Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize 2016: Here are the winners

Awarded for 'the Greatest Benefit to Mankind,' the Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and based on the fortune of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and entrepreneur.

Dec 19, 2016, 20:07 PM IST

Science under threat of neglect and apathy: Maha Governor Vidyasagar Rao

The Governor said that it has been 86 long years since CV Raman won the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Dec 17, 2016, 13:47 PM IST

Nobel Prize 2016: Bob Dylan not to attend ceremony

The Swedish Academy announced on October 13 to award the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 to Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Nov 17, 2016, 08:26 AM IST

Bob Dylan now says will accept Nobel prize for literature

Bob Dylan was named this year`s laureate on October 13, but a prominent members of the Swedish Academy that awards the prize complained a week later that he had not responded to repeated phone calls.

Oct 29, 2016, 03:45 AM IST

Nobel Prize committee gives up trying to contact Bob Dylan

The Nobel Prize committee has given up trying to reach musician Bob Dylan, days after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Oct 19, 2016, 16:07 PM IST

Nobel Prize in Economics 2016: Know how the winners helped design insurance policies, executive pay

Two US-based academics won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for groundbreaking research on contract theory that has helped design insurance policies, executive pay and even prison management.

Oct 10, 2016, 19:26 PM IST

List of previous Nobel Economics Prize winners

The economics prize is the only Nobel not originally included in Alfred Nobel`s last will and testament -- it was established in 1968 to celebrate the Swedish central bank`s 300th birthday.

Oct 10, 2016, 16:59 PM IST

Nobel Prize in Economics 2016: All you must know about the winners

UK-born Oliver Hart and Finland-born Bengt Holmstrom won the 2016 Nobel Economics Prize for "their contributions to contract theory".

Oct 10, 2016, 16:47 PM IST

`Pleased as punch,` Nobel winner Michael Kosterlitz celebrates with sushi

One of the British scientists who won the Nobel Prize for Physics Tuesday said he was "pleased as punch" and celebrated with a sushi lunch and a glass of wine.

Oct 05, 2016, 02:51 AM IST

Joseph Stiglitz quits Panama Papers committee over transparency row

Nobel-winning US economist Joseph Stiglitz and Swiss anti-corruption expert Mark Pieth have said that a dispute over transparency had prompted them to quit a panel on reforming Panama's finance sector.

Aug 07, 2016, 16:41 PM IST

Mamata government bids to take over Tagore Nobel theft probe

The West Bengal government is approaching the central government seeking to take over the probe of theft of Rabindranath Tagore`s Nobel Prize medallion, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

Aug 05, 2016, 22:53 PM IST

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 'misquoted' over Nobel Peace Prize: Art of Living

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has stirred the hornet's nest by saying that Pakistani child activist Malala Yousafzai did not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.

May 03, 2016, 15:47 PM IST

DNA: Today in History, December 10

Know all the historical events that happened on December 10 in this episode of DNA.

Dec 11, 2015, 18:34 PM IST

REALLY: Baba Ramdev `was denied Nobel Prize because he is black`

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has claimed that he was denied a Nobel Prize because he is a 'black'.

Nov 07, 2015, 15:57 PM IST

Angus Deaton wins Nobel Prize for Economics

Deaton's research has focused  on the determinants of health in rich and poor countries, as well as on the measurement of poverty in India and around the world

Oct 12, 2015, 17:14 PM IST

Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet receives Nobel Peace Prize 2015

Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet on Friday received the Nobel Peace Prize 2015.

Oct 09, 2015, 10:21 AM IST

'Nobel for Chinese scientist has lessons for Indian folk medicine research'

 The Nobel Prize for Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, who turned to traditional herbal medicine to develop novel malaria therapies, should inspire India to focus on scientifically validating and promoting its rich heritage of folk medicine, an expert said on Thursday.

Oct 08, 2015, 23:33 PM IST

Kajita, McDonald win Nobel physics prize

Nobel Physics Prize 2015 winners declared.

Oct 06, 2015, 16:07 PM IST