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Nobel Prize

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

Naipaul was awarded the Nobel in 2001. In awarding him the prize, the Swedish Academy praised him for 'having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories'.

10 November 2024, 09:08 IST

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

10 November 2024, 09:08 IST

Cracking the prosperity code

Nobel winners in Economics emphasise role of inclusive institutions in fostering sustainable growth

29 October 2024, 22:21 IST

Cracking the prosperity code

Cracking the prosperity code

Cracking the prosperity code

29 October 2024, 22:21 IST

Aadhaar helped people avail government benefits: Nobel laureate Paul Romer

'What people in India saw is that they could build a platform of Aadhaar that was controlled by the government and could be used for the benefit of the people, not to generate wealth for just a…small subset of people,' Romer said.

21 October 2024, 11:53 IST

Aadhaar helped people avail government benefits: Nobel laureate Paul Romer

Aadhaar helped people avail government benefits: Nobel laureate Paul Romer

Aadhaar helped people avail government benefits: Nobel laureate Paul Romer

21 October 2024, 11:53 IST

These tiny worms account for at least 4 Nobel Prizes

This year, as molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun accepted the most prestigious award of his career, he spent a few minutes lauding his experimental subject: a tiny worm named Caenorhabditis elegans, which he called 'badass.'

21 October 2024, 08:37 IST

These tiny worms account for at least 4 Nobel Prizes

These tiny worms account for at least 4 Nobel Prizes

These tiny worms account for at least 4 Nobel Prizes

21 October 2024, 08:37 IST

Discrimination still haunts Japan's Nobel-winning atomic bomb survivors

Last week's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to survivors' organisation Nihon Hidankyo has been seen as a timely reminder for a world many believe has never been closer to nuclear conflict.

18 October 2024, 02:44 IST

Discrimination still haunts Japan's Nobel-winning atomic bomb survivors

Discrimination still haunts Japan's Nobel-winning atomic bomb survivors

Discrimination still haunts Japan's Nobel-winning atomic bomb survivors

18 October 2024, 02:44 IST

As good as it gets

In Economics, even a Nobel winning theory has its caveats and exceptions

17 October 2024, 22:51 IST

As good as it gets

As good as it gets

As good as it gets

17 October 2024, 22:51 IST

Lit Nobel for Han Kang has significance

Han Kang’s novels use fantasy and the unreal to explore the reality of what it means to be human

16 October 2024, 22:17 IST

Lit Nobel for Han Kang has significance

Lit Nobel for Han Kang has significance

Lit Nobel for Han Kang has significance

16 October 2024, 22:17 IST

From magnets to the mind — How Hopfield and Hinton bridged physics and AI

Apart from showing how the boundaries between physics and engineering are blurring, the Nobel prize seems to be a nod towards science finally breaking down the millennia-old division between physical and living systems.

15 October 2024, 08:18 IST

From magnets to the mind — How Hopfield and Hinton bridged physics and AI

From magnets to the mind — How Hopfield and Hinton bridged physics and AI

From magnets to the mind — How Hopfield and Hinton bridged physics and AI

15 October 2024, 08:18 IST

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize

The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns.

14 October 2024, 10:01 IST

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize

14 October 2024, 10:01 IST

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's books fly off the shelves in South Korea

The country's largest bookstore chain, Kyobo Book Centre, said sales of her books had rocketed on Friday, with stocks almost immediately selling out and set to be in short supply for the near future.

11 October 2024, 05:45 IST

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's books fly off the shelves in South Korea

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's books fly off the shelves in South Korea

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's books fly off the shelves in South Korea

11 October 2024, 05:45 IST