Nobel Prize 2023

07-10-2023

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Recently the Nobel Prize 2023 has been announced.

About Nobel Prize 2023:

Nobel Peace Prize 2023:

• Human rights activist Nargis Mohammadi, who raised her voice against atrocities against women of Iran, has been honored with the Nobel Peace Prize 2023.

• When Nargis Mohammadi was given this highest award, she was still in jail.
• Nargis Mohammadi is the 19th woman and second Iranian woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Prize for Literature 2023:

• The Nobel Prize in Literature, 2023 has been awarded to Norwegian-language writer John Fosse.

• John Fosse writes novels in a style known as 'Fosse Minimalism'.
• He was given this award for his innovative plays and prose.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023:

• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2023 has been awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexey Ekimov.
• These people have been given this award for the discovery and development of quantum dots.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023:

• The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2023 has been awarded to three scientists, Pierre Agostini of America, Ferenc Krause of Germany and Annie L. Huyler of Sweden.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023:

• The Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded this year to scientists Caitlin Carricko and Drew Weisman for preparing Corona's mRNA vaccine.

Nobel Prize in Economics 2023:

• The Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 has not been awarded yet.

About Nobel Prize:

• The Nobel Prize was started in 1901.
• This award is given to those people who have done incredible work or inventions for mankind.
• The Nobel Prize is considered the most prestigious award given for intellectual achievement in the world.
• This award was named after the great Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel.
• The Nobel Prize cannot be awarded posthumously. Also, the Nobel Prize can be given jointly to only a maximum of 3 people.
• The Nobel Prize is awarded in a total of 6 categories.
• Before 1969, the Nobel Prize was given in only 5 categories. Economics was also included as the 6th Nobel Prize from 1969.
• Nobel Prize winners are given a certificate and a gold medal along with a fixed prize money.

6 categories of Nobel Prize:

• Medical Sciences – It is given by Karolinska Institutet.
• Peace – Awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee Oslo.

• Physics – Awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• Chemistry – Awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• Economics – Awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• Literature – Given by the Royal Swedish Academy.

Indians honored with Nobel Prize:

• Rabindranath Tagore was the first person from India and Asia to receive the Nobel Prize.
• He was also the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize.
• He was given this award in the field of literature in 1913.
• Mother Teresa was the first Indian woman to receive the Nobel Prize.
• He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.