The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for 2025 was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt on October 13. This is the final prize of the Nobel season. The three were honoured, according to a Nobel committee statement, “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified … Read more
The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday in Oslo. Here are some of the best known past winners – and one person who did not win but should have. MARTIN LUTHER KING The leader of the U.S. civil rights movement was “the first person in the Western world to … Read more
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 has been awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body’s own cells. The prize is shared by Japan’s Shimon Sakaguchi and US researchers Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell. They discovered “security guards” that eliminate parts of the immune system … Read more
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva addresses a press conference, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s assertion that he should get a Nobel Prize for governance is “laughable”, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said on Wednesday (July 9, 2025). Taking a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Mr. … Read more
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on microRNA. Their work helped explain how our genes work inside the human body. The winners share a prize fund worth get 11m Swedish kronor (£810,000). Source link
Mumbai: As the global landscape undergoes a significant transformation driven by technological innovations and digital solutions, especially with the bipartisan favorable changes in healthcare, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus remarked, “By merging tech with broader efforts, we can make digital health the driving force behind accessible and equitable care for all.” “Health is not a privilege; … Read more
Jailed Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is celebrated around the world for helping millions of people out of poverty, but at home in Bangladesh he has a powerful enemy. The 83-year-old, known as the “banker to the poorest of the poor”, was awarded the Peace Prize in 2006 for his work loaning small cash sums … Read more
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology behind Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines. Source link
A new assessment of Britain’s research capability concludes it has “serious and longstanding problems”. Source link
Douglas W Diamond, winner of this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, says it is difficult to predict exchange rates but the rupee should stabilise once the US “reduces the speed of its rate increases”. In an email interview to PTI, the American economist also said that when the US raises exchange rates unexpectedly, … Read more