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The Nobel: A compliment and warning to European Union

Like it gave the prize to Barack Obama to make him fulfill the promise of change, the Nobel Committee has given it to the European Union to remind it of its huge responsibility to maintain unity......

European Union awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday. The committee praised the 27-nation EU for rebuilding......

Robert Lefkowitz, Brian Kobilka win chemistry Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka"for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors" The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciencesawarded the Nobel......

Three women activists receive Nobel Peace Prize

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday. "You represent one of the most......

IMAGES: Meet the winners of Nobel Peace Prize 2011

It's a historical day indeed! The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday announced that the Nobel Peace Prize 2011 would be equally divided by three influential women: Liberia President Ellen Johnson......

Why Yunus likes to be known as promoter of 'social business'

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus was in India recently to promote the concept of social business and to discuss ways to tackle social problems ranging from poverty to poor healthcare.......

Yoghurt adulteration: Yunus lands in court

A Bangladeshi court has granted bail to Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, amid allegations that a sister concern of his Grameen Bank marketed contaminated yoghurt.Yunus appeared in Food......

2 Americans win Economics Nobel

Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance. Elinor Ostrom is the first......

Lessons from the financial crisis

In awarding the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics to Paul Krugman (currently teaching at my alma mater, the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University), the Nobel committee cited his work on......

American Paul Krugman wins Economics Nobel

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday announced that American Paul Krugman has won the Nobel economics prize "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.""What......

Shabana on winning Gandhi Peace Prize

Shabana Azmi makes every Indian stand six inches taller as she becomes the first Indian to receive the prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize for her contribution in social work.Previous......

Anand to play against 40 players simultaneously

Hyderabad is all set to witness aspectacular chess match with Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand playing against 40 players simultaneously on August 24. According to the organisers of ICM --......

Kissinger to promote US WC bid

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, architect of President Richard Nixon's detente with China, faced a new diplomatic challenge on Monday -- helping craft a U.S. bid to host the soccer......

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Q. serious question : movies based on fictions r never as good as the books they are based upon. I wonder whether it is possible for our film makers to do total justice to the novel in movie adaptation without disturbing d real essence. But without any doubt, it is a tough job. Toughest when you want to satisfy those who loved reading the original story. What do you feel on this?Two questions based on the same theme:a) Which is the best screen adaptation you have seen till now? Why??b) Which is the worst screen adaptation you have seen till now ?
Ankit Shivam: A. more

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Q. why did mahatama gandhi - the mohandas karamchand - refuse to accept nobel prize ?
Ankit Shivam: A. though you mentioned here just one feature in relation viz. `Movies based on fictions as the books that they are based upon`. What I would like to...... more

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Q. Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977?
Shatabdi Express: A. Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize, although he was nominated five times between 1937 and 1948, including the first-ever nomination by the...... more

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Thought Leaders Convene in Los Angeles to Chart Course for Growth and Opportunity through US-China Economic Cooperation in Next Decade

/PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, thought leaders from both sides of the Pacific convened to hold the Los Angeles launch of US-China 2022: Economic... ...

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Israel's Netanyahu in Poland to visit Nazi camp

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday kicked off a two-day visit to Poland that is steeped in symbolism, focusing on the Jewish... ...

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David Julius Wins 2013 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research

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EU Steps Up Fight Against Tax Evasion, With Automatic Data Sharing

The European Union stepped up its crackdown on tax evasion, by proposing a broader exchange of tax and financial information between European... ...

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Robert Fogel, won Nobel Prize in Economics, 1926-2013

/PRNewswire/ -- Robert W. Fogel, 86, an economic historian at the University of Chicago who won the Nobel Prize in 1993 for his studies of slavery... ...

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