South Africa plans to nominate the members of the Cuban medical teams, who have been assisting in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in other countries, for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
American economists Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson on Monday won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats".
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück on Thursday “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Wednesday awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for “development of a method for genome editing”.
French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing genetic diseases.
Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that Briton Roger Penrose will receive half of this year’s prize “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.”
Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British-born scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.
Talking about the economic slowdown in India, Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee said that it was important that there were no more cuts in corporate taxes.
At the 107th Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru on Friday, the Nobel laureate shared his experience.
In a rare honour, the Presidency University on Thursday decided to emboss facsimiles of the faces of Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Amartya Sen - the two Nobel laureates in its list of distinguished alumni - on its wall.
Sourav Ganguly, who is set to take over as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said Abhijit Banerjee's feat was a much bigger achievement.
Abhijit Banerjee, 58, and Esther Duflo, 46, won the Nobel Prize in Economics, along with economist Michael Kremer, for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
When "the economy going into a tailspin is the time when you don't worry so much about monetary stability and you worry a little more about demand, the demand is a huge problem right now in the economy," he said at a news conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge on Monday after his prize was announced.
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics along with two others. He will share the award with his wife Esther Duflo and Harvard professor Michael Kremer for their work which has "dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice." Here are 7 things to know about Abhijit Banerjee.
Did you know? Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee was the mind behind NYAY scheme of Congress' manifesto which it introduced for 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In what can be his first reaction after winning Nobel Prize, eminent economist Abhijit Banerjee expressed concern about the state of Indian farmers.
Abhijit Banerjee, the Indian-American economist has been awarded Nobel prize for economics. Along with Abhijit Banerjee the Nobel has been awarded to Esther Duflo and Micheal Kremer.
The Nobel Economics Prize 2019 has been awarded to husband-wife duo Abhijit Banerjee-Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. The prize is given for creating an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. They share the prestigious award with American development economist Michael Kremer. Let us know their journey behind winning Nobel Prize in Economics 2019.
The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
The prize was created by Riksbanken, the Swedish central bank, in 1968, and the first winner was selected a year later.
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