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PM Modi awarded Seoul Peace Prize: Dedicates prize money to Namami Gange

Agencies
February 22, 2019

Seoul, Feb 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday joined the illustrious club of the likes of Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and Angela Merkel as he was honoured with the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize.

Mr Modi received the 14th Seoul Peace Prize for the year 2018 at a ceremony organised by the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation "in recognition of his national and international contributions".

"I am deeply honoured to be awarded the Prize....the award belongs to the people of India and to the success India has achieved in last five years," the Prime Minister said at the grand ceremony.

The citation read out on the occasion applauded Prime Minister Modi's works in ensuring

inclusive growth and putting the country into an unprecedented growth rate.

"India is experiencing high speed growth, that was never seen before," the statement said.

It also lauded the Prime Minister for pushing economic reforms and acknowledged his economic philosophy of 'Modinomics' that had brought in poorer sections of Indians into the mainstream of banking.

The citation has also lauded the Prime Minister for his initiative to launch the International Solar Alliance.

"May there be peace everywhere......may there be eternal peace," Mr Modi said on the occasion quoting Sanskrit mantras.

The Prime Minister said the entire monetary prize amount would be dedicated to the Namami Gange project - committed to clean Ganga.

"I dedicate this award to the 1.3 billion people of India for giving me the opportunity to serve them.

I am honoured that this award is being conferred on me in the year that we celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," the Prime Minister said.

The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 as a biennial recognition to commemorate the success of the 24th Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul.

The Prize was established to reflect the wishes of the Korean people and to crystallize their desire for everlasting peace on earth.

The awardees receives a diploma, a plaque and honorarium of US$200,000.

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan got the award in 1998 while the German leader Angela Merkel was honoured the award for 2014.

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Agencies
August 7,2020

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Central government as India crossed the 20 lakh COVID-19 positive cases.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader reiterated his earlier tweet, sent out on July 17, which stated "The 10,00,000-mark has been crossed.

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, by August 10, more than 20,00,000 will be infected in the country. 

The government must take concrete, planned steps to stop the epidemic."
"20 lakh-mark has been crossed, Modi government is missing," the Congress leader tweeted today.

The Union Health Ministry has said active cases as a percentage of total cases have seen a significant drop from 34.17 per cent on July 24 to 30.31 per cent.

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June 28,2020

New Delhi, Jun 28: With 19,906 new cases, highest single-day spike so far, India's COVID-19 count touched 5,28,859 including 2,03,051 active cases, 3,09,713 cured/discharged/migrated, according to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

410 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours and the cumulative toll reached 16,095 deaths.

Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra have climbed to 1,59,133 while Delhi's tally stands at 80,188.

2,31,095 samples were tested yesterday and the total number of samples tested up to 27 June is 82,27,802, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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January 29,2020

New Delhi, Jan 29: Badminton champion Saina Nehwal joined the ruling BJP today and is likely to campaign for the party ahead of the February 8 Delhi election.

"I have won medals for the country. I am a very hardworking and I love hardworking persons. I can see Prime Minister Narendra Modi does so much for the country, I want to do something for the country with him," the shuttler said, wearing the BJP scarf.

"I draw a lot of inspiration from Narendra sir".

Haryana-born Saina Nehwal, 29, is a major acquisition for the party in the middle of the Delhi poll campaign; she is one of the most popular sportspersons in India with a huge fan following and brand value. She is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

A former world number 1, she has been honoured with the country's top sporting awards like the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award. She was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2016.

The Badminton player has won over 24 international titles. In the London Olympics, she won a bronze. She was world number two in 2009 and number one in 2015.

With her tweets praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saina Nehwal was widely seen to lean towards the BJP.

One of her tweets became controversial when it was found to be identical to several others in praise of a PM Modi speech last year. Saina was trolled on Twitter with screenshots of the identical tweets. She was also among the sportswomen who put up identical tweets on Diwali thanking PM Modi for his initiative to empower women, with the hashtag #bharatkilaxmi.

The BJP roped in many famous personalities last year, including cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who was elected MP from Delhi in the national election, and wrestler Babita Phogat. Just before the Haryana assembly polls, the party roped in wrestler Sushil Kumar, Babita Phogat and former Hockey team captain Sandeep Singh. Sandeep Singh won the election and was appointed minister.

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