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Nobel Prize 2025

The Nobel Prize is awarded to individuals or organisations who have made the greatest contributions to humanity in the preceding year. Originally established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, the prizes were first awarded in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. The Nobel Prize for this year is being announced from October 6 to October 13.

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

Updated On : 18 Oct 2025 | 11:22 AM IST

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

Updated On : 14 Oct 2025 | 11:36 PM IST

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

Updated On : 14 Oct 2025 | 2:53 PM IST

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

Updated On : 14 Oct 2025 | 9:01 AM IST

Latest Updates on Nobel Prize 2025

Nobel winner Machado appears in Oslo after 'journey of extreme danger'

The perilous trip involved her taking a boat to Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island about 40 miles away, a person familiar with the matter said

Nobel winner Machado appears in Oslo after 'journey of extreme danger'
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 11:46 PM IST

From Nobel to Grammy winners: People who defined excellence in 2025

Maria Corina Machado's Peace Prize and Kendrick Lamar's Grammy triumph capture how 2025 honoured both democratic resistance and cultural reinvention

From Nobel to Grammy winners: People who defined excellence in 2025
Updated On : 08 Dec 2025 | 6:14 PM IST

Trump repeats claim of ending India-Pakistan conflict, seeks Nobel Prize

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim of resolving the India-Pakistan conflict and asserted that he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each of the eight wars he says he has ended. 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. Every time I end a war, they say, if President Trump ends that war, he's going to get the Nobel Prize'. If I end that war, well, he won't get it for that war, but if he ever gets it for the next war'. "Now they're saying, if he ever ends the war with Russia and Ukraine, he's going to get the Nobel Prize'. What about the other eight wars? India, Pakistan, think of all the wars I ended. I should get the Nobel Prize for every war, but I don't want to be greedy, Trump said. The US President said he cares more about the lives being lost in these wars, and added that the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate Venezuelan activist Mara Corina Machado Parisc

Trump repeats claim of ending India-Pakistan conflict, seeks Nobel Prize
Updated On : 03 Dec 2025 | 6:26 AM IST

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

Japan PM tells Trump she has nominated him for Nobel Peace: White House
Updated On : 28 Oct 2025 | 11:36 AM IST

President Trump is Venezuela's main ally right now: Nobel laureate Machado

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado has said that "we are determined" to have the sovereign will of the Venezuelan population respected, and asserted that "our main ally" at this moment in the struggle is US President Donald Trump. Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, in an interview to Times Now broadcast on Friday, also said, "we can count on the Indian people for a peaceful transition to democracy and freedom in Venezuela". She was awarded the 2025 prize by the Nobel Committee for the sustained campaign against the country's President Nicols Maduro Moros. The Committee on its website says that the prize was "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy". In the interview, she was asked about the expectations by many that President Trump might have received the Nobel prize for his efforts this year. "This is a prize for the Venezuelan people,

President Trump is Venezuela's main ally right now: Nobel laureate Machado
Updated On : 24 Oct 2025 | 10:56 PM IST

Mapping the themes: How Economics Nobel Prize moves with the times

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

Mapping the themes: How Economics Nobel Prize moves with the times
Updated On : 13 Oct 2025 | 11:18 PM IST

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

Why 'creative destruction' defines this year's Economics Nobel Prize
Updated On : 13 Oct 2025 | 8:17 PM IST

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

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win Nobel Prize in Economics
Updated On : 13 Oct 2025 | 5:15 PM IST

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

Nobel Institute suspects 'espionage' after surge in Machado betting odds
Updated On : 12 Oct 2025 | 11:49 AM IST

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

Nobel winner vilified by Maduro vows to continue her fight for Venezuela
Updated On : 11 Oct 2025 | 8:48 AM IST

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

Venezuelan Nobel laureate accepted 2025 Peace Prize in 'my honour': Trump
Updated On : 11 Oct 2025 | 7:38 AM IST

Putin praises Trump's peace efforts even after failing to win Nobel Prize

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised US President Donald Trump's peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year. Asked by reporters whether he thinks Trump was unjustly passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize in favour of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, Putin replied he wasn't the one to decide but extolled Trump's efforts toward a ceasefire in Gaza and in Ukraine. He's really doing a lot to resolve such complex crises that have lasted for years and even decades, Putin said of Trump while in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for a summit of former Soviet nations. He added that if the Gaza ceasefire deal is carried out, it would mark a historic" achievement. The Russian leader didn't comment on Machado's win, but he said without mentioning any names that the Nobel Committee in the past has awarded the prize to those who have accomplished little to help glob

Putin praises Trump's peace efforts even after failing to win Nobel Prize
Updated On : 10 Oct 2025 | 11:54 PM IST

'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

'Decision based on work': Nobel Committee head on why Machado trumped Trump
Updated On : 10 Oct 2025 | 8:01 PM IST

Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, dashing Trump's hopes

Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, snubbing Trump's hopes

Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, dashing Trump's hopes
Updated On : 10 Oct 2025 | 2:49 PM IST

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

Russia supports Donald Trump's candidacy for Nobel Peace Prize 2025
Updated On : 10 Oct 2025 | 2:16 PM IST

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

From Roosevelt to Obama: Every US president to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Updated On : 10 Oct 2025 | 11:58 AM IST