Nobel Prize
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Nobel Prize 2020 for Physics: 3 scientists win award for discoveries about black hole
World | Oct 06, 2020, 04:26 PM ISTThree scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that Briton Roger Penrose will receive half of this year’s prize “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.”
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Nobel Prize 2020 for medicine awarded to 3 scientists for discovering hepatitis C virus
World | Oct 05, 2020, 04:16 PM ISTAmericans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British-born scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.
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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on why there shouldn't be anymore cuts in corporate tax & more
Business | Jan 04, 2020, 02:02 PM ISTTalking about the economic slowdown in India, Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee said that it was important that there were no more cuts in corporate taxes.
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'Crazy idea' fetches Stefan Hell the Nobel Prize
India | Jan 04, 2020, 07:03 AM ISTAt the 107th Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru on Friday, the Nobel laureate shared his experience.
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Abhijit Banerjee, Amartya Sen's faces to figure on Presidency's wall
India | Oct 17, 2019, 08:51 PM ISTIn a rare honour, the Presidency University on Thursday decided to emboss facsimiles of the faces of Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Amartya Sen - the two Nobel laureates in its list of distinguished alumni - on its wall.
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Sourav Ganguly congratulates Abhijit Banerjee for winning Nobel prize
Other Sports | Oct 16, 2019, 09:25 AM ISTSourav Ganguly, who is set to take over as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said Abhijit Banerjee's feat was a much bigger achievement.
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo after jointly receiving the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics
News | Oct 15, 2019, 08:13 PM ISTAbhijit Banerjee, 58, and Esther Duflo, 46, won the Nobel Prize in Economics, along with economist Michael Kremer, for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
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Indian economy in 'tailspin' warns Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee
Business | Oct 15, 2019, 02:39 PM ISTWhen "the economy going into a tailspin is the time when you don't worry so much about monetary stability and you worry a little more about demand, the demand is a huge problem right now in the economy," he said at a news conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge on Monday after his prize was announced.
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7 Things To Know About Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
India | Oct 14, 2019, 11:58 PM ISTIndian-American Abhijit Banerjee has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics along with two others. He will share the award with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard professor Michael Kremer for their work which has "dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice." Here are 7 things to know about Abhijit Banerjee.
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Abhijit Banerjee suggested NYAY scheme for Congress' LS manifesto
India | Oct 14, 2019, 06:09 PM ISTDid you know? Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee was the mind behind NYAY scheme of Congress' manifesto which it introduced for 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee First Reaction: Farmer income not good
India | Oct 14, 2019, 11:53 PM ISTIn what can be his first reaction after winning Nobel Prize, eminent economist Abhijit Banerjee expressed concern about the state of Indian farmers.
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Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee has won these awards before
World | Oct 14, 2019, 07:27 PM ISTAbhijit Banerjee, the Indian-American economist has been awarded Nobel prize for economics. Along with Abhijit Banerjee the Nobel has been awarded to Esther Duflo and Micheal Kremer.
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EXPLAINED: How Abhijit Banerjee-Esther Duflo won Nobel Economics Prize
Fyi | Oct 14, 2019, 05:59 PM ISTThe Nobel Economics Prize 2019 has been awarded to husband-wife duo Abhijit Banerjee-Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. The prize is given for creating an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. They share the prestigious award with American development economist Michael Kremer. Let us know their journey behind winning Nobel Prize in Economics 2019.
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Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, 2 others get Nobel economics prize
World | Oct 14, 2019, 05:59 PM ISTThe 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
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Nobel awards season comes to an end with economics prize
World | Oct 14, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTThe prize was created by Riksbanken, the Swedish central bank, in 1968, and the first winner was selected a year later.
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First female head of Nobel’s literature award body has died
World | Oct 13, 2019, 08:09 PM ISTDanius was elected to a lifetime position on the Swedish Academy’s board in 2013 and because the body’s first female permanent secretary in 2015. She resigned the position in 2018.
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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize 2019
World | Oct 11, 2019, 03:11 PM ISTThe 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation" with Eritrea last year, ending a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war, it was announced on Friday.
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Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018, 2019 announced
World | Oct 10, 2019, 05:15 PM ISTBreaking: The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2019 is awarded to the Austrian author Peter Handke.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced
World | Oct 09, 2019, 04:12 PM ISTThe 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
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Nobel Prize in Physics announced
World | Oct 08, 2019, 06:11 PM IST2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded with one half to Canadian-American James Peebles 'for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology' & the other half jointly to Swiss scientists Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz 'for discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star'.