Nobel Prize: News
08 Oct 2018
Climate ChangeNobel 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.
05 Oct 2018
House of RepresentativesDenis 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 PradeshRs. 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
ChemistryThree 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.
02 Oct 2018
Nobel Prize in LiteratureThree 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 PrizeCancer 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.
18 Aug 2018
United Nations (UN)Former UN chief, Nobel Prize winner Kofi Annan passes away
According to international diplomats, former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Prize winner Kofi Annan has passed away at the age of 80.
08 Aug 2018
Pakistan NewsPakistan: Two girls' schools burnt down by unidentified persons
Two more girls' schools were burnt down yesterday by unidentified persons in Pakistan's Pishin district of the Balochistan province.
02 Aug 2018
IndiaIndia-born Akshay Venkatesh wins Fields Medal, the 'Nobel' of mathematics
New-Delhi born and Australia-bred Akshay Venkatesh has made India real proud.
11 May 2018
TripuraOn Biplab Deb's 'intelligent' remarks, Amit Shah has an opinion
Tripura CM Biplab Deb's gaffes have recently made people laugh and invited criticism for BJP, but party president Amit Shah said he was satisfied with his groundwork.
04 May 2018
SwedenNobel prize in Literature cancelled after sexual assault scandal
The Swedish Academy announced, on Friday, about the cancellation of Nobel Prize in Literature this year.
01 May 2018
North KoreaAs Koreans iron out differences, Trump may receive Nobel Prize?
The world witnessed a historic handshake between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, on Friday.
21 Apr 2018
Barack ObamaThis Indian from MIT won most promising economist award
Parag Pathak, a professor of Economics in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has won the prestigious John Bates Clark award for academic contributions from a young economist.
06 Mar 2018
BooksUS: Book signed by Rabindranath Tagore up for auction
The English translation of Rabindranath Tagore's famous Bengali play "Raja" is up for auction in the US.
09 Jan 2018
DNARemembering Noble prize-winner Har Gobind Khorana on 96th birth-anniversary
Though the actual birthdate of Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana is unknown, according to his official documents, he would have turned 96 today.
25 Nov 2017
SwedenNobel literature prize-awarding Swedish Academy rattled by sex scandal
A sex scandal has rattled the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize.
20 Nov 2017
IndiaNobel laureate Richard Thaler says demonetization was badly implemented
The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, Richard Thaler has said that the Modi government's decision to demonetize high value currency notes was a "good" idea, but its implementation was "deeply flawed".
02 Nov 2017
DelhiWall at Rajiv Chowk to commemorate Indian Nobel-prize winners
The Delhi Metro on Wednesday installed the Nobel Memorial Wall at Rajiv Chowk metro station for the seventh consecutive year.
09 Oct 2017
Raghuram RajanUS' Richard Thaler wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics
American scholar Richard Thaler has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics for his work in behavioral economics. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
07 Oct 2017
IndiaEx-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan among probable Nobel Prize winners: Clarivate
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is on the list of probable winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics compiled by research company, Clarivate Analytics.
06 Oct 2017
United States of AmericaICAN, campaign against nuclear weapons, wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017. An announcement was made today in Oslo, Norway.
05 Oct 2017
Nobel Prize in LiteratureKazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Literature Prize
62-year-old British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature.
04 Oct 2017
Chemistry2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to cryo-electron microscopy developers
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who developed the cryo-electron microscopy technique to study structures of biomolecules in high-resolution for the first time.
03 Oct 2017
PhysicsNobel Prize in Physics awarded to three US gravitational-wave scientists
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the discovery of gravitational waves by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.
02 Oct 2017
United States of America2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to three US scientists
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to three US scientists, Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W Young.
10 Sep 2017
GermanyThe eccentricities of Einstein: Could you learn something from them?
Genius is not a result of genetics alone. What you do every day contributes significantly to your bodily development, including the brain's.
13 Jul 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaChina: Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies in custody
Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and political prisoner Liu Xiaobo has died aged 61 in custody.
29 Jun 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaChinese SC bans torturing methods to obtain evidence from convicts
The Chinese Supreme Court has given orders to Chinese prosecutors and police to not use torture to extract evidence from convicts.
23 Jun 2017
iPhoneNobel Laureate faces public ire for making sexist comment
Always think before you speak and if you are a Nobel Laureate, think more than twice or risk public ire.
15 Jun 2017
Bob DylanBob Dylan accused of plagiarism in Nobel acceptance speech
Popular musician Bob Dylan, who recently received the Nobel prize in literature has been accused of lifting parts of his acceptance speech from SparkNotes, a popular reference website containing abridged notes on popular literary work.
02 Apr 2017
Bob DylanDylan finally accepts Nobel Prize
The Swedish Academy stated that Bob Dylan finally accepted the Nobel Prize at a "private ceremony in Stockholm."
29 Mar 2017
Bob DylanDylan agrees to accept the Nobel Prize
The Swedish Academy has stated that Bob Dylan will meet them in Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize in literature and will also present them with a taped version of his acceptance lecture.
12 Mar 2017
Delhi PoliceSatyarthi's Nobel citation recovered
Delhi Police DCP (southeast) Romil Baaniya said authorities recovered Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel citation from a forested area near southeast Delhi's Sangam Vihar.
16 Feb 2017
Pakistan NewsPakistan's Suparco nowhere in sight as ISRO makes new record
ISRO made a world record yesterday by launching 104 satellites using its PSLV-C37 rocket carrier.
13 Feb 2017
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)IGI becomes world's 12th busiest airport, records highest growth rate
The IGI has become the only Indian airport to enter the world's top-15 league, becoming the 12th busiest airport in November'16, a Civil Aviation Organization report has revealed.
12 Feb 2017
Delhi PoliceSatyarthi's Nobel recovered, 3 arrested
Authorities have recovered the replica of the Nobel Peace Prize and other valuables that were stolen from Kailash Satyarthi's house.
07 Feb 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaTheft at Kailash Satyarthi's home, Nobel citation reportedly stolen
There was a theft at Kailash Satyarthi's residence on February 7. Various stories have reported theft of different items, including his Nobel certificate and a replica of the prize.
13 Dec 2016
DNACould vitamin supplements harm you?
Vitamin supplements have over the decades become synonymous with keeping illnesses at bay and prolonged use of antioxidants may even slow-down ageing in humans.
21 Nov 2016
Zakir NaikWhat made news last week?
Demonetization politics continued with the opposition and Centre sticking to their views on the matter.
17 Nov 2016
Bob DylanBob Dylan won't come for Nobel Prize ceremony
The Swedish Academy has confirmed that Bob Dylan would not be coming to pick up his Nobel Prize at the ceremony in Stockholm.