The Latest Breaking News on Prizes

London university jumps four places from last year to take second spot behind MIT

Since the early days of Paris's bid for the 2024 Olympics, the city has been receiving advice from a prestigious counsel: Nobel peace prize winner and social business guru Mohammed Yunus.

Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys and president of Infosys Science Foundation (ISF), spoke to The Hindu after the foundation announced certain changes to the Infosys Prize which includes lowering the upper age limit to 40 years.

Karnataka Today newsletter: Infosys Prize now only for researchers aged up to 40 years, and more

To further its objective of fostering collaboration and access, the ISF now requires all winners, who are based outside India at the time of winning the prize, to spend time at Indian institutes of their choice. 

Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel peace prize in 2018, is the recipient of the $1 million Aurora humanitarian prize. In an interview with NPR, he reflects on how his campaign is faring.

Other lives: Educator who helped teachers find new ways of teaching mathematics in the classroom

Other lives: Mathematics professor who jointly developed an influential theory on spectral analysis

During World War II, dozens of women Cambridge University students worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes, but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition.

The challenges in medical research can be addressed by focusing on aspects like drafting proposals and peer reviewing their work.

It said that while participating in the protest in Delhi under the banner PSF-TISS, the institute’s name was “misused”, which wrongfully created an impression that the PSF had some association with the TISS and its views were endorsed by the institute. PSF refers to Progressive Student Forum, a Left-leaning organisation.