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

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.

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

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.

The Nobel Assembly in an announcement at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, said the discovery solved a problem that has occupied philosophers and scientists for centuries.

Ever since the prize was instituted in 1895, only four Indians have won the prize after India’s independence— Amartya Kumar Sen, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Mother Teresa and Har Gobind Khorana.

The Chairman of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories funds initiatives to alleviate hunger, create livelihoods, provide education and access to safe drinking water and pull back children from hazardous industries. So, how did the man who made his fortune in the ultra-competitive world of the global pharma business and whose first love is still science, morph into one of India’s largest givers? E. Kumar Sharma finds out.