German chancellor chosen for Nehru Award
India yesterday announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been chosen for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009.
Merkel has been chosen for the award, which carries a prize money of Rs one crore, a trophy and a citation, in recognition for her “personal devotion and enormous efforts for sustainable and equitable development, for good governance and understanding and for the creation of a world better positioned to handle the emerging challenges of the 21st century”, an official statement here said.
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