Legitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. In the absence of knowledge, guesswork and propaganda flourished

Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Since Charpentier and Doudna discovered the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors in 2012, their use has exploded. This tool has contributed to many important discoveries in basic research, and plant researchers have been able to develop crops that withstand mould, pests and drought

Scientists Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for their discoveries about the black hole

\"Prior to their work, the discovery of the Hepatitis A and B viruses had been critical steps forward,\" the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said in a statement on awarding the prize of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million)

Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology along with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)

Sixteen CEOs and economists lay out a roadmap to revive the economy

The Mumbai-born Nobel Laureate said the data presently available do not hold any assurance for the country's economic revival anytime soon

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has also joined the eminent list of Indians and people of Indian origin to bag one of the most illustrious awards in the world in various fields such as Physics, Chemistry, Peace, Economic Sciences and Medicine.

American Goodenough, at 97, becomes the oldest winner of a Nobel prize. He shared the award equally with Whittingham from Britain and Yoshino of Japan

Expressing happiness over release of IAF pilot Abhinandan, all three wings of the Indian defence forces said that they are in a heightened state of readiness to counter advances from Pakistan.

\"Failing organs and tissues can be revived or replaced with the help of lab-grown and 3D-printed substitutes,\" says Dr K Ravindranath, Founder and Chairman, Gleneagles Global Hospitals Group.

The economist said that Aadhaar is the basis for all kinds of connections that involve things like financial transactions.

US economists shared the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for integrating innovation and climate with economic growth

Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry could have equally won the prize for Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and those in Physics could have also been considered for prizes in Medicine or Chemistry.

Deaton won the Nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.