Bhutan on 17th December 2021 announced that it has decided to confer Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its highest civilian award titled “Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo.”
- Bhutan is the latest and closest of India’s near neighbours to bestow its highest civilian award on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- This is not the first time that the Indian Prime Minister has been conferred with honours from foreign nations.
- In 2018, PM Modi was conferred the highest honour of Palestine. In 2019, the United Arab Emirates honoured the Indian Prime Minister with the Order of Zyed Award. In the same year, Russia, Bahrain and the Maldives also conferred Mr Modi with their respective highest civilian awards.
- In 2020, Mr Modi received the prestigious Legion of Merit from the United States of America. Other prestigious awards given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at international forums include the Seoul Peace Prize and Champions of the Earth Award which is United Nation’s highest environmental honour.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also received the First-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award, Global Goalkeeper’ Award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award by the Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
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