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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

September 24, 2013 (Current Affairs)



Bunker Roy and Malala Yousofzai  won top U.S. award

Indian Environmentlist Bunker Roy and Pakistan’s Education Activist Malala Yousofzai have been declared winners of the prestigious ‘Clinton Global Citizen awards’. Roy is the founder of the Barefoot College, which has been providing solutions to problems in rural communities for more than 40 years. Sixteen-year-old Yousafzai, who, after being shot by the Taliban less than a year ago for her outspoken support for girls' education, has co-founded the Malala Fund to continue advocating for universal access to education.


Eathquake of magnitude 7.8 created  a small, mountain-like island

The United States Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude quake struck 145 miles (235 km) southeast of Dalbandin in Pakistan's quake-prone province of Baluchistan, which borders Iran.
The earthquake was so powerful that it caused the seabed to rise and create a small, mountain-like island about 600 meters (yards) off Pakistan's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.

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