{"id":304625,"date":"2018-10-24T06:14:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304625"},"modified":"2018-10-24T06:14:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:14:09","slug":"pm-modi-awarded-2018-seoul-peace-prize-for-contribution-to-world-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-awarded-2018-seoul-peace-prize-for-contribution-to-world-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi awarded 2018 Seoul Peace Prize for contribution to world peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304626 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-696x354.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-1068x544.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01-825x420.jpg 825w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181024-114017__01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for his esteemed contribution to world peace through his economic vision. He will become the 14th recipient of this coveted award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u201cPM @narendramodi awarded prestigious Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for contribution to high economic growth in India and world through &#8216;Modinomics&#8217;, contribution to world peace, improving human development &amp; furthering democracy in India,\u201d Raveesh Kumar, spokesperson Ministry of External Affairs tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">MEA statement further reads, &#8220;The Seoul Peace Prize Committee has decided to confer the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in recognition of his dedication to improving international cooperation, raising global economic growth, accelerating the Human Development of the people of India by fostering economic growth in the world&#8217;s fastest-growing large economy and furthering the development of democracy through anti-corruption and social integration efforts.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">MEA statement further reads, &#8220;The Committee also credited the Prime Minister for his contribution towards regional and global peace through a proactive foreign policy with countries around the world under the &#8216;Modi Doctrine&#8217; and the &#8216;Act East Policy&#8217;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Past recipients of the award include former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and renowned international relief organizations like Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The award will be presented to PM by the Seoul Peace Prize Foundation at a mutually convenient time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for his esteemed contribution to world peace through his economic vision. He will become the 14th recipient of this coveted award. \u00a0\u201cPM @narendramodi awarded prestigious Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for contribution to high economic growth in India and world through &#8216;Modinomics&#8217;, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":304626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,7741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304627,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304625\/revisions\/304627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}