Malala`s nomination for Nobel a huge honour: Pakistani daily

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 16:18

The nomination of Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani teen activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls` education, is a huge honour for her and for Pakistan, a daily said.

DNA pioneer Francis Crick`s Nobel Prize medal up for auction

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 13:44

60 years after Francis Crick won a Nobel Prize for medicine, the researcher`s family is now offering his gold medal and diploma for sale at an auction.

Left Parties should focus on open-defecation: Amartya

Last Updated: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 17:58

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Sunday urged Left parties to fight for eradication of the practice of open defecation and open toilets, in addition to focussing on food security and LPG price hike.

Activist asks public to visit China Nobel wife

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 18:03

Chinese activists are urging the public to visit dissident Liu Xiaobo`s wife to highlight that she has been under house arrest.

Elders for celebration of Tagore`s Nobel prize centenary

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 16:46

A demand was made in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by Trinamool Congress to celebrate the centenary of conferring Nobel prize on Rabindranath Tagore.

Mo Yan awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 09:48

Chinese writer Mo Yan was awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature at Stockholm Concert Hall on Monday.

`Alfred Nobel` visits India 116 yrs after death; eyes Bollywood

Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 10:36

Alfred Nobel has arrived in India for the first time after his death 116 years ago - looking just as he did during his heyday and saying he would love to work in a Bollywood movie.