Nobel Prize

World Radiography Day – A Celebration of Innovation

November 9, 2024

World Radiography Day is observed annually on November 8. It commemorates the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895. This day marks the importance of radiographers in healthcare. It also aims to raise awareness about radiographic therapy. The ..

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2022 Nobel Prize for Economics

October 11, 2022

This year, the Nobel Prize for Economics was conferred to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig. Key facts The 2022 Nobel Prize for Economics recognized the works that have significantly improved the world’s understanding of the role of banks ..

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Nobel Peace Prize 2022

October 7, 2022

On October 7, Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 has been conferred to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, Ukrainian human rights organization named Center for Civil Liberties and Russian human rights organisation Memorial. Key facts With the Nobel Peace ..

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2022 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 7, 2022

French author Annie Ernaux recently received Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. Key facts Annie Ernaux, whose works are mostly autobiographical, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in recognition of her courage and clinical acuity with which she exposes her life ..

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

October 7, 2022

Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently conferred to Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn Bertozzi. Key facts Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless from the United States and Morten Meldal from Denmark received the Nobel Prize for pioneering the new field ..

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2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

October 6, 2022

2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was conferred to scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for the research in the field of quantum mechanics. Key facts Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the Nobel Prize for their ..

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Svante Pääbo receives Nobel Prize in Medicine

October 3, 2022

Svante Pääbo was conferred the Nobel Prize in Medicine on October 3, 2022. Key facts Svante Pääbo received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his pioneering works in the field of paleogenomics – a branch of science dealing with the ..

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Who was ‘Desmond Tutu’?

December 27, 2021

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, died at the age of 90 on December 27, 2021. Highlights Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to racial discrimination in South Africa. In 1997, He was diagnosed with ..

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Nobel Prize in Economics 2021

October 12, 2021

Three United States-based economists namely, David Card, Joshua D Angrist and Guido W Imbens have been conferred the “Nobel prize in Economics 2021”. Highlights They were conferred with the prize for their work on “use of natural experiments” on the impact ..

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2021

October 8, 2021

Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was conferred to Tanzanian novelist “Abdulrazak Gurnah”. Key facts The novelist was awarded with the Prize for his uncompromising & compassionate penetration of “effects of colonialism” and fate of refugees in the gulf between cultures ..

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