the summit leaders. The statement read, "Without transformational action this decade, humanity is taking colossal risks with our common f
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Malala features as British Vogue's July cover star
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): Activist and youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls' education and women's equality became the cover star for British magazine Vogue in its 2021 July edition.
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Malala Yousafzai expresses solidarity with Palestinians amid conflict with
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with Palestine amid the ongoing tensions with Israel, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday called on the international community to protect the human rights of the Palestinians.
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Former world leaders call on Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 15 (ANI): More than 170 former world leaders and Nobel laureates are calling on United States President Joe Biden to make COVID-19 vaccines more readily available by waiving US intellectual property rules.
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Poet laureate Amanda Gorman might host 'The Met Gala' this year
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): A glamorous party that was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic will be back this year and the first youth poet laureate of the United States, Amanda Gorman has been approached to host the ceremony.
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Apple strikes programming partnership with Malala Yousafzai
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): The world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai has recently signed a multi-year programming partnership with Apple TV Plus.
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US poet who performed at Biden's inaugural 'tailed' by security guard tail
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): The first youth poet laureate of United States, Amanda Gorman, acclaimed for her performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, has said that she was "tailed" on her way home and confronted by a security guard who alleged that she looked suspicious.
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