Where was Abhijit Banerjee born, asks Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy, irks social media users

Roy added that he was thankful Banerjee didn’t get the Nobel for the Congress’ NYAY scheme, which he had conceptualised.

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· Oct 17, 2019 · 12:26 pm

Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and two others win Nobel for efforts to alleviate poverty

Banerjee was among a group of economists who, in March, urged the Centre to restore the integrity of statistical organisations in India.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 03:37 pm

Nobel Prize to Milosevic ‘apologist’ Peter Handke shows change is slow at the Swedish Academy

Not only is Handke a problematic choice, the Swedish Academy has neither looked beyond Europe nor changed the gender imbalance significantly.

Kaley Kramer, The Conversation

· Oct 12, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for ending conflict with Eritrea

The Norwegian Nobel Committee also recognised the stakeholders working for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia and in east and Northeast Africa.

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 02:39 pm

If you haven’t read Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke, start with their opening lines

Tokarczuk, from Poland, won the 2018 Nobel Prize for literature, awarded a year later. Peter Handke, from Austria, won the 2019 prize.

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 08:30 am

James Peebles: The winner of the 2019 Physics Nobel helped revolutionise our view of the cosmos

Through his studies of dark matter and the cosmic microwave background, the Princeton professor created the field of physical cosmology.

James Geach, The Conversation

· Oct 09, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to three researchers who developed lithium-ion batteries

Scientists John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino have won the prize, said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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· Oct 09, 2019 · 03:30 pm

Nobel Prize for Medicine jointly awarded to three researchers from US, UK for their work on cells

William G Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J Ratcliffe and Gregg L Semenza discovered how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

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· Oct 07, 2019 · 03:43 pm

Nobel Prize in Literature to return with two winners in 2019 after it was cancelled last year

The prize was not given in 2018 following allegations of sexual misconduct and assault against the husband of a member of the Swedish Academy.

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· Mar 05, 2019 · 09:23 pm

No black scientist has ever won a Nobel – that’s bad for science as well as society

We need action to increase the number of black scientists if we're ever to see a black Nobel winner.

Winston Morgan, The Conversation

· Oct 10, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Getting to the root of the crisis in STEM: Why don’t more women win science Nobels?

Explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men in science, technology, engineering and math.

Mary K Feeney, The Conversation

· Oct 08, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Americans William D Nordhaus and Paul M Romer win 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics

Nordhaus has been awarded for his work on climate economics and Romer for his work on the endogenous growth theory.

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· Oct 08, 2018 · 03:43 pm