{"id":68611,"date":"2019-09-25T17:04:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=68611"},"modified":"2020-11-02T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T07:03:16","slug":"global-goalkeeper-award-conferred-pm-modi-swachh-bharat-abhiyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/global-goalkeeper-award-conferred-pm-modi-swachh-bharat-abhiyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Goalkeeper Award conferred to PM Modi for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\u2018s Global Goalkeeper Award was conferred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at the fourth annual Global Goals Awards for his leadership in India\u2019s massive Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PM Modi dedicated the Global Goalkeeper Award to the 130 crore people of India and the collective endeavours of the nation to improve cleanliness. 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