TopicNobel Prize

Topic: Nobel Prize

Economics Nobel Prize celebrates auctions that failed in India

Mihir Sharma - 13 October, 2020

India's telecom revolution only took off after govt moved away from auctions & started assigning spectrum to licensees in return for a share of revenue.

Why the Nobel Prize isn’t as prestigious as it used to be

Tyler Cowen - 12 October, 2020

A Nobel Prize is worth less each year. What’s more, these awards no longer generate much interest or suspense.

Combating hunger since 1961 — what is World Food Programme that won 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Pia Krishnankutty - 9 October, 2020

The World Food Programme, a United Nations body, beat 318 other candidates, including Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Science behind medicine and chemistry Nobels, and hepatitis C & its treatment in India

ThePrint Team - 9 October, 2020

In episode 587 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses the science behind the discovery of hepatitis C virus that won Nobel for Medicine, and CRISPR scissors that got Chemistry Nobel.

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

PTI - 8 October, 2020

Louise joins only a few American poets who have received the prize, which has been dominated by novelists through its 112-year history.

Why 2020 Chemistry Nobel went to CRISPR-Cas9 tool that can ‘rewrite code of life’

Sandhya Ramesh - 8 October, 2020

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the first Nobel jointly awarded to two women for their work on developing CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique Wednesday.

Einstein proved right & a Milky Way secret revealed — why black holes ruled 2020 physics Nobel

Sandhya Ramesh - 7 October, 2020

The Nobel 2020 for physics was awarded to three theoretical physicists for separately proving the existence of black holes and discovering Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.

Why discovery of hepatitis C virus won its researchers a Nobel Prize

Sandhya Ramesh - 6 October, 2020

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded to three US and UK virologists for contributing to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to US-UK trio for work on identifying Hepatitis C virus

Charles Daly - 5 October, 2020

The Nobel Assembly said the 3 scientists have made a decisive contribution as the disease can now be cured for the first time in history, raising hopes of eradicating it.

Off The Cuff with Abhijit Banerjee

Sahiba Ahluwalia - 22 October, 2019

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics winner Prof. Abhijit Banerjee was in conversation with ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Business Standard Chairman T.N. Ninan...

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Indian law needs to account for women, make finance inclusive

Shreya Garg - 17 May, 2022

Indian women face multiple barriers in accessing finance in an equitable manner. Research suggests adding a gender lens to existing laws and financial products is crucial.