NEW DELHI: India saw the steepest increase in Covid-19 cases this week, with recorded infections increasing by 67% and the country registering 1 lakh of cases more than the previous week’s count. The death toll this week from the virus also rose by 41% to a nine-week high of 1,239, …
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Paul Milgrom’s wife, who is in Stockholm, received a notification when Robert Wilson knocked on her door. New Delhi: American economist Paul Milgrom was informed that he won the Nobel Prize in economics with a knock on his door at 2:15 am. When the Nobel Prize committee was unable to …
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Americans Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in Economics for “improvements in auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” The winners were announced in Stockholm on Monday by Goran Hansson, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The award culminates a …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 12, 2020 3:33:13 pm Economist Paul R. Milgrom (left) and Robert B. Wilson. (Source: Johan Jarnestad / The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ”) The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. …
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In honor of girls, every year on October 11 is celebrated the International Day of the Girl. It was first announced by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2011 to recognize the rights and challenges faced by girls around the world. On this occasion, let’s celebrate 10 powerful women …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: October 10, 2020 10:44:58 pm This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to the World Food Program (WFP) “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to improving the conditions of peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as an engine …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: October 8, 2020 7:25:53 am First, the researchers artificially create a guide RNA, which helps guide the genetic scissors to the place in the genome where the cut will be made. To edit a gene, they specially design a small DNA template. …
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose for the discovery of a black hole and to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovering “a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.” It is common for several scientists who worked in related fields to …
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Written by Mehr Gill | New Delhi | Updated: October 6, 2020 8:22:04 pm The three winners on the left screen, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries of black holes. (AP) On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences …
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Roger Penrose from the United Kingdom, Reinhard Genzel from Germany and Andrea Ghez from the United States won the Nobel Prize in Physics Stockholm: Britain’s Roger Penrose, Germany’s Reinhard Genzel and the United States’ Andrea Ghez won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their research on black holes, …
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