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Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Tomas Lindahl (United Kingdom), Paul Modrich (US) and Aziz Sancar (US) have jointly won 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen them for their research on mechanistic studies of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) repair. Their work ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2015 winners
Three scientists Youyou Tu (China), Satoshi Omura (Japan) and William Campbell (Ireland) have won 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. They have been chosen for their pioneering discoveries which have led to the development of potent new drugs against ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Sheila Watt-Cloutier wins 2015 Right Livelihood Award
Inuit and Arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Canada has won the 2015 Right Livelihood Award. She was honoured for her lifelong work dedicated to protect the Inuit of the Arctic and defend their right to maintain their livelihoods and culture ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Kartik Chandran named as 2015 MacArthur Fellow
Indian-American associate professor Kartik Chandran has been named as a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. The fellowship entitles him with a prestigious genius grant of US 625,000 dollars. He has won this prestigious fellowship for his work in transforming pollutant from wastewater ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
M.R. Poovamma and Babita Kumari conferred Arjuna Award 2015
M.R. Poovamma and Babita Kumari have been conferred with prestigious Arjuna Award 2015 for their individual achievements in sports. The award was presented to them by Union Minister of State (MoS) for Youth affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal in New ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Dr. Jacob Tsimerman wins 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
Mathematician Dr. Jacob Tsimerman from Canada has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize. Presently he is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Canada and his mathematics research work is primarily in the field of Number Theory ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
EPFO gets Skoch Awards for Smart Governance Initiatives
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been awarded SKOCH Award for Smart Governance. It has been bestowed with this award for its initiatives on UAN Programme and Transformation of Social Security Agenda in India. It is the 5th Award ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
24th Vyaas Samman conferred on eminent Hindi writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka
Eminent Hindi writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka has been conferred with prestigious 24th Vyaas Samman for year 2014. He was bestowed with this award in recognition of his work ‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan’. It is a critical ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Union Defence Ministry elevates Dr. P Sivakumar as Distinguished Scientist
Dr. P Sivakumar has been elevated as Distinguished Scientist with immediate effect by the Union Defence Ministry Ministry. He has been promoted in recognition of his diligence and dedication in self-reliance effort for defence combat vehicle systems and sub-systems Presently, ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
Urdu scholar Shamim Hanfi awarded Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award
Eminent Urdu litterateur Shamim Hanfi was conferred with inaugural Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award of Bharatiya Jnanpith. The Urdu scholar is known for his books on criticism like Ghazal Ka Naya Manzarnama, Jadidiyat ki Falsafiyani Asas and Infiradi Shaoor aur Ijtemai ..