Nobel Peace Prize

November 12, 2024 3:43 PM

Global leader PM Modi deserves Nobel Peace prize: Ace investor Mark Mobius

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is capable of having a dialogue with all sides of the political spectrum on a global stage and deserves a Nobel Peace prize for his efforts, veteran investor Mark Mobius said on Tuesday. In an exclusive interaction with IANS, 88-year-old Mobius said PM Modi could become a very important peacemaker as the world goes through turbulence, especially the current West Asia conflict and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. "PM Modi is a great leader as well as a great human be...

October 3, 2024 1:58 PM

Nobel Peace Prize could honour UNRWA, ICJ, UN chief Guterres

The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), the International Court of Justice and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres are among the favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, experts said, in a year marked by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Given past form, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is capable of springing a complete surprise in the October 11 announcement - including not giving the prize at all. With 2024 marked by the now spreading Israel-Hamas war, a Ukraine conflict in its third y...

June 19, 2024 8:32 PM

Why has a visit by U.S. lawmakers to India upset China?

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday in India's northern town of Dharamsala. The meeting annoyed Beijing, which urged the United States on Tuesday to "fully recognise the anti-China and separatist nature of the Dalai clique" and refrain from "any form of contact with it". WHY IS THE DELEGATION IN INDIA? The bipartisan seven-member group of American lawmakers is visiting India to meet the Nobel peace laureate, the Dalai Lama. The U...

June 4, 2024 1:47 PM

Dalai Lama to visit US for knee treatment this month, his office says

Tibetans' spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will travel to the U.S. this month to undergo medical treatment for his knees and will not hold his usual public engagements from June 20, his office said on Monday. The 88-year-old monk was advised against any travel last October following a bout of flu, but after recovery he visited Bodhgaya, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in eastern India, in January. "His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to travel to the United States for medical treatment...