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Nobel Prize

The most prestigious prize in the world, awarded in 6 fields including Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics, and Peace Prize.

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Alfred Nobel

The inventor of dynamite and the founder of the Nobel Prize.

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The organization responsible for selecting the Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry.

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Karolinska Institute

The organization responsible for selecting the Nobel Laureate in the field of Physiology or Medicine.

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Swedish Academy

The organization responsible for selecting the Nobel Laureate in Literature.

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Norwegian Parliament

The organization responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

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Marie Curie

The only woman to have been honored twice with Nobel Prizes, in Physics and Chemistry.

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John Bardeen

The only Nobel Laureate to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Despite being nominated five times, he never won the Nobel Prize.

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John B Goodenough

The oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 at the age of 97.

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Rabindra Nath Tagore

The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize.

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Malala Yousafzai

The youngest Nobel Laureate to receive the Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17.

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Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Anne L’Huillier

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 winners for their experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.

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Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, Aleksey Yekimov

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 winners for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots that added color to nanotechnology.

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Katalin KarikĂł, Drew Weissman

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 winners for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

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Jon Fosse

Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 winner for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.

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Narges Mohammadi

Nobel Peace Prize 2023 winner for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.

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Claudia Goldin

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2023 winner for advancing our understanding of women's labor market outcomes.

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Sheynnis Palacios

Miss Universe 2023 winner from Nicaragua.

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Shital Mahajan

The first woman to skydive from 21,500 ft near Mt Everest in November 2023.

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Savitri Jindal

India's richest woman and the 7th wealthiest Indian.

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Katrina Kaif

The brand ambassador for clothing brand Uniqlo.

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Sultan AlNeyadi

The first Arab astronaut to complete a spacewalk mission outside the ISS.

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G20 New Delhi summit

The 18th meeting of G20 held in New Delhi in September 2023.

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Ramon Magsaysay Award

An annual award often called the Nobel Prize of Asia.

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Dr Ravi Kannan R.

Magsaysay Award 2023 winner for his immense commitment to medicine emphasizing holistic care and patient-first treatment.

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Chandrayaan-3

The third mission in the Chandrayaan program developed by ISRO.

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S Somanath

Chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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Booker Prize 2023

Won by Irish author Paul Lynch for Prophet Song.

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Pulitzer Prize 2023

Barbara Kingsolver won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'Demon Copperhead'.

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Anna Karenina

A novel written by Leo Tolstoy.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

A novel written by Harper Lee.

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The Great Gatsby

A novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

A novel written by Gabriel García Márquez.

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A Passage to India

A novel written by E.M Forster.

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Invisible Man

A novel written by H.G Wells.

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Don Quixote

A novel written by Miguel de Cervantes.

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Beloved

A novel written by Toni Morrison.

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Mrs. Dalloway

A novel written by Virginia Woolf.

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Things Fall Apart

A novel written by Chinua Achebe.

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Jane Eyre

A novel written by Charlotte Brontë.

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The Color Purple

A novel written by Alice Walker.

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Endless Borders

Best Film at the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023.

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Pouria Rahimi Sam

Best Actor (Male) at

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BWF World Championships and Summer Olympic Games

Tournaments used to determine qualification for major badminton events.

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An Se-young and Seo Seung-jae

South Korean badminton players named the world's best players for 2023.

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BWF Korean Open 2023

Badminton tournament where Anders Antonsen and An Seyoung won the men's and women's titles, respectively.

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P. V. Sindhu

First Indian to win gold in the Badminton World Championship.

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Asian Kabbadi Championship 2023

Tournament where the Indian men's and women's kabaddi teams won the gold medals.

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World Para Athletics Championships

Athletics event where Brazil's Rodrigues set two world records.

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Pankaj Advani

Winner of the World Billiards Championship for a record 26th time.

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2023 Formula One World Championship

Motor racing event won by Max Verstappen.

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2023 United States Grand Prix

Formula One race held in Austin, Texas, won by Max Verstappen.

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Chess World Cup 2023

Chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, won by Magnus Carlsen.

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R Praggnanandhaa

India's youngest chess grandmaster.

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Davis Cup

Tennis tournament won by Italy, defeating Australia in the final.

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Australian Open 2023

Tennis tournament won by Novak Djokovic, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.

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French Open

Tennis tournament won by Novak Djokovic, defeating Casper Ruud in the final.

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ATP Finals

Tennis tournament won by Novak Djokovic for a record seventh time, defeating Jannik Sinner.

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US Open 2023

Tennis tournament won by Novak Djokovic, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final.

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Coco Gauff

Winner of the women's singles title at the US Open 2023.

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Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

Badminton players Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty awarded for outstanding performance.

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Arjuna Award

Various sportspersons recognized for their achievements in different sports.

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Dronacharya Award

Coaches Lalit Kumar, R B Ramesh, Shriveer Prasad Saini, Shivendra Singh, and Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar honored for their coaching contributions.

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Dhyan Chand Award

Badminton player Manjusha Kanwar, hockey player Vineet Kumar Sharma, and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj recognized for their lifetime achievements.

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Emily Henry

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023.

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Neeraj Chopra

Olympic and World champion in men's javelin throw.

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OceanGate Titan Submersible

Submersible used for deep-sea exploration.

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Russia's Luna 25

Upcoming lunar mission by Russia.

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India's new parliament building

Construction project for a new parliament building in India.

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Droupadi Murmu

Recipient of the Best Original Song Oscar at the 2023 Academy Awards for the song "Naatu Naatu."

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Open AI GPT-4

Released in March 2023, an advanced language model.

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Brendan Fraser

Winner of the Best Actor Oscar at the 2023 Academy Awards.

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Lionel Messi

Winner of the 2023 Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Cup with Argentina.

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