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Calcutta High Court wonders why Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor is still in office

The Calcutta High Court’s strong rebuke of Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, with the judge saying that he should be removed for getting his own professor out of an international science project last year, has given fodder to his detractors who have long been baying for his blood.

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Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave

When asked what her response was to being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2020, Louise Glück replied that she was “completely flabbergasted.” She said she had thought it “extremely unlikely that I would ever have this particular event to deal with in my life.”

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Undervaluing faculty fellowships is bad for scientists, and science

Govt-supported institutes, private universities, and faculty fellowships are key drivers of advanced scientific research and education in India. Fellowships provide salary, research funds, and access to facilities for a fixed period. Institutes benefit from the funds and teaching contributions of fellows. Despite benefits, fellows face challenges in obtaining office/lab space,…

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Daughter of daily wage earner secures eight gold medals in Bangalore University, dreams of becoming govt school teacher

Vinutha J., daughter of a daily wage earner, emerged topper in Bangalore University with eight gold medals and three cash prizes. With her achievement, she has fulfilled her father’s dream, who wanted her to excel in academics and become a teacher

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Closing the gender pay gap in the workforce

Even when they entered the workforce in droves, overtook men in educational attainment, did not congregate in “female jobs,” and did not drop out from the labour force to have children, women continued to earn less than men.

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“Public sector in countries like India should build more R&D capacity”

The public sector in countries like India should build more capacity in research and development as this would help to evolve effective public policies, Charles Edquist of Lund University, Sweden, said on Saturday.

The Hindu

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Seven from KLETU in top 2% of scientists in Stanford list

In a rare feat of its kind, seven faculty members and scientists from KLE Technological University (KLETU), Hubballi, have made it to the list of top 2% of most influential scientists in the world released by Stanford University for 2023.

The Hindu

Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 80

Pulitzer prize winner and former US poet laureate was known for her sharp, austere lyrical work

The Guardian - US

Some Nobel winners are great intellects, others are lucky. There’s more to science than these prizes

The flaws of the awards, seen by the public as the only game in town, are hindering the pursuit of innovation, says astronomer royal Martin Rees

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Goldin’s Nobel win acknowledges what we should all know: women’s economics is mainstream economics

The recognition of Goldin’s pay gap analysis is empowering for all of us, but depressingly, her gender is still more newsworthy, says journalist Josie Cox

The Guardian - UK

What is an attosecond?

A flash of light lasting an attosecond, or 0.000000000000000001 of a second, is an extremely short pulse of light

Salon

Does winning a Nobel prize make you less productive? Do you get ‘Nobelitis’? Here’s what it did to me

There’s something to the notion that Nobel winners create less thereafter, says scientist Paul Nurse

The Guardian - UK

‘She inspired me then; she inspires me now’: Sheryl Sandberg on Harvard professor winning the Nobel Prize

In an exclusive interview, Sheryl Sandberg talks to Sheila Flynn about how Claudia Goldin, the Harvard economics professor who won the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday, has spent decades doing work on women’s labor that “really matters”

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Nobel Prize winners of 2023: the list in full, including today’s winner

Here are this year’s esteemed Nobel laureates

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Central University of Karnataka professor among top 2% of world’s scientists

Sandeep, Asst. Prof. of Maths at Central Univ. of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, is among top 2% of scientists in world, per Stanford Univ. list. VC Battu Satyanarayan & Registrar Prof. Biradar congratulated Sandeep for his achievement. Sandeep thanked them for support & guidance. Univ. committed to providing infrastructure to excel in…

Salon

Lessons from a Nobel Prize winner

Dr. Katalin Karikó faced rejection for her revolutionary work on mRNA vaccines, but her work is finally recognized

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for work on gender pay gap

Harvard professor becomes only the third woman to win the prestigious prize

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Economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize for work on gender gap

Goldin is the third woman so far to be awarded the prestigious economics prize.

France 24

US professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for work on women's labour

The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market.

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Science This Week | 2023 Nobel Prize winners announced, ISRO to begin unmanned flight tests for Gaganyaan and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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Attophysics — new tools to fathom the world of electrons | Explained

2023 Physics Nobel | How do the work of the three laureates demonstrate a way to create short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid fashion in which electrons move or change energy? What are the applications of this discovery?

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Imprisoned Iranian Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against oppression of women in Iran.

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Nobel peace prize 2023: award for Iranian women's rights protester highlights fight against declining democracy around the world

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi sat down in her prison cell to write a letter to the country’s women. She promised: “We shall not back down until the moment of victory, meaning the…

The Independent UK

UN expert: Iran is unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate

A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions

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