NEW DELHI: Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 on October 9 “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won in 2025. Born in Durban on September 23, 1941, to Indian parents of Tamil descent, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay grew up…


