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2022 Nobel Prize for Economics
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 in the economy, especially during the times of financial crises. The research by Ben Bernanke, ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Banking Sector • Economic Crisis • Nobel Prize • Nobel prize for economics
Nobel Peace Prize 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 Prize being conferred to individuals or organizations from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, implicit message is ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News
Topics: Belarus • Nobel Peace Prize • Nobel Prize • Russia-Ukraine war • Ukraine war
2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
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 through literature. Her works are mostly inclined towards sociology, focusing on topics such as abortion ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: French • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature • Persons in News
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 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 of Click Chemistry and demonstrating its potential in pharmaceutical and other sectors. They have discovered ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Chemistry • Persons in News • Scientific Research
2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
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 contribution towards the advancement in the understanding of subatomic particles’ behaviour Their four-decade long research ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Physics • Persons in News • Quantum mechanics
Svante Pääbo receives Nobel Prize in Medicine
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 reconstruction and analysis of genomic information obtained extinct species. The most notable achievements of this ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine • Genetics • Genome • Genome Sequencing • Human genome • Neanderthal • Nobel Prize • Persons in News