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Hungarian novelist wins Nobel for depiction of Germany's social unrest

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror,......

'Are my songs literature': Bob Dylan thanks Swedish Academy for his Nobel

Oscar-winning singer Bob Dylan has thanked the Nobel Prize committee in a personally penned speech for honouring his songs as “literature”. The ceremony, which took place in Stockholm,......

Trio awarded Chemistry Nobel for metal-organic frameworks

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......

My Mentor, Nobel Laureate Susumu Kitagawa

'Professor Kitagawa is an exceptional researcher, a good teacher and above all a great person.' IMAGE: Professor Susumu Kitagawa addresses a press conference in Kyoto, Japan, October 8, 2025,......

Omar Yaghi: The Live-Wire Nobel Laureate

'It was from him I learnt that if you gave the student the freedom to find his own path, he would be more courageous to experiment.' IMAGE: Professor Omar Yaghi in his lab at the University of......

Trio win Nobel Economics for explaining how innovation fosters economic growth

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......

2024 Economics Nobel awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson

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......

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin

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......

3 Americans win Economics Nobel 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......

7 things you must know about Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee

On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer had won the 2019 Nobel Prize for economics "for their experimental approach to......

What's HOT on OTT this week

The streaming scene is bustling with so much action that Just Watch, an international streaming guide, wrote to us and shared a cool new tool Ghostwrite me a story (external link) where all you......

Oscar nominees 2015: Everything isn't awesome (but that's okay)

'Something for everything may be fine for the Golden Globes, but the Oscars should (ideally) look for individual excellence' Raja Sen takes stock of the Oscar 2015 nominations.First things......

When Elli Avram wanted to scream

'When I went home to Sweden after Bigg Boss, people recognised me as they were following the show!''In New York, they were calling out my name on the streets!' IMAGE: Sunny Deol and Elli Avram in......

The women who won Cannes

And other top moments from the closing of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. India's real Cannes star: Nawazuddin Siddiqui IMAGE: Director Sofia Coppola at the photo call for The Beguiled.In 2003,......

Om Puri's wonderful journey!

Om Puri, notes Arthur J Pais/Rediff.com, has given one of the most endearing performances of his career in producers Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey and director Lasse Hallström's new film,......

Minerva Academy FC Clinch World Youth Cup 2025

Minerva scored more than 50 goals in the entire tournament and conceded only two. IMAGE: Minerva Academy FC players celebrate with Gothia Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Saturday. Photograph:......

Deepika's Gift For Pappa's 70th Birthday

IMAGE: Movie superstar Deepika Padukone with her badminton legend father Prakash Padukone. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram On her father Prakash Padukone's milestone 70th......

Aus Open PIX: Zverev cruises; Nishikori, Ruud survive scare

IMAGE: Alexander Zverev in action during his first round match against France's Lucas Pouille at the Australian Open on Sunday. Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters Second seed Alexander Zverev barely......

These sports stars hung up their boots early...

Following the retirement of Australian world number one Ash Barty at 25, here is a list of high-profile tennis players and other sportspeople who called time on their careers at a young age. ......

Badminton great Padukone recovering from COVID-19

IMAGE: Prakash Padukone, who is the first Indian to win the prestigious All England Championships title in 1980, is likely to be discharged later this week. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters......