India's leap on the technology front will be a key catalyst for the economic expansion of the nation, currently the world's fifth biggest economy and its pivotal position in international affairs.
Nobel laureate Morten Meldal has lauded India's research funding ecosystem, underscoring the role played by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) in facilitating and financing the innovation project.
Nobel laureate and Danish Professor Morten Meldal called on Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh and discussed bilateral cooperation in pharmaceuticals and promoting chemistry studies among schoolchildren, the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a press release on Friday.
Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, has been sentenced to six-month imprisonment along with three senior officials and fined 30,000 Takas (Taka: Bangladesh currency) each for violating labor laws.
Jailed Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has started a hunger strike in prison, protesting against the limits on medical care for her and other inmates, as well as the obligation for women to wear the hijab in Iran, Al Jazeera reported on Monday citing the Nobel laureate's family.
The plaque was mired in controversy for not mentioning the Nobel Laureate's name and instead featuring the names of the Chancellor (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) and the Vice Chancellor (Bidyut Chakrabarty).
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of Democratic Republic of Congo, Denis Mukwege has declared bid for the presidential polls that are slated to take place in December, reported Al Jazeera.
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, G Kishan Reddy, on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the conferment of UNESCO's World Heritage tag on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's abode, Santiniketan, in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday expressed his happiness over the conferment of UNESCO's World Heritage status on Santiniketan, the abode of Rabindranath Tagore in the Burbhum district of West Bengal.
In the latest legal victory for the Philippine Nobel Peace laureate, veteran journalist Maria Ressa was acquitted of tax evasion charges, CNN reported on Tuesday citing news site Rappler.
Talking to the reporters, Sen said, "There is a difference in the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). It certainly has something to do with advancing the idea of 'Hindu Rashtra'. We have been with UCC for thousands of years, this is not a new thing."
PM Modi is set to meet around 24 people in New York which includes Nobel laureates, economists, artists, scientists, scholars, entrepreneurs, academicians, health sector experts, and more, officials said.