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Meet The 10 Indian-Origin Nobel Laureates

Meet The 10 Indian-Origin Nobel Laureates

Rediff.com1 Jan 2026

Who have been India's Laureates, winners from India or of Indian-origin?

'Emotion Is Very Scarce Right Now'

'Emotion Is Very Scarce Right Now'

Rediff.com18 Dec 2025

'We have come to the point in civilisation where emotion seems to be something you hide or you have to be discreet about, or to be ashamed of.'

Trio shares Nobel Prize in medicine for findings in immune system

Trio shares Nobel Prize in medicine for findings in immune system

Rediff.com6 Oct 2025

The trio--two based in the United States and one in Japan--was recognised for their "groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance." that prevents the immune system from harming the body.

Trio win Nobel Economics for explaining how innovation fosters economic growth

Trio win Nobel Economics for explaining how innovation fosters economic growth

Rediff.com13 Oct 2025

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday that it has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth." The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes to the trio, with one half awarded to Mokyr "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress" and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction."

Trio awarded Chemistry Nobel for metal-organic frameworks

Trio awarded Chemistry Nobel for metal-organic frameworks

Rediff.com8 Oct 2025

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their pioneering work in the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Al Jazeera reported.

2 scientists share medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA

2 scientists share medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.

'Economics Nobel' for research into prosperity of nations

'Economics Nobel' for research into prosperity of nations

Rediff.com14 Oct 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize also known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson 'for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity'.

Mahatma Carter

Mahatma Carter

Rediff.com9 Jan 2025

Carter was in politics, but not a politician, certainly not a transactional politician, points out Shreekant Sambrani.

Plan Your Weekend OTT Watch

Plan Your Weekend OTT Watch

Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

Bring on the popcorn, the OTT scene is buzzing with three things -- entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.

3 Americans win Economics Nobel 2021

3 Americans win Economics Nobel 2021

Rediff.com11 Oct 2021

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 with one half to David Card "for his empirical contributions to labour economics" and the other half jointly to Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens "for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships". Card is the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Angrist is an Israeli American economist and Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Imbens is Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business since 2012. After earning his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1991, he taught at Harvard University, UCLA, and UC Berkeley.

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin

Rediff.com9 Oct 2023

American economic historian and labour economist Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize for her work examining wage inequality between men and women, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 was awarded to 77-year-old Claudia Goldin "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes" the prize-giving body said in a statement. Goldin will receive 11 million Swedish kronor, or around $1 million, as the sole winner of this year's prize.

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

Rediff.com27 Jan 2024

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair.

A Different Nobel Prize Ceremony

A Different Nobel Prize Ceremony

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Nobel Prizes were awarded in curtailed local ceremonies.

Where Hollywood Classics Come To Life

Where Hollywood Classics Come To Life

Rediff.com23 Sep 2021

A sneak preview ahead of the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

In bandhgala & dhoti, Abhijit Banerjee receives Nobel

In bandhgala & dhoti, Abhijit Banerjee receives Nobel

Rediff.com11 Dec 2019

Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped millions of children in an experimental approach that favours practical steps over theory.

Remembering Spin Legend Sonny Ramadhin

Remembering Spin Legend Sonny Ramadhin

Rediff.com28 Feb 2022

Sonny Ramadhin, the mystery spinner from Trinidad who bamboozled England in 1950 and the first Indian to play for the West Indies, passed into the ages on Sunday, February 27, 2022.

Cancer researchers win Nobel Prize in medicine

Cancer researchers win Nobel Prize in medicine

Rediff.com1 Oct 2018

The Nobel committee said the pair's research -- which harnesses the body's immune system to attack cancer cells -- amounted to a "landmark in our fight against cancer."

3 Americans win Nobel medicine prize for work on biological clocks

3 Americans win Nobel medicine prize for work on biological clocks

Rediff.com2 Oct 2017

The American trio of Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young won for "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".

Hart and Holmstrom win Economics Nobel for work on contract theory

Hart and Holmstrom win Economics Nobel for work on contract theory

Rediff.com10 Oct 2016

The winners will split an eight million Swedish kronor (USD 924,000) award funded by the Swedish central bank.

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

MIT congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo

Rediff.com14 Oct 2019

MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to empirical economics'.

Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana passes away

Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana passes away

Rediff.com12 Nov 2011

Pioneering Indian American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, has died of natural causes in Concord, Massachusetts. Khorana, 89, who was Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's Alfred P Sloan Professor of Biology and Chemistry emeritus, died earlier this week. He won the Nobel Prize in 1968, sharing it with two others, for unravelling the nucleotide sequence of RNA and deciphering the genetic code.

