evidence: Responding to rumours around Prime Minister Narendra Modi being 'the biggest contender' for the Noble Peace Prize, Asle Toje, the Deputy Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that it was fake news. [...] Earlier, a tweet was put out by a few media channels and a certain page called MeghUpdates, that claimed, "PM Narendra Modi is the biggest contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is continuously working for World peace and also has the ability to restore the World-Peace order. : Deputy leader of Nobel Prize Comittee." However, Toje, who is on a visit to India to hold a discussion on geopolitics, earlier spoke very highly of the Indian Prime Minister for reminding Russian President Vladimir Putin that "this is not the era of war" during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.