Ø Edward Snowden was among the winners of a
Swedish human rights award, sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel,”
for his disclosures of top secret surveillance programs. The former
National Security Agency (NSA) contractor split the honorary portion of the 2014
Right Livelihood Award with Alan
Rusbridger, editor of British newspaper The Guardian , which has published a series of articles on
government surveillance based on documents provided by Mr. Snowden. The
1.5 million kronor ($210,000) cash award was shared by Pakistani human rights
activist Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and
U.S. environmentalist Bill McKibben.
Ø India’s Mars Orbitor Mission creates history. It is for the first time that
a country’s Maiden mission gets successful. No other country has got success in
the first mission to the magical red planet. India’s Mars mission enters orbit
of Mars successfully. It will stay in the orbit & will capture images of
Mars. It is sent to find Methane gas in Martian atmosphere. Methane gas can give
the footprint of life’s presence on Mars.
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