Published on Dec 14, 2023
Current Affairs
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace

♦ The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2023 was jointly awarded to Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad.

♦ They got this award for their efforts in bringing together the youth and peoples of Israel and the Arab World for a non-violent resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. 

♦ The International Jury of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development chaired by former Chief Justice of India T.S.Thakur announced this on 14 December 2023. 

♦ The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development is a prestigious award presented annually to individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of international peace, disarmament, and development.

♦ The award is named after the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, and was established in 1986 by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.