International

Mahathir Award

The former South African President Nelson Mandela  was honored with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of the Mahathir award for Global Peace while former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir received the Lifetime Campaigner for Gloabal Peace award from the Mahathir Global Peace Foundation.The awards were presented at Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC),Putrajaya,Malaysia for their contribution to world peace.

The Mahathir Award for Global Peace is a peace award instituted by the Mahathir Global Peace Foundation. Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest serving Prime Minister.


Internet.org

Social networking giant Facebook joined forces with six other technology giants to launch Internet.org with an aim to make Internet access affordable for people across the globe. internet.org is an initiative of  seven technology giants namely Facebook, Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung.
The initiative will see the partners collaborate on developing lower-cost, higher-quality smartphones and deploying Internet access in undeserved communities. The founding members of Internet.org will develop joint projects, share knowledge, and mobilise industry and governments to bring the world online

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