Nobel Prize: News

10 Apr 2023

Government of India

102-year-old Indian-American mathematician honored with Math 'Noble Prize'

Well-known Indian-American mathematician and statistician Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao will be felicitated with the 2023 International Prize in Statistics.

10 Oct 2022

Business

Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig win Economics Nobel Prize

Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig have won the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The award is commonly known as Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

07 Oct 2022

Nobel Peace Prize

3 human rights campaigners jointly clinch Nobel Peace Prize 2022

The Nobel Peace Prize 2022 was awarded jointly to Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties.

French writer Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature

Annie Ernaux, a French writer, has won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. She was chosen by The Swedish Academy from a very competitive group that included Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, among others.

05 Oct 2022

Technology

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless win Chemistry Nobel Prize

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless have jointly won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year. They have received the prestigious award for developing new ways to join molecules together.

04 Oct 2022

Technology

Alain Aspect, John Clauser, Anton Zeilinger win Physics Nobel Prize

Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger have jointly won the Nobel Prize for Physics this year. They have received the prestigious award for their work on quantum mechanics.

03 Oct 2022

Technology

Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Svante Pääbo, a Swedish scientist who specializes in evolutionary genetics, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year. This is the first of several prizes to be announced in the coming weeks.

Card, Angrist, and Imbens win 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics

David Card, Joshua D. Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday.

08 Oct 2021

Russia News

Philippines' Ressa, Russia's Muratov; journalists win Nobel Peace Prize

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for "their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression."

07 Oct 2021

England

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Literature Prize

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature went to Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah for his "uncompromising and compassionate" works depicting the impact of colonialism, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.

06 Oct 2021

Chemistry

Benjamin List, David MacMillan win 2021 Nobel Chemistry Prize

Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the "development of asymmetric organocatalysis."

05 Oct 2021

Physics

Hasselmann, Manabe, Parisi win Nobel Physics Prize for climate discoveries

Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."

David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian jointly awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.

13 Oct 2020

Stanford University

Watch: Nobel Prize winner wakes up co-winner to share news

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics were announced to the world on Monday, however, one of the recipients of the honor only heard about the win from a late-night knock on his door.

12 Oct 2020

Stanford University

American economists Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson awarded Economics Nobel Prize

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to United States economists Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement on Monday.

11 Oct 2020

Samsung

#WeeklyRecap: Nobel Prizes, Pixel 4a, Galaxy S20 FE, and more

This week, the biggest news in science and technology was the announcement of Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine.

08 Oct 2020

Bob Dylan

American poet Louise Gluck wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

American poet Louise Gluck has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.

06 Oct 2020

Physics

2020 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Black Hole researchers

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez.

05 Oct 2020

Hepatitis B

Nobel Prize: Three scientists win for 'discovering Hepatitis C virus'

The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to three scientists for the "discovery of the Hepatitis C virus."

09 Sep 2020

Donald Trump

Donald Trump nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Here's why

United States President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for brokering a deal between adversaries Israel and UAE, reports said on Wednesday.

Nobel-winning virologist says coronavirus was created in Wuhan's lab

Luc Antoine Montagnier, the French virologist who had won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine, has claimed the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is man-made.

15 Nov 2019

India

Aatish Taseer's citizenship row: 260 personalities write to PM Modi

Journalist Aatish Taseer had to lose his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) status and it created quite an uproar.

22 Oct 2019

India

India proud of his accomplishments: Modi after meeting Abhijit Banerjee

This morning, a unique meeting took place between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Abhijit Banerjee, the 2019 Nobel Prize winner.

20 Oct 2019

India

After Piyush Goyal criticizes Abhijit Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi supports Nobel-winner

Abhijit Banerjee winning Nobel Prize for his stupendous work in Economics is a matter of pride for India, but unfortunately, the 58-year-old has found himself at the center of mud-slinging.

15 Oct 2019

India

It's bad: What Nobel-winner Abhijit Banerjee said about Indian economy

On Monday, Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee was rewarded the Nobel Prize, along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviate poverty.

14 Oct 2019

Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel in Economics awarded to Indian-origin Abhijit Banerjee, two others

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has given this year's Nobel Prize in Economics to three laureates - Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer.

13 Oct 2019

India

#NewsBytesWeeklyRecap: Nobel Prize, OnePlus 7T Pro, Justdial bug, and more

The second week of October brought some exciting stuff in the technology world.

Nobel Prize in Literature: Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win

After a sexual harassment scandal caused the Nobel Prize in Literature to be postponed last year, the Swedish Academy on Thursday announced Nobel Prizes to two authors.

08 Oct 2019

Technology

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for work on cosmology

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists - James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz - for their groundbreaking discoveries contributing to understanding the evolution of the universe.

03 Sep 2019

India

Teachers' Day 2019: Five greatest Indian teachers of all time

The very thought of teachers takes us down a path of bittersweet nostalgia.

25 Jul 2019

Emmanuel Macron

French MPs boycott teen activist Greta Thunberg's Parliament appearance

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg (16) was recently mocked by right-wing French lawmakers, who also boycotted her appearance in the French Parliament.

19 Jul 2019

Donald Trump

Trump doesn't know why Yazidi activist Nadia Murad received Nobel

If you are a stranger to Iraqi human rights activist and Nobel laureate Nadia Murad's works, you will find company in United States President Donald Trump.

06 Feb 2019

India

Tharoor nominates Kerala fishermen for #NobelPeacePrize; here's why

Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, has nominated the fishermen of Kerala for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

18 Nov 2018

West Bengal

Kolkata: Bengali lit fest explores changing tastes, language evolution

Specially curated sessions on "changing literary taste" and factors influencing it were highlights of a Bengali lit fest at Jorasanko Thakurbari, Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Kolkata.

08 Oct 2018

Climate Change

Nobel Prize in Economics goes to William Nordhaus, Paul Romer

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has collectively gone to American economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer for taking macroeconomics to a global scale to tackle some of the world's biggest problems.

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win 2018 Noble Peace Prize

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecological surgeon, and Nadia Murad, the face of the women forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State.

05 Oct 2018

Andhra Pradesh

Rs. 100cr reward for Andhra Pradesh farmers, but with conditions

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu yesterday said farmers from the state would be rewarded with Rs. 100cr if they win Nobel Prize in natural farming.

03 Oct 2018

Chemistry

Three scientists win Nobel prize in Chemistry

Three scientists, Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, and Gregory P. Winter, have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Three scientists win Nobel prize for Physics for laser research

Three scientists, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Morou, and Donna Strickland, have been awarded this year's Nobel prize in Physics.

01 Oct 2018

Nobel Peace Prize

Cancer researchers win 2018 Nobel Prize for medicine

This year's Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to America's James P. Allison and Japan's Tasuku Honjo for discovering the immune system's ability to fight cancer.