The Nobel Prize

The Punjab-Born Biochemist Who Rose From Humble Beginnings To Win A Nobel

Offbeat | Monday November 9, 2020

The Nobel Prize Organization has shared a post remembering Har Gobind Khorana, who died on this day in 2011. Mr Khorana rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a Nobel-winning biochemist and went on to teach at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

CV Raman Birth Anniversary 2020: Interesting Facts About The Nobel Laureate

Education | Written By Mridusmita Deka | Saturday November 7, 2020

CV Raman Birthday: Today is the birth anniversary of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, commonly known as CV Raman. Sir CV Raman received the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him -- Raman Effect.

"Paul, You Have Won The Nobel Prize": Co-Winner's 2:15 am Knock On Door

World News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday October 13, 2020

US economist Paul Milgrom was informed that he won the Nobel Economics Prize with a knock on his door, at 2:15 am. When Nobel Prize committee could not reach him, Robert Wilson, who shared the top honours with him, went to Mr Milgrom's house to share the incredible news.

Women Gain Ground In Nobel Man's World

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 12, 2020

The Nobel prizes remain very much a man's world, especially in science, but with four female laureates named this year, women are gradually getting more recognition.

2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Black Hole Discoveries

Reuters | Tuesday October 6, 2020

Britain's Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and US scientist Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.

Nobel Prize 2020: Know Why Winners Are Called Nobel Laureates, 10 Facts

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday October 5, 2020

2020 Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prizes were first awarded on December 10, 1901. The most prestigious award ceremony was held in Stockholm and in Christiania (now Oslo) at the Old Royal Academy of Music. Since 1926, the Nobel Prize ceremony was held at the Stockholm Concert Hall barring a few years. Today, two Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice and...

When Albert Einstein Met Charlie Chaplin, The Conversation Was Hilariously Epic

Offbeat | Wednesday July 22, 2020

The Nobel Prize committee recalled the meeting between Nobel laureate Albert Einstein and Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin in an Instagram post shared Tuesday.

Nobel Banquet Cancelled For First Time Since 1956 Over Coronavirus: Report

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 21, 2020

Fears over the coronavirus will see the Nobel prize banquet cancelled for the first time in over half a century, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported on Tuesday.

The Bicycle That Helped Amartya Sen Win The Nobel Prize

Offbeat | Friday June 5, 2020

Among the many artefacts on display at the Nobel Museum in Sweden is Amartya Sen's bicycle - a vehicle that helped him win the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1998. On World Bicycle Day on Wednesday, the Nobel Prize team took to its official Instagram account to share the story of the bicycle and how it played a role in the economist's research.

Two IIT Gandhinagar Researchers Selected For Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting In Germany

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Monday March 9, 2020

The Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings include various sessions like lectures by the Nobel Laureates, panel/round-table discussions on interdisciplinary topics and informal small-group meetings with the Nobel Prize winners.

"One Thing Which Worries Me...": Nobel Winner Abhijit Banerjee On Citizenship Law

India News | NDTV News Desk | Sunday January 5, 2020

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has weighed in on the controversy over the amended citizenship law that fast-tracks the process of giving citizenship to persecuted non-Muslims from three neighbouring countries. Dr Banerjee, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics with wife Esther Duflo and economist Michael Kremer last year, in a conversation with Dr...

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo Gift Ghana Bags, Indian Books To Nobel Museum

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 12, 2019

Nobel prize winners Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have gifted to the Nobel Prize Museum here two important pieces associated with their research -- two bags made by women from Ghana and three books for children published by voluntary group Pratham in India.

CV Raman Birthday: Know About India's Greatest Physicist Who Discovered "Raman Effect"

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Thursday November 7, 2019

CV Raman Birthday: The Indian scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for discovering the Raman Effect. Every year, National Science Day is celebrated to commemorate discovery of the 'Raman Effect' on February 28.

Mom's Fish Curry, Mutton Kebab, Payesh For Abhijit Banerjee's Homecoming

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 22, 2019

Waiting eagerly for her son to come home after winning the Nobel prize, Economist Abhijit Banerjee's mother says it is his late father's rationality and sobriety which has rubbed off on his son, making him balanced and matured in handling criticism as also fame. An award like the Nobel, she says, is recognition of good work, but not something "one ...

"Every Indian Should Be Proud": Mayawati On Abhijit Banerjee

India News | ANI | Sunday October 20, 2019

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday congratulated Indian-origin economist Abhijeet Banerjee for winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and stated that every Indian should be proud of this achievement and it should not be seen from a political perspective.