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Nobel Peace Prize 2022: A look at the past 10 awards and their work

There are 343 candidates for Nobel Peace Prize, out of which 251 are individuals and 92 are organisations

Barry Sharpless wins second Nobel: A look at all the two-time awardees

Barry Sharpless was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on "click chemistry", becoming only the fifth person to win the prize for the second time

Alt News' Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people "who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind"

Nobel Prize season arrives amid Russia-Ukraine war, nuclear fears, hunger

Members of the European Parliament have called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine to be recognised this year by the Nobel Peace Prize committee

Nobel Peace Prize sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5 mn

The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov was auctioning off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold for 4103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel

BSE head asks if Nobel prize will be considered for PM's food scheme

We have performed very well in managing Covid despite our per capita earning being 10-30 times lower than that of developed nations: BSE chief on India's food program during pandemic

Nobel Peace Prize-winner's newspaper closes amid Russia pressure

Russia's leading independent newspaper suspended operations after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize

European politicians nominate Ukraine's Zelenskyy for Nobel Peace Prize

Several current and former European politicians addressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee with a request to nominate Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022

'What are you willing to sacrifice for Truth?'

Excerpts of Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2021 Maria Ressa

Myanmar court prepares to deliver verdict in of trial ousted leader Suu Kyi

A Myanmar court prepared to deliver its verdict Tuesday in the trial of ousted leader Suu Kyi on charges of spreading information that could disturb public order, violating Covid covirestrictions

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala ties the knot with senior officer of PCB

Nobel Laureate and Pakistani activist for girls' education Malala Yousafzai has tied the knot with a top-ranked officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a small ceremony in the UK

Journalists who took on Putin and Duterte win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were given the award 'for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia', says Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Activists, WHO in the frame as Nobel Peace guessing starts

The annual Nobel Peace Prize shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace. But guessing who it will be is just a stab in the dark.

Nobel Peace Prize winner says Olympics deserves the award

The Olympic movement deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, former award winner Muhammad Yunus said Monday.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, UAE leader nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Under the rules of the Nobel Prize Committee, a nomination made by a recipient must be discussed, his office said.

WFP Nobel win reminder of duty to narrow gap between rich, poor: Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday congratulated the executive director of the UN World Food Programme, a day after the organisation won this year's Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel change

There are question-marks about the way the prizes work

Nobel Peace Prize 2020 awarded to World Food Programme for fighting hunger

Long forgotten during the 1990s and early 2000s as famine and hunger largely disappeared from news headlines, the WFP jumped into the spotlight again in 2007-08 as the world faced a food crisis

UN chief Guterres lauds 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner World Food Programme

Guterres said there was also hunger in the world for international cooperation and the World Food Programme feeds that need as well

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