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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

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

Alfred Nobel

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

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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

Karolinska Institute

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

Swedish Academy

The organization responsible for selecting the Nobel Laureate in Literature.

Norwegian Parliament

The organization responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Marie Curie

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

John Bardeen

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

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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

John B Goodenough

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

Rabindra Nath Tagore

The first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize.

Malala Yousafzai

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

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.

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.

Katalin Karikó, 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.

Jon Fosse

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

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.

Claudia Goldin

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

Sheynnis Palacios

Miss Universe 2023 winner from Nicaragua.

Shital Mahajan

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

Savitri Jindal

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

Katrina Kaif

The brand ambassador for clothing brand Uniqlo.

Sultan AlNeyadi

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

G20 New Delhi summit

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

Ramon Magsaysay Award

An annual award often called the Nobel Prize of Asia.

Dr Ravi Kannan R.

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

Chandrayaan-3

The third mission in the Chandrayaan program developed by ISRO.

S Somanath

Chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Booker Prize 2023

Won by Irish author Paul Lynch for Prophet Song.

Pulitzer Prize 2023

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

Anna Karenina

A novel written by Leo Tolstoy.

To Kill a Mockingbird

A novel written by Harper Lee.

The Great Gatsby

A novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

A novel written by Gabriel García Márquez.

A Passage to India

A novel written by E.M Forster.

Invisible Man

A novel written by H.G Wells.

Don Quixote

A novel written by Miguel de Cervantes.

Beloved

A novel written by Toni Morrison.

Mrs. Dalloway

A novel written by Virginia Woolf.

Things Fall Apart

A novel written by Chinua Achebe.

Jane Eyre

A novel written by Charlotte Brontë.

The Color Purple

A novel written by Alice Walker.

Endless Borders

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

Pouria Rahimi Sam

Best Actor (Male) at

BWF World Championships and Summer Olympic Games

Tournaments used to determine qualification for major badminton events.

An Se-young and Seo Seung-jae

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

BWF Korean Open 2023

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

P. V. Sindhu

First Indian to win gold in the Badminton World Championship.

Asian Kabbadi Championship 2023

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

World Para Athletics Championships

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

Pankaj Advani

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

2023 Formula One World Championship

Motor racing event won by Max Verstappen.

2023 United States Grand Prix

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

Chess World Cup 2023

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

R Praggnanandhaa

India's youngest chess grandmaster.

Davis Cup

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

Australian Open 2023

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

French Open

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

ATP Finals

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

US Open 2023

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

Coco Gauff

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

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

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

Arjuna Award

Various sportspersons recognized for their achievements in different sports.

Dronacharya Award

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

Dhyan Chand Award

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

Emily Henry

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023.

Neeraj Chopra

Olympic and World champion in men's javelin throw.

OceanGate Titan Submersible

Submersible used for deep-sea exploration.

Russia's Luna 25

Upcoming lunar mission by Russia.

India's new parliament building

Construction project for a new parliament building in India.

Droupadi Murmu

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

Open AI GPT-4

Released in March 2023, an advanced language model.

Brendan Fraser

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

Lionel Messi

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