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Arecibo Telescope: Key Facts
Built in 1963, Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Telescope was built in 1963. It is the second-largest single-dish radio telescope in the world. It was in news recently because of...
Thirty Meter Telescope Project: Indian Astronomers collaborated with Nobel Laureate
The Indian Astronomers have collaborated with 2020 Physics Nobel Laureate Prof Andrea Ghez on the “Thirty Meter Telescope Project”. The telescope is being installed at Hawaii and is...
Nobel Prize for Economics, 2020
The Nobel Prize for Economics, 2020 was awarded to Paul R Milogrom and Robert B Wilson. They were awarded for improvements to Auction Theory and also for inventing... Nobel Peace Prize, 2020
The Nobel Prize for Peace, 2020 has been awarded to the World Food Programme. The WFP has been honoured with the prize for its role towards contributing better... Nobel Prize in Literature, 2020
The Nobel Prize, 2020 was awarded to Louise Gluck for her poetry. She is the first female poet to win the prize since Wislawa Szymborska in 1996. Though... Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 2020
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 2020 has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna for “Development of a method for Genome Editing”. The scientists had developed the... Nobel Prize for Physics, 2020
The Nobel Prize, 2020 for Physics has been awarded to Andrea M Ghez, Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel for their research on black holes. Highlights Roger Penrose was...
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2020
The Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology has been jointly awarded to Harvey J Alter, Charles M Rice and Michael Houhgton. The scientists have been awarded for the...
July 12: Malala Day
On July 12, the United Nations observed Malala Day in order to honour the rights of women and children all over the world. Malala is a Pakistani activist....
Asia’s Nobel Prize-Ramon Magsaysay Awards cancelled
A Manila, Philippines based foundation that gives out Ramon Magsaysay Award announced that the awards are being cancelled due to COVID-19. Highlights The Ramon Magsaysay Award has been...National Science Day
February 28th is celebrated as the National Science Day throughout the country to commemorate the announcement of the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’. The National Science Day marks...
