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Mathematician who tracked down India’s maths heritage

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PP Divakaran argued that the expansion of trigonometric functions like sine and cosine and their inverses were studied by the Nila school of mathematics in Kerala before they were developed by Western mathematicians. He supported this claim with rigorous evidence. (@kvijayraghavan/X)
Published on Sep 01, 2025 11:59 AM IST

Trump scraps plans to visit India for Quad Summit amid trade tensions: NYT

The Trump administration hosted the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in January this year, a day after Trump took the oath of office as President for a second term in the White House.
Updated on Aug 30, 2025 08:15 PM IST

The nightmare of a Trump-Putin pact isn’t over

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FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meets with US President Donald Trump on the sideline of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague.
Published on Aug 17, 2025 07:00 AM IST

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iran issuing death threats against her

Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi says, Iranian regime is threatening her with 'physical elimination.'
Updated on Jul 11, 2025 03:48 PM IST

BJP mocks Kejriwal's 'Nobel Prize' comment, says deserves award for…

Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva (right) and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Updated on Jul 10, 2025 01:44 PM IST

‘I should get Nobel Prize’: Kejriwal on his Delhi work ‘in spite of L-G’

Arvind Kejriwal speaking at a book-release function in Mohali.
Updated on Jul 09, 2025 08:59 PM IST

Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize: Origin, impact and key details

Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Pakistan. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Published on Jun 21, 2025 07:49 PM IST

Pakistan slammed for Trump Nobel nomination: ‘He backed genocidal Gaza war’

US President Donald Trump has been formally nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by the Pakistani government
Published on Jun 21, 2025 05:58 PM IST

Mario Vargas Llosa was shaped by authoritarianism

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Peruvian Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa died aged 89 on April 13, 2025 in Lima, his family announced.
Published on Apr 16, 2025 06:36 AM IST

Daniel Kahneman, ‘Thinking Fast and Slow’ author, died of assisted suicide

Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman died at an assisted suicide facility
Updated on Mar 15, 2025 10:05 AM IST

Myanmar extends state of emergency for 6 more months

A day before the fourth anniversary of a coup that sent Myanmar into disarray following ten years of fragile democracy, state media said Friday that the ruling military has prolonged a state of emergency for an additional six months.
Published on Jan 31, 2025 01:50 PM IST

Prize sensitive: Is it time for a change in how the Nobels are awarded?

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Updated on Dec 06, 2024 07:19 PM IST

Physics, chemistry Nobels for AI break new ground

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FILE PHOTO: John J Hopfield and Geoffrey E Hinton are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, announced at a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden October 8, 2024. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson (via REUTERS)
Updated on Oct 23, 2024 08:48 PM IST

HT Archives: Nobel laureate who helped unravel genetic code tangle

Nobel Prize winner Hargobind Khorana at work in his Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 06:10 AM IST

Nobel laureate chooses obscure Pune website to share news of award

Turkish-born economist Daron Acemoglu.
Published on Oct 18, 2024 07:47 PM IST

Who are 2024 Nobel Prize winners in Economics?

The Nobel memorial prize in economics awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson, seen on screen, during a press meeting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Oct. 14, 2024.
Published on Oct 14, 2024 04:24 PM IST

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson & James A. Robinson get 2024 Nobel Economics Prize

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics
Updated on Oct 14, 2024 03:25 PM IST

The Nobel Prize dilemma: Evolving science, static awards

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(FILES) This file photo taken on December 10, 2022, shows a plaque showing Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) on the podium during preparations ahead of the Nobel Prize award ceremony for literature, science and economy at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Published on Oct 14, 2024 08:00 AM IST

What is innovation? Lessons from AI’s Nobel controversy

While Geoffrey Hinton’s recognition is deserved, it underscores a common flaw in how credit is distributed: the contributions of early pioneers often fade from view. (AFP)
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 12:52 AM IST

Atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo awarded 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded against a backdrop of devastating conflicts raging in the world.
Updated on Oct 11, 2024 02:58 PM IST

Nobel winner warns of ‘catastrophe’ if AI advances are not ‘controlled’

Princeton University professor John Hopfield, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning, poses in a classroom in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. in an undated photograph.
Published on Oct 09, 2024 06:45 AM IST

Nobel prize for medicine goes to U.S. duo who discovered microRNA

Nobel prize for medicine goes to U.S. duo who discovered microRNA
Published on Oct 08, 2024 02:03 PM IST

Who are Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, winners of 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Victor Ambros (L) and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024
Published on Oct 07, 2024 04:29 PM IST

Nobel Prize in Medicine: Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun win for microRNA discovery

Nobel Committee secretary general Thomas Perlmann speaks to the media in front of a picture of this year's laureates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkum during the announcement of the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 7, 2024.
Updated on Oct 07, 2024 04:17 PM IST

Problematics | Nobel Prizes in other people’s subjects

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Published on Oct 07, 2024 08:19 AM IST

Hayao Miyazaki honoured with prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award

In this undated photo provided by Arai via the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, Japan's Miyazaki Hayao, reads a script. (Arai/Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation via AP)
Published on Sep 01, 2024 08:55 PM IST

Seeing Silicon | The ones who found quarks

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Published on Aug 25, 2024 08:15 AM IST