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Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, center, greets fans after walking through the hall of honour with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo: AP)Newsmakers
Malala Yousafzai impresses Canadian Parliament with witty comments on...

She praised Trudeau for his stance on letting refugees into the country and giving women equal importance in the...

13 April 2017 4:08 PM IST

Bob Dylans first album after being awarded the Nobel Prize released on 31 March. (Photo: AFP)Entertainment
After months of uncertainty, Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Prize medal

He received the award on Saturday afternoon at a hotel, with just academy members and Dylan's staff present.

2 April 2017 9:40 AM IST

In a sense, his touch-me-nots were not just responding to light; they were able to predict or anticipate the day and night even in constant darkness!Life
The body clock

Their discovery was that the complex body clock has a simple framework of operation.

24 Dec 2017 12:35 AM IST

Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi (Photo: PTI)India
Theft at Kailash Satyarthi's Delhi home, Nobel citation stolen

A case will be registered in the Kalkaji Police Station regarding the theft that took place on Monday night.

7 Feb 2017 10:58 AM IST

The statistics vary depending on the discipline: the economics prize has been by far the most unattainable for women. The literature prize remains largely a male domain, while peace does somewhat better. (Photo: AFP)World
Women in 21st century locked out of labs' and Nobel prizes

The peace prize is meanwhile the most favourable to women: 16 women laureates out of 104 people awarded.

8 Dec 2017 2:48 PM IST

On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes. These came to be known as the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobels will, one part was dedicated to \the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\. (Photo: AP)Life
Women still a minority at the Nobels

Analysis finds that women are scarce in Nobel Prize annals.

8 Dec 2017 12:37 PM IST

Rabindranath TagoreMetros
Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel theft: CID gets vital leads, begins search

The Nobel medal and the citation, bestowed to Tagore in 1913, were stolen from Visva Bharati University's museum.

5 Dec 2016 6:38 AM IST

A Bob Dylan performance.Entertainment
Why Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize

Bob Dylan is undoubtedly one of the greatest poets of our generation.

5 Dec 2016 6:27 AM IST

Africas first Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Wole Soyinka. (Photo: AP)Newsmakers
Nobel winner Soyinka gives up green card post Trump win

He had earlier in October said that he would cut up his green card if Trump was elected president of the United States.

7 Dec 2016 3:30 PM IST

Nobel Prize winning economist Thomas Schelling dies at 95 in his home in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo: AFP)Life
Nobel-winning economist Thomas Schelling dies at 95

The American was famous for his use of game theory to explain nuclear strategy

15 Dec 2016 8:46 AM IST

He also expressed his huge surprise at receiving the award (Photo: AFP)Newsmakers
Bob Dylan expresses surprise at winning Nobel Prize

He likened the chances of him winning Nobel Prize with the chances of him standing on the moon.

12 Dec 2016 11:52 AM IST

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos pose with the medal and diploma during the Peace Prize awarding ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo. (Photo: AP)Newsmakers
Colombia's Santos accepts Nobel for peace deal

Santos received his Nobel diploma and gold medal for his efforts to end a conflict that has killed 220,000 people and...

10 Dec 2016 9:00 PM IST

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