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Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Norwegian Nobel Committee has selected Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition of non-governmental organisations from over 100 countries around globe for 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured ICAN for its decade-long campaign to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Kazuo Ishiguro selected for 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy has selected Japanese-born English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro (62) for the 2017 Nobel Prize in literature. The award was given for his works that are of great emotional force which uncovers the abyss beneath our illusory sense of ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson selected for 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They were selected for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. Chemistry ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
2017 Nobel Prize in physics goes to the discovery of Gravitational Waves
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected three American scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne for the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. They were selected for their decisive contributions to the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 has awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries on how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so that it is synchronised with ..
Deepak Surana authored of book “The Shershah of Kargil: Captain Vikram Batra”
The book “The Shershah of Kargil: Captain Vikram Batra” has been authored by Deepak Surana, which is launched in Banguluru on September 10, 2017. It is the biography of Kargil war hero Late Captain Vikram Batra, who was posthumously awarded ..
CNR Rao selected for 2017 Von Hippel Award
Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Prof C.N.R. Rao was awarded 2017 Von Hippel Award, the highest international prize in materials research. He is first Indian and first Asian to win this honour. The award will be presented to Prof Rao ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Newton: India’s official entry to Oscars 2018
The Film Federation of India (FFI) has selected Hindi film Newton, a black comedy on foibles of democracy to represent India in Best Foreign Language category at 90th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in February 2018. It was unanimously chosen ..