2 Americans, 1 Brit share 2010 Economics Nobel

2 Americans, 1 Brit share 2010 Economics Nobel

Rediff.com11 Oct 2010

They won for their analysis of markets with search frictions.

PM congratulates Abhijit; Rahul says he helped conceptualise 'Nyay'

PM congratulates Abhijit; Rahul says he helped conceptualise 'Nyay'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2019

Rahul Gandhi said he had helped the party conceptualise its 'Nyay' scheme to help remonetise the economy.

Trump's Nobel Prize nomination -- what you need to know

Trump's Nobel Prize nomination -- what you need to know

Rediff.com18 Sep 2020

Less than two months before the election, United States President Donald Trump seems to have something to celebrate -- a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Now, dense barcodes to store video!

Now, dense barcodes to store video!

Rediff.com13 Mar 2009

A team at Edith Cowan University is looking for a way out for multimedia data to be stored in barcodes and retrieved with a mobile phone camera snapshot, allowing software such as ringtones to be 'downloaded' from mediums like magazines. They have named it the mobile multi-colour composite 2D-barcode, the media reported.

Why is the Nobel Peace Prize given by Norway?

Why is the Nobel Peace Prize given by Norway?

Rediff.com10 Dec 2014

Ever wondered why the Nobel Peace Prize is given by a Norwegian Committee in Oslo and not in the Swedish capital unlike the other Nobel awards?

The Ford who loves Lord Krishna

The Ford who loves Lord Krishna

Rediff.com1 Dec 2015

'Krishna is your best friend. He knows what's best for you.' 'They talk about death being a final exam. So at 65, I have to be studying for my final exam.'

The Vatican votes for Charles Darwin

The Vatican votes for Charles Darwin

Rediff.com11 Nov 2005

Higgs and Englert share 2013 Nobel physics prize

Higgs and Englert share 2013 Nobel physics prize

Rediff.com8 Oct 2013

Franois Englert and Peter W Higgs were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 on Tuesday for the theory of how particles acquire mass.

The brightest Indian-American stars in the US

The brightest Indian-American stars in the US

Rediff.com18 Sep 2018

Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them every where... in politics, in research, in the movies and even on YouTube, says Ignatius Chithelen.Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them every where... in politics, in research, in the movies and even on YouTube, says Ignatius Chithelen.

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Rediff.com29 Dec 2021

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.

This Ford has more on his mind than cars

This Ford has more on his mind than cars

Rediff.com10 Dec 2015

'My great grandfather Henry Ford would have been very happy with the lifestyle I am leading and the things I believe in.' He's a servant of god. A temple builder. Manu Shah meets the Ford who spreads word about the glories of Krishna.

'I go to India and every time people go 'Ah Diee Haard''

'I go to India and every time people go 'Ah Diee Haard''

Rediff.com28 Apr 2016

Jeremy Irons considered maths 'very boring' till he read G H Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology. The actor, who plays the British mathematician in The Man Who Knew Infinity, talks numbers, acting and his legacy with Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com.

Angus Deaton wins Nobel Prize for economics

Angus Deaton wins Nobel Prize for economics

Rediff.com13 Oct 2015

Deaton was at a loss when asked what the future held.

Fighting COVID-19: TIPS from an ex-Army officer

Fighting COVID-19: TIPS from an ex-Army officer

Rediff.com22 Apr 2020

Bengaluru based Dinesh Malhotra, 54, an ex-Army officer who is working as a human resource professional in a construction firm shares some survival tips.

When a Nobel Laureate comes to town!

When a Nobel Laureate comes to town!

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

What does Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee thinks about India's education sector?

Soccer PIX: Lazio beat Juve to win Italian Supercup

Soccer PIX: Lazio beat Juve to win Italian Supercup

Rediff.com23 Dec 2019

In other European football action Real Madrid were left frustrated after a goalless draw against Athletic Bilbao in their La Liga match on Sunday.

Flashback: The Indians who have won the Nobel

Flashback: The Indians who have won the Nobel

Rediff.com10 Oct 2014

Rights activist Kailash Satyarthi is the eight Indian to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Rediff.com takes a look at other Indians or Indian-origin people, who have been awarded the honour.

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

Rediff.com27 Nov 2019

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'

Job alert: Parliament may soon hire students as interns

Job alert: Parliament may soon hire students as interns

Rediff.com24 Feb 2017

Taking a leaf from the US, Canada and the UK, where students and research scholars get to work with Parliamentary panels, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is pushing for induction of interns in the Parliamentary standing committees.