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Indian girl receives ‘Changemaker’ award

Payal Jangid (17) receiving the award from Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed Photo / via Twitter

NEW YORK(TIP):  A teenaged Indian girl has received the “Changemaker” award here by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for her fight against child marriage in her village in Rajasthan. Payal Jangid received the award on Tuesday, September 24  night here during the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards hosted by the Foundation. “The award recognizes her campaign to end child labor and child marriage,” the foundation said in a tweet.

(Source: PTI)

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