The Award was first thought to be conferred by the UNDP. However, it was later clarified that Sood was awarded by the Government of Punjab in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre. 

“We have to vote like our life depends on it. Because it does,” Beyoncé said in her BET Awards speech.

UNICEF will honour Indian actress Priyanka Chopra with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball in December this year.