News:The Vatican has honoured Bangladesh Professor Muhammad Yunus with the ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis’ award.
Facts:
- The Lamp of Peace award is given by the Vatican,Italy.
- The award aims to honour those who work towards promoting peace and harmony.
- The award was first given to the Polish trade union leader Lech Walesa in 1981.
- Further,the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev and Angela Merkel are a few other prominent persons who had received this award earlier.
