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Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom win 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics
Two economists Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom have won the 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Both of them will share 8 million kronor, or about $930,000. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected them for their contributions to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
2016 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. He was selected for the prestigious award by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for his resolute efforts to bring the more than 50-year-long civil war of Colombia ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling honoured with Sustainable Development Leadership Award
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was honoured with prestigious Sustainable Development Leadership Award of the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). He was presented with the award by President Pranab Mukherjee during “World Sustainable Development Summit” in New Delhi. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa win 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Trio of Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa have won the prestigious 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen them for this award for their individual efforts in developing molecular machines. These ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Former ISRO Chariman UR Rao becomes first Indian to be inducted into IAF Hall of Fame
Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to be inducted in the Hall of Fame of International Astronautical Federation (IAF). He was inducted during the closing ceremony of the 67th IAF Congress 2016 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
British trio David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
British trio of physicists David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz have won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. They will share the 8 million Swedish kronor prize. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected them for ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Nayanjot Lahiri wins 2016 John F Richards Prize
History writer Nayanjot Lahiri has won the prestigious 2016 John F. Richards Prize for her book Ashoka in Ancient India. The prestigious prize will be bestowed upon her at the American Historical Association (AHA’s) 131st Annual Meeting to be held ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Yoshinori Ohsumi (71) of Japan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on autophagy. With this he becomes the 23rd Japanese national to win a Nobel prize and overall the sixth Japanese medicine ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Elephant researcher Prajna Chowta conferred with knighthood by France
Film-maker and elephant researcher Prajna Chowta (46) has been appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit) by the French government. She has been conferred with the France’s one of the highest civilian recognitions ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Indian-origin Kiara Nirghin wins 2016 Google Science Fair prize
Indian-origin South African Kiara Nirghin (16) has won a $50,000 scholarship at the annual Google Science Fair held in United States. He has won this prestigious scholarship for developing a cheaper super-absorbent material using orange peel that helps soil retain ..