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Nobel Prize 2025

The Nobel Prize is awarded to individuals or organisations who have made the greatest contributions to humanity in the preceding year. Originally established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, the prizes were first awarded in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. The Nobel Prize for this year is being announced from October 6 to October 13.

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, pioneer in particle physics, dies at 103

In 1957, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee won the Nobel Prize for discovering parity law violations in weak interactions, reshaping particle physics

Updated On : 18 Oct 2025 | 11:22 AM IST

Datanomics: Women secure 7% of Nobel Prizes, mostly in Literature & Peace

Since 2021, three women have won Nobel awards in Peace, two each in Literature and Medicine, one each in Physics, Chemistry and Economics

Updated On : 14 Oct 2025 | 11:36 PM IST

Shiva, Schumpeter, and the Nobel: Understanding creative destruction

Hindu god Shiva's cosmic cycle of destruction mirrors Joseph Schumpeter's idea of creative destruction - a theme echoed in the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Updated On : 14 Oct 2025 | 2:53 PM IST

Venezuela shuts embassy in Norway after Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee appointed by Norway's parliament, which is not related to the Executive's foreign affairs policy

Updated On : 14 Oct 2025 | 9:01 AM IST

Latest Updates on Nobel Prize 2025

Nobel prize not govt's call: Norway PM replies to Trump's Greenland threat

Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Store has clarified that the government plays no role in the Nobel Peace Prize, and decisions are made by an independent committee after Trump linked the snub to Greenland

Nobel prize not govt's call: Norway PM replies to Trump's Greenland threat
Updated On : 20 Jan 2026 | 11:04 AM IST

Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel prize snub in letter to Norway's PM

Trump rattled Nato allies over the weekend after threatening to impose tariffs on a group of European members of the alliance if he doesn't get control of Greenland

Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel prize snub in letter to Norway's PM
Updated On : 19 Jan 2026 | 2:06 PM IST

Trump to keep Machado's Nobel peace prize, laureate title to stay with her

US President Donald Trump will keep the Nobel Peace Prize offered by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, while the Nobel Committee says the laureate title cannot be transferred

Trump to keep Machado's Nobel peace prize, laureate title to stay with her
Updated On : 16 Jan 2026 | 8:36 AM IST

Trump claims he ended 8 wars, says Norway foolishly denied him Nobel Prize

Linking his foreign policy record to US military power, Trump said American strength under his leadership restored global deterrence and commanded respect from adversaries

Trump claims he ended 8 wars, says Norway foolishly denied him Nobel Prize
Updated On : 08 Jan 2026 | 9:13 AM IST

Behind Nobel Laureate Maria Machado's daring escape from Venezuela to Oslo

An American firm with experience in special operations spirited María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation

Behind Nobel Laureate Maria Machado's daring escape from Venezuela to Oslo
Updated On : 13 Dec 2025 | 12:31 PM IST

Nobel winner Machado appears in Oslo after 'journey of extreme danger'

The perilous trip involved her taking a boat to Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island about 40 miles away, a person familiar with the matter said

Nobel winner Machado appears in Oslo after 'journey of extreme danger'
Updated On : 11 Dec 2025 | 11:46 PM IST

From Nobel to Grammy winners: People who defined excellence in 2025

Maria Corina Machado's Peace Prize and Kendrick Lamar's Grammy triumph capture how 2025 honoured both democratic resistance and cultural reinvention

From Nobel to Grammy winners: People who defined excellence in 2025
Updated On : 08 Dec 2025 | 6:14 PM IST

Trump repeats claim of ending India-Pakistan conflict, seeks Nobel Prize

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim of resolving the India-Pakistan conflict and asserted that he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each of the eight wars he says he has ended. We ended eight wars...But we're going to do one more, I think, I hope, Trump said in remarks at a Cabinet Meeting, referring to the Russia-Ukraine war. Every time I end a war, they say, if President Trump ends that war, he's going to get the Nobel Prize'. If I end that war, well, he won't get it for that war, but if he ever gets it for the next war'. "Now they're saying, if he ever ends the war with Russia and Ukraine, he's going to get the Nobel Prize'. What about the other eight wars? India, Pakistan, think of all the wars I ended. I should get the Nobel Prize for every war, but I don't want to be greedy, Trump said. The US President said he cares more about the lives being lost in these wars, and added that the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate Venezuelan activist Mara Corina Machado Parisc

Trump repeats claim of ending India-Pakistan conflict, seeks Nobel Prize
Updated On : 03 Dec 2025 | 6:26 AM IST

Japan PM tells Trump she has nominated him for Nobel Peace: White House

At their meeting in Akasaka Palace, Takaichi praised Trump for his diplomatic efforts, particularly his role in promoting peace between Thailand and Cambodia and ending Gaza conflict

Japan PM tells Trump she has nominated him for Nobel Peace: White House
Updated On : 28 Oct 2025 | 11:36 AM IST

President Trump is Venezuela's main ally right now: Nobel laureate Machado

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado has said that "we are determined" to have the sovereign will of the Venezuelan population respected, and asserted that "our main ally" at this moment in the struggle is US President Donald Trump. Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, in an interview to Times Now broadcast on Friday, also said, "we can count on the Indian people for a peaceful transition to democracy and freedom in Venezuela". She was awarded the 2025 prize by the Nobel Committee for the sustained campaign against the country's President Nicols Maduro Moros. The Committee on its website says that the prize was "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy". In the interview, she was asked about the expectations by many that President Trump might have received the Nobel prize for his efforts this year. "This is a prize for the Venezuelan people,

President Trump is Venezuela's main ally right now: Nobel laureate Machado
Updated On : 24 Oct 2025 | 10:56 PM IST

Mapping the themes: How Economics Nobel Prize moves with the times

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

Mapping the themes: How Economics Nobel Prize moves with the times
Updated On : 13 Oct 2025 | 11:18 PM IST

Why 'creative destruction' defines this year's Economics Nobel Prize

They won the prize for explaining the Innovation-driven economic growth, which is a theory that states that a nation's long-term growth depends on its ability to innovate

Why 'creative destruction' defines this year's Economics Nobel Prize
Updated On : 13 Oct 2025 | 8:17 PM IST

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win Nobel Prize in Economics

Mokyr won half the prize for identifying factors behind sustained growth via technological progress, while Aghion & Howitt shared the other half for their theory of growth through creative destruction

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win Nobel Prize in Economics
Updated On : 13 Oct 2025 | 5:15 PM IST

Nