Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the 24th Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Khan said he feels honoured to receive the award alongside Elton John and Cate Blanchett.
The Annual Crystal Awards ceremony, which opens the World Economic Forum at the Swiss ski resort in Davos, celebrates the achievements of outstanding artists who have shown exemplary commitment to improving the state of the world.
SRK received the award for "his leadership in championing children's and women's rights in India," the World Economic Forum said.
The past awardees from India include Amitabh Bachchan, Mallika Sarabhai, AR Rahman, Shabana Azmi, Ravi Shankar and Amjad Ali Khan.
Few years ago, I came across a lady who was brutalised by acid attack. It changed my perspective. To disfigure a woman by throwing acid on her face is one of the crudest acts of subjugation imaginable. At the source of it lies the view that a woman does not have the right to assert her choice. What was done to them only made them more stronger and more able. From them I have learnt how courage can catalyse victimhood into heroism, how solidarity enables the human will to overcome, how equality is not a concept but a truth that encompasses all living beings and how service of others is not a choice anymore, but a duty.Shah Rukh Khan, actor
On the other hand, PM Narendra Modi met Swiss President Alain Berset in Davos on Monday and discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual summit.
Berset said the discussions marked the meeting of the biggest and the oldest democracies in the world.
Thanking Modi, the Swiss President said he would continue to strengthen "our relations" with India.
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