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Alt News' Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people "who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind"

Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair
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Alt News' co-founders Pratik Sinha (left), Mohammed Zubair (right) (Photo: Twitter/@free_thinker)

BS Web Team New Delhi
The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday at 11 am (Norway local time) will announce the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people “who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”

This year, among many world leaders and politicians, two Indian journalists have also made the cut to be the favorites to win the prestigious award. According to a Reuters survey, co-founders of India's fact-checking website AltNews, Pratik Sinha, and Mohammed Zubair have been nominated by Norwegian lawmakers for the Nobel peace award.

Sinha and Zubair have been nominated for "battling misinformation", methodologically debunking

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