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Satyarthi’s Nobel citation stolen

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Nobel Peace Prize laureates Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi (right) pose with their medals during the awards ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo, on December 10, 2014, Reuters/UNI

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s the latest instance of theft of the Prize, which has taken place a few times globally

By Sujit Bhar

The citation which child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi received along with the Nobel Peace Prize he won in 2014, along with Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, was stolen from his south Delhi house on Monday night. His Nobel Prize is safe at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, because he had dedicated his prize to the nation.

Whether it is a case of petty theft has yet to be ascertained by the police, because other items were also stolen from his Alaknanda flat, say reports. However, a citation is of as special a significance to the winner as the Nobel medal itself.

Satyarthi is currently in the US, attending a conference.

This brings back to memory the theft of the Nobel medallion (won for literature in 1913) of Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore from the Vishwa Bharati University museum in March 2004.

That medallion, despite several leads, including a recent one in which a baul singer was questioned, was never recovered. It has remained a shameful history of the university that Tagore built, rising to become one of the pre-eminent institution of the arts in the world.

The information was given by Satyarthi’s son Bhuvan Ribhu, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, who was suspicious after he found the front gate of the house broken. Ribhu has filed an FIR under Section 380 (house theft) of the IPC. The police have already taken fingerprints from the scene of the crime.

Satyarthi, an engineer by training, founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, has freed and rehabilitated over 80,000 children from bondage.

Awards thefts

The very idea of stealing awards is not so uncommon. It is generally categorized as a common theft, for ransom or resale.

There are several instances of such thefts in the world, from the fields of sports, art and culture and even the military.

Australian Olympic medals, belonging to swimmer John Konrads and Lauren Burns, were stolen, with Konrads’ medals later recovered. Canadian Milton Fowler Gregg’s 1918 Victoria Cross, donated to the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in London, Ontario was stolen.

Kay Miller’s Nobel medal for ‘International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War’ was stolen from the UK in 1985. It was recovered. Another Nobel medal stolen was the Peace Prize won by Arthur Henderson, said to be one of the founding fathers of the Labour Party.

Another Nobel, the physics medal won in 1939 by Ernest Lawrence, was stolen in 2007. It was later recovered.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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SIT issues lookout notice for Prajwal Revanna in sex video case

A police officer, who is part of the SIT, confirmed to the media that a lookout circular has been issued at all the immigration points to detain Prajwal Revanna, said to be in Germany, as soon as he enters the country.

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The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the sex tapes case involving JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate Prajwal Revanna, on Thursday issued a lookout notice against him. The notice was issued at all immigration points all over the world. The development comes as Revanna allegedly fled to Frankfurt, Germany on April 26, as a huge cache of explicit videos and photographs showing him indulging in the sexual abuse of several women went viral on social media platforms.

Prajwal Revanna is the grandson of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda and son of former minister HD Revanna, is seeking re-election from Hassan on the JD(S) ticket. The JD(S) MP faces sexual assault charges and has sought 7 days to appear before the Special Investigation Team probing the matter.

Prajwal Revanna and his father, DD Revanna have been issued notices to appear before the SIT for questioning. The Hassan MP informed the SIT team that he is currently outside Bengaluru. A case has been registered against both HD Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna at Holenarasipura based on a complaint lodged by their former cook and relative for sexually harassing her.

She alleged that Prajwal Revanna made video calls to her daughter and spoke in an objectionable manner, which forced her to block his phone number. The FIR was referred to the SIT, led by BK Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, formed to probe the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna, after many explicit videos were circulated on social media.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has demanded a comprehensive report within 3 days from the Karnataka Police regarding allegations of sexual misconduct against Prajwal Revanna. The NCW expressed grave concern over the circulation of a number of obscene videos on social media, which showed Prajwal Revanna sexually assaulting number of women.

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PM Modi takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi, says Pakistan wants him as Prime Minister

PM Modi said Pakistan is eager to make the prince the Prime Minister and everyone knows that the Congress is a fan of Pakistan. The prime minister further added that the partnership between Pakistan and Congress has now been completely exposed.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. He was addressing an election rally in Gujarat’s Anand where PM Modi said, Congress is dying here and Pakistanis are crying. He further added that Pakistani leaders want to make shehzada of Congress the prime minister of India.

He said everyone should look at the coincidence that today the Congress is getting weak in India and Pakistani leaders at the same time are praying for the grand old party. PM Modi said Pakistan is eager to make the prince the Prime Minister and everyone knows that the Congress is a fan of Pakistan. The prime minister further added that the partnership between Pakistan and Congress has now been completely exposed.

A few days earlier Pakistani leader Chaudhary Fawad Hussain had shared a video on X which featured Rahul Gandhi, in which the Congress leader is seen targetting the BJP and PM Modi. In the video shared by the former Pakistan minister, rahul Gandhi can be seen attacking the BJP government over the invitees at Ram Mandir’s Pran Pratishtha ceremony.

The edited video shows Rahul Gandhi speaking about the Ram Mandir’s inauguration and charging the BJP government of sidelining the interests of the poor and youth.  PM Modi further added at the Anand rally that Congress Shahzade is dancing around with the Constitution on their foreheads. But for 75 years, this did not apply to all parts of Hindustan. The Constitution was not applicable in Kashmir, where Article 370 was like a wall that the BJP government had demolished.

The Prime Minister said it is his guarantee that he will work 24×7 to make India a developed country by 2047. He pointed out that in the last 10 years, the BJP government has given tap water connections to 14 crore houses, while the Congress gave just 3 crore houses in 60 years.

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Farooq Abdullah accuses PM Modi of trying to divide the country over religion

Faroukh Abdullah reacted to PM Modi’s remark that the Congress will redistribute people’s money and property to Muslims if voted to power and said Muslims respect all religions. He said that they are Muslims and Allah has told them to respect other religions. He further added that a Muslim cannot snatch anyone’s right.

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Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference President said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to divide the country over religion. He also said that those who will vote for them must prepare for hell. Farooq Abdullah said Muslims cannot snatch away the rights of others.

Farooq Abdullah also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government a threat to the survival of the country. Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister cautioned the people not to divide this country on the basis of religion, otherwise a storm will unleash making the survival of the nation difficult. He said it is better to talk about uniting the country, instead of dividing its people.

He was addressing an election rally in Thanamandi area of the Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. The Anantnag parliamentary constituency will go for elections on May 25. Faroukh Abdullah reacted to PM Modi’s remark that the Congress will redistribute people’s money and property to Muslims if voted to power and said Muslims respect all religions. He said that they are Muslims and Allah has told them to respect other religions. He further added that a Muslim cannot snatch anyone’s right.

He remembered an incident when former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi once stopped his car in Pulwama and assured a poor Hindu woman that he would give her a mangalsutra as she could not afford it. Farooq Abdullah said those who were against the INDIA bloc are against the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier sparked a controversy last month as he commented that the Congress would take away the hard-earned money of the masses and distribute them among infiltrators and those with many children.  Speaking at a rally today, the Prime Minister took a jibe at the Congress and said the governments in the past were not able to implement the Indian Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. He was referring to the revocation of Article 370.

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