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Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2021 has been awarded jointly to Benjamin List (Germany) and David MacMillan (the USA) “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”. Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis. The duo developed a precise new tool for molecular construction, which had a great […]

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Prof Eric Hanushek and Dr. Rukmini Banerji awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize

Professor Eric A. Hanushek and Dr Rukmini Banerji have been awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development for improving learning outcomes in schools at scale. They will join nine laureates who have been awarded the Yidan Prize since its inception in 2016, established by the Yidan Prize Foundation – a global philanthropic education foundation that inspires progress and change in

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M. Venkaiah Naidu confers Assam Government’s biennial Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution on 3 awardees

Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has conferred Assam Government’s biennial Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution for the year 2021, on October 03, 2021, to three recipients. The three awardees are: Members of Assam branch of Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust German based Assamese litterateur Dr. Nirod Kumar Barooah Members of

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Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh felicitates winners of DRDO Dare to Dream 2.0 contest & 2019 DRDO Young Scientists awards

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh gave away the awards to the winners of the ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ Contest of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in New Delhi on October 04, 2021. The Raksha Mantri gave away awards to 40 winners – 22 in the Individual category and 18 in the Startup category. He also launched

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Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi wins Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 05, 2021. The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany, and Italy. Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their “groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems”. Three

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American Scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian wins Nobel Prize 2021 in Medicine

American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine on October 04, 2021. for discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch which the award-giving body said could pave the way for new painkillers. They have been honoured for the discovery of receptors in the skin that sense temperature and touch

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Shiv Nadar to be awarded Global Leadership Award 2021

Prominent Indian industrialists Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan have been chosen by a top India-centric business advocacy group as the recipients of its 2021 Global Leadership Award. Shiv Nadar is the founder and chairman emeritus of HCL Technologies Limited. Mallika Srinivasan is the chair and managing director, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE). The two

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Indian Organisation LIFE receives 2021 Right Livelihood Award

The Delhi-based environmental organisation “Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)” has been felicitated with the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, an international honour, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize. LIFE has been selected for the award for its “grassroots approach of empowering vulnerable communities to protect their livelihoods and claim their right to a clean environment.” The Award was established in

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2021: List of Winners

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021: The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize is named after the founder and Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. It has been christened as the ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology. The award is given each

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IUCAA scientist among 2021 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar winners announced

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology 2021, were announced during the 80th foundation day of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). City-based astrophysicist Kanak Saha was among the 11 recipients of the 2021 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) prize, given by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Sunday. Every year, CSIR presents this

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