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What is Nobel Prize?
Nobel Prize is a prestigious prize awarded separately in six different fields “to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. Originally, the prize was awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The Peace Prize was characterised as “to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses". Later in 1968, a sixth prize was added in the field of economic sciences. The Prize is officially not a Nobel...
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Trump repeats claim of ending India-Pakistan conflict, seeks Nobel Prize
We ended eight wars, But we're going to do one more, I think, I hope, Trump said in remarks at a Cabinet Meeting, referring to the Russia-Ukraine war
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Japan PM tells Trump she has nominated him for Nobel Peace: White House
At their meeting in Akasaka Palace, Takaichi praised Trump for his diplomatic efforts, particularly his role in promoting peace between Thailand and Cambodia and ending Gaza conflict
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President Trump is Venezuela's main ally right now: Nobel laureate Machado
Mara Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 prize by the Nobel Committee for the sustained campaign against the country's President Nicols Maduro Moros
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Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, pioneer in particle physics, dies at 103
In 1957, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee won the Nobel Prize for discovering parity law violations in weak interactions, reshaping particle physics
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Datanomics: Women secure 7% of Nobel Prizes, mostly in Literature & Peace
Since 2021, three women have won Nobel awards in Peace, two each in Literature and Medicine, one each in Physics, Chemistry and Economics
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Shiva, Schumpeter, and the Nobel: Understanding creative destruction
Hindu god Shiva's cosmic cycle of destruction mirrors Joseph Schumpeter's idea of creative destruction - a theme echoed in the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
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Venezuela shuts embassy in Norway after Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee appointed by Norway's parliament, which is not related to the Executive's foreign affairs policy
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Mapping the themes: How Economics Nobel Prize moves with the times
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics
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Why 'creative destruction' defines this year's Economics Nobel Prize
They won the prize for explaining the Innovation-driven economic growth, which is a theory that states that a nation's long-term growth depends on its ability to innovate
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Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win Nobel Prize in Economics
Mokyr won half the prize for identifying factors behind sustained growth via technological progress, while Aghion & Howitt shared the other half for their theory of growth through creative destruction
Nobel Institute suspects 'espionage' after surge in Machado betting odds
The Nobel Institute in Norway said espionage was 'highly likely' behind an apparent leak that sent betting odds for Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado soaring hours before her Peace Prize win
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Nobel winner vilified by Maduro vows to continue her fight for Venezuela
Machado's prize is unlikely to help improve the circumstances for her supporters and opposition leaders, whose ranks have thinned under a brutal crackdown that's sent many to jail or into exile
Venezuelan Nobel laureate accepted 2025 Peace Prize in 'my honour': Trump
Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy
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Putin praises Trump's peace efforts even after failing to win Nobel Prize
There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace, Putin said
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'Decision based on work': Nobel Committee head on why Machado trumped Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was named the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, dashing US President Donald Trump's hopes of getting it
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Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, dashing Trump's hopes
As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times, the committee said
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Russia supports Donald Trump's candidacy for Nobel Peace Prize 2025
A close Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov informed the outlet that Russia would welcome the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Trump
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From Roosevelt to Obama: Every US president to win the Nobel Peace Prize
According to the Nobel Committee, 338 candidates have been nominated for the 2025 Peace Prize, including 244 individuals and 94 organisations
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Obama got Nobel for doing nothing, says Donald Trump amid peace push
Former US President Barack Obama won the award on October 9, 2009, for his 'extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people'
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Trump wants Nobel Peace Prize this year, but what are his chances?
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 will be announced on October 10 in Oslo, with Donald Trump among 338 nominees. Experts, however, say his chances remain slim amid stronger contenders
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