Nobel Prize

For the fourth successive year, the Nobel Committee has awarded the prize to economists who have delved into history to answer some of the big questions of our time. It’s the turn of path-breaking research into innovation and technological progress this year 

Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win 2025 Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and growth

The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million)

Obama last sitting US president to win Nobel Peace prize: Why did he receive the award

The Nobel Committee had lauded Obama for his 'extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples'.

Who is Maria Corina Machado? Venezuelan woman who shattered Trump's 'Nobel' wish

Maria Corina received the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Why Donald Trump is unlikely to win Nobel Peace Prize 2025 despite Gaza ceasefire deal push

Experienced Nobel-watchers have argued that a Trump win was extremely unlikely, citing what they see as his efforts to dismantle the post-World War Two international world order the Nobel committee cherishes.

John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis win Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics recognises contributions that have fundamentally advanced human understanding of the natural world.

Medicine Nobel 2025 awarded to Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguch for immune tolerance

Medicine Nobel 2025 The three were honoured 'for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance'

Donald Trump's bid for Nobel Peace Prize: Why experts feel he's unlikely to win this year

Trump has been nominated several times by people within the U.S. as well as politicians abroad since 2018.

On this day, October 23 - Know what happened today in history

Discover the significant events, cultural milestones, and notable birthdays and deaths that occurred on October 23. Explore the historical context and lasting impact of this day.

This year’s Economics Nobel Laureates’ dystopian view of AI

Acemoglu and Johnson have said that the big companies developing and deploying AI overwhelmingly favour automation (replacing people) over augmentation (making people more productive), which means many workers will be displaced, and those who remain employed will be subjected to increasingly demeaning forms of surveillance and control  

Economics Nobel 2024 opens the Pandora’s Box of the role of colonialism in economic history

If high quality institutions are the driver for long-term prosperity, why did different colonies, ruled over by the same coloniser, display different economic  trajectories later? The role of colonialism and its varying nature, found the Nobel winners, has an influence that is not easy to shake off and therefore leaves a lasting imprint 

Economics Nobel winners sought to answer the question why some nations lag others

The novelty in their work is the way they put 500 years of statistical evidence to show that the quality of institutions determines success. Democracies have a better chance of getting rich. China, however, remains an enigma which doesn’t fit this explanation 

This year’s Economics Nobel highlights the role of political power in development

Acemoglu, Robinson and Johnson have in their research focused on the power relations between the masses and the elites and how these lead to different political systems, the economic policies that follow from different power configurations, and how changes occur in power relations

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson win 2024 Nobel prize in Economics

The laureates' research showed how European colonisation had dramatic but divergent impacts across the world

David Baker, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The prize, widely regarded as among the most prestigious in the scientific world, is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million)

Goldin took women’s careers from economic sideshow to mainstream

Thanks to the perseverance of the Nobel-winning Harvard economist, the female half of the population is no longer seen as irrelevant to the macroeconomy

Amartya Sen is as busy as ever, says daughter after rubbishing rumours of his death

The first fake post on Amartya Sen's alleged death was traced back to Tommaso Debenedetti -- an Italian school teacher who is infamous for spreading hoax tweets from fake accounts to expose weak links in the media.

Tommaso Debenedetti: The man who shared hoax tweet on Amartya Sen's 'death'

One of the reasons why the hoax tweet on Amartya Sen's alleged death went viral was because it appeared to be shared by another Nobel prize winner in Economics -- Claudia Goldin.

Goldin’s Nobel shows the power of flexible work for women

There’s no better time to recognise an economist whose research should inform our thinking on flexibility and couple equity

Economics Nobel & Women in Labour Force: Why policymakers need to consider Goldin's work

The 2023 Nobel economics laureate has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same occupation and that it largely arises with the birth of the first child

Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics for work on women’s labour market outcomes

Claudia Goldin is the 55th recipient of the prize and the third woman to get the award that was first presented in 1969.

Jon Fosse and the tricky slope of relevance for the Nobel Prize

How do you react when an author you’ve literally never heard of before wins the most prestigious award in the world — with chagrin or curiosity?

The unsayable subjects of Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse

The work of the 2023 Nobel Literature Prize winner who was once called the 21st century Beckett explores the nature of life, loss, and spirituality.

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India's Chirag & Satwik enter Men's doubles badminton finals

Asian Games 2023 Highlights: India's duo Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty win badminton men’s doubles semifinal match against the Malaysian duo of Wooi Yik Soh and Teng Fong Aaron Chia.

Nobel chemistry prize winner failed first college chemistry exam: 'It could've destroyed me'

'I looked at the first question and I couldn't figure it out, and the second question I couldn't figure it out,' MIT professor and Nobel prize winner Moungi Bawendi recollected.