Naipaul, Malala among Britain`s most influential

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 21:20

Nobel Prize-winning Indian-origin author VS Naipaul and Pakistani teenage campaigner Malala Yousafzai have been named among Britain`s 500 most influential people across different fields.

Sir Paul Nurse - the geneticist in search of his own genetics

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 18:28

Born to a family of low financial and educational background in Norfolk, United Kingdom, Paul Maxime Nurse, was fascinated by stars in the sky, nature, birds and animals and dreamt of becoming an astronomer or study natural history.

Lack of leadership in Congress: Amartya Sen

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 18:24

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Friday said there was lack of leadership in Congress and the party could not fulfil what the people expected.

International seminar to mark Tagore`s Nobel centenary

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 16:57

The eastern metropolis is hosting music scholars from seven countries along with international musicians as part of Rabindra Bharati University`s celebrations to mark the centenary of poet Rabindranath Tagore`s Nobel prize.

Professor Peter Higgs collects Nobel Prize for `God particle`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 23:54

Professor Peter Higgs has received his Nobel prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm.

Watchdog hopes Nobel prize will speed up chemical arms ban

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 20:15

The body tasked with ridding the world of chemical weapons picked up its Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo today after saying it hoped the prestige would speed a global ban on the dreaded arms.

Nobel committee hails Mandela at Peace Prize ceremony

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 20:08

The Norwegian Nobel Committee today paid tribute to 1993 peace laureate Nelson Mandela, as it opened this year`s prize ceremony.

Nobel economics winner Fama says risk of global recession in 2014

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 22:03

One of the three Americans who won this year`s Nobel prize for economics said bloated public deficits on both sides of the Atlantic meant that recession remained a real risk for 2014.

Frederick Sanger, double Nobel prize winner, dies

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:16

Tributes were paid on Wednesday to the biochemist Frederick Sanger, the "father of genomics" and the only person to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice, following his death at the age of 95.

Peter Higgs to receive Freedom of Edinburgh

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 23:30

Professor Peter Higgs will be given the Freedom of Edinburgh for his contribution to science.

CV Raman’s 125th birth anniversary marked with Google doodle

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 09:33

Google is celebrating physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman’s 125th birth anniversary with a doodle of his Nobel Prize winning discovery, the Raman Effect, on India homepage.

Original text of Tagore`s Nobel nomination on display

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 19:03

Commemorating the completion of hundred years of Rabindranath Tagore`s winning the Nobel prize in Literature, the original text of his nomination for the prestigious award was displayed publicly in India for the first time.