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Asteroid 316201 named after Malala Yousafzai

April 11, 2015

Asteroid 316201 was named as ‘316201 Malala’ after the youngest Nobel laureate and girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai. The asteroid was named after her by Amy Mainzer, astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, United States under the International ..

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US designates Taliban Chief Mullah Fazlullah as Global Terrorist

January 15, 2015

United States has designated Maulana Fazlullah, chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)- an outfit of Pakistan’s Taliban, as global terrorist and has imposed sanctions against him. It was announced after US Secretary of State John Kerry had asked Pakistan to target ..

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Nobel Peace Prize 2014

October 11, 2014

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” The Committee specifically pointed ..

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Ireland honors Malala with Peace Prize

January 8, 2013

Social activist Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan who was shot at by a Taliban gunman in 2012, will be awarded with  Ireland’s esteemedTipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 in recognition to her courage and determination to speak out in support of ..

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Malala Yousufzai chosen for bravery award

November 21, 2012

Pakistani girl Malala Yousufzai awarded by the World Peace and Prosperity Foundation Chairman Prince Ali Khan, at the Cholmondeley Room of the House of Lords. Malala is currently being treated at a British hospital. S The Deputy High Commissioner of ..

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United Nations declares November 10 as 'Malala Day'

November 12, 2012

UN has declared November 10 as ‘Malala Day’ in honor of  Ms Malala Yousafzai. Who is Malala Yousafzai? https://www.gktoday.in/current-affairs/2012/10/persons-in-news-malala-yousafzai-2318/

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Persons in News: Malala Yousafzai

October 21, 2012

Malala Yousafzai: A school student and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. She is famous for her education and women’s rights activism in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban has ..

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