Nobel Prize
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 awarded to Henri B Kagan, Kenso Soai for asymmetric organic synthesis
World | Oct 07, 2026, 05:14 PM IST"Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution to a chemical mystery that is over a century old: how homochirality can emerge spontaneously. The chemical reactions they have developed are spectacular," said Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.
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Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos
World | Oct 06, 2026, 03:56 PM ISTFrancis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. His work transformed Antarctic ice into a giant particle detector.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
World | Oct 05, 2026, 11:55 PM ISTThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a breakthrough that transformed neuroscience research.
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Who was the founder of Nobel Prize? The story behind the origin of Nobel Prize
World | Dec 10, 2025, 01:32 PM ISTIn 1888, a French newspaper's mistaken obituary for Alfred Nobel which called him the "merchant of death" for his invention of dynamite made him upset and he resolved to leave behind a different legacy.
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Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt
World | Oct 13, 2025, 03:51 PM ISTThe economics prize is formally known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The central bank established it in 1968 as a memorial to Nobel, the 19th-century Swedish businessman and chemist who invented dynamite and established the five Nobel Prizes.
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Aaj Ki Baat : Why didn't Trump win the Nobel Prize?
Aaj Ki Baat | Oct 11, 2025, 12:05 AM ISTAs soon as the name of the Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced, the White House expressed displeasure over the announcement. The White House's communications chief stated that President Trump may not have been awarded the Nobel.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Meet 5 judges who will decide whether Donald Trump gets the coveted award
World | Oct 10, 2025, 11:01 AM ISTNobel Peace Prize 2025: The Norwegian Nobel Committee was formed by Norway's 169-member supreme legislature, Storting. The members of the committee are generally appointed for six years. However, they can be reelected.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: 'I am in shock', says Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado after win
World | Oct 10, 2025, 09:38 PM ISTNobel Peace Prize 2025: This year, the Nobel Peace Prize attracted significant attention due to US President Donald Trump pitching his name over his active involvement in international peace initiatives.
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Trump targets Obama over Nobel Peace Prize win, says ex-US President received it 'for nothing'
World | Oct 10, 2025, 10:09 AM ISTBarack Obama, the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
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Trump shies away from talking about Nobel Peace Prize win, says don't know what's going to happen
World | Oct 10, 2025, 07:37 AM ISTAlthough the US President refrained from expressing confidence about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, he made it a point to highlight the peace agreements he has achieved.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 announcement date and time, and how to watch LIVE
World | Oct 10, 2025, 07:25 AM ISTThe Nobel Peace Prize 2025 will be announced on Friday. The announcement will be made by Jorgen Watner Frydness, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai
World | Oct 09, 2025, 05:09 PM ISTThe Nobel Prize 2025 in Literature has been awarded to Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai for his "compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi
World | Oct 08, 2025, 03:50 PM ISTThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi for the development of metal–organic frameworks. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday.
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Nobel Prize in Physics goes to John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis
World | Oct 07, 2025, 04:37 PM ISTThe Nobel Prize 2025 in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit."
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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi
World | Oct 06, 2025, 11:51 PM ISTThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their pioneering research on peripheral immune tolerance, a vital process that prevents the immune system from attacking the body's own tissues.
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India reacts to White House's push for Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump
India | Aug 01, 2025, 08:43 PM ISTWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that Trump has played a key role in brokering numerous peace deals and ceasefires across various global conflict zones.
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Kejriwal wants Nobel Prize, BJP says 'he would get one for corruption and incompetence'
India | Jul 10, 2025, 07:13 AM ISTTaking a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Sachdeva said he would get the award if there were categories for "incompetence" and "corruption".
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Israeli PM Netanyahu nominates US President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize during White House dinner
World | Jul 08, 2025, 07:38 AM ISTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in brokering the Abraham Accords and other peace efforts in the Middle East. Netanyahu presented the nomination letter to Trump during a dinner at the White House.
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to South Korean author Han Kang for her 'intense poetic prose'
World | Oct 10, 2024, 06:05 PM ISTHan Kang is a distinguished author in South Korea who has previously won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for "The Vegetarian". She comes from a literary background as her father was also a reputed novelist and began her career in 1993 with a short story collection.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Davis Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper for work on proteins
World | Oct 09, 2024, 03:53 PM ISTHalf the prize was awarded to Baker 'for computational protein design' while the other half was shared by Hassabis and Jumper "for protein structure prediction". Hassabis and Jumper created an artificial intelligence model that can predict virtually all 200 million proteins.