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Nobel Prize shows women are leaders: Winners

Johson Sirleaf said the Nobel had strengthend her commitment to to work for women`s empowerment in A...

Google pays tribute to Marie Curie

Google paid tribute to Noble Prize winning scientist Marie Curie on her 144th birth anniversary toda...

Nobel Prize a triumph for women`s rights: Amnesty

Amnesty International hailed the Nobel committee`s decision on Friday to award the Peace Prize to t...

Nobel Peace Prize goes to three women

Nobel peace prize has been awarded to two Liberian and one Yemeni women for their contribution to wo...

Israeli scientist wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman Wednesday won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Studies of universe`s expansion win physics Nobel

Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their studies of exploding ...

Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death

The Nobel committee was unclear if the prize would be rescinded because Nobel statutes don`t allow p...

Norway’s 1st official visit to China post Nobel row

Chinese minister will take up an invitation to attend a conference on carbon capture in Beijing.

China demands Nobel Prize apology from Norway

Ties between China, Norway soured when Liu Xiaobo received Nobel Peace prize.

Bangladesh turns up heat on Nobel winner Yunus

Bangladesh moved to force Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus out of his pioneering microfinance bank,...

Bangladesh turns up heat on Nobel winner Yunus

Bangladesh moved to force Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus out of his pioneering microfinance ban...

No magic formula to win Nobel Prize: Ramakrishnan

There is no magic formula for winning a Nobel Prize, Chemistry laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan sa...

Sri Lanka to boycott Nobel Prize award ceremony

Sri Lanka has decided to boycott Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo to express solidarity with Chin...

China slams Nobel prize supporters as `clowns`

China has stepped up criticism of Liu,Nobel committee & other supporters ahead of the prize ceremon...

Hong Kong protest calls for Nobel winner`s freedom

The Nobel Committee infuriated China when it awarded the prize to Liu.

Chinese dissent crackdown shrinks Nobel turnout

None of jailed Liu Xiabao`s relatives was expected to collect Nobel prize.

`Six countries turn down Nobel ceremony invite`

Norwegian media says Indian embassy was waiting for clearance from home govt.

`Chinese dissident’s family unlikely to collect Nobel prize`

The only guests from Liu Xiaobo`s side are members of the Chinese Diaspora.

Chinese court denounces awarding of Nobel prize

China has accused the West of using the Nobel to undermine China.

Nobel prize tantamount to `encouraging crime`: China

China denounced Nobel Peace Prize awarded to dissident Liu Xiaobo as tantamount to encouraging crime...

Dalai Lama slams China on treatment of Nobel prize winner

Criticising China`s irate response to awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiabao,...

Nobel Prize will help secure Liu`s release: Wife

The wife of 2010 Noble Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo said that the prestigious award would help in s...

UK Nobel prize winners flay immigration cap

Eight Nobel prize-winning UK scientists have warned the David Cameron Government`s decision to impo...

Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

Vargas Llosa is the first South American winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.

UK Nobel prize winners flay immigration cap

The UK government decides to impose an annual limit on Indian professionals.

2 Japanese, American share Chemistry Nobel

An American and Japanese researchers won 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Geim & Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics

Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesda...

Nobel to IVF pioneer raises questions: Vatican

Vatican official held Robert Edwards responsible for destruction of embryos.

Stem cell pioneer in the buzz for Nobel Prize

A Japanese researcher who discovered stem cells may get medicine award for 2010 Nobel Prize.

BJP asks centre to lobby for Nobel prize for Mahakumbh

The ruling BJP in Uttarakhand has asked the Centre to launch a vigorous campaign for Nobel Peace pri...

Heart disease treatment pioneer James Black dead

The University of Dundee says that its former chancellor, Nobel-prize winning pharmacologist James B...

Obama announces his Nobel Prize money to charities

Obama has announced that he`ll donate his USD 1.4mn Nobel Peace Prize award money among several char...

Obama has not received Nobel Prize money yet

Three months after receiving the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Obama is yet to receive the ...

Havel nominates Chinese dissent for Nobel Prize

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has joined forces with lawmakers and anti-communist dissidents ...

Internet `nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2010`

It`s official. The Internet, which has virtually revolutionised the world, has been nominated for th...

Stiglitz warns US economy may contract next year

Joseph Stiglitz warned there’s a “significant” chance the U.S. economy will contract in the second h...

Tamil Nadu-born Venkatraman receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Tamil Nadu-born Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, one of the three winners of this year`s Nobel Prize in C...

Obama`s accepting of Nobel Prize `cynical`: Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama`s accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act”,...

Ebadi accuses Iran of lying over Nobel Prize seizure

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi on Friday accused the Iranian authorities of lying when th...

`Nobel jury objected to Obama prize`

Three of five members of Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to Nobel being awarded to Obama.

Obama deserves Nobel Prize: Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor believes that Obama truly deserves the Nobel, amid global criticism that it was prema...

Nobel jury defends Obama decision

Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defend...

A Nobel first: Economics prize goes to US woman

The Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded Monday to US researchers Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williams...

Why wasn`t Gandhi bestowed with Nobel Prize?

Many fans of Gandhi have won the Nobel, but why was not the ‘Apostle of Peace’ bestowed with honour?

PM speaks to Obama, congrats him for winning Nobel prize

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday spoke to US President Barack Obama and congratulated him ...

Obama urged to use prize as spur to peace

Citizens and world leaders urged US President Barack Obama to seize on his surprise Nobel Peace Priz...

Obama to donate Nobel Prize money to charity

Barack Obama will donate the USD 1.4 million cash award that comes with the Nobel Peace Prize to cha...

US envoy holds Mideast talks as Obama wins Nobel

On the day Prez Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, his Mideast envoy was hard at work in Jerusalem on ...

Nepal Maoists disapprove of Nobel for German author

Nepal`s former Maoist guerrillas have denounced the award of the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature to G...

German Herta Mueller wins literature Nobel

This year`s Nobel literature prize has been claimed by the German writer Herta Mueller.

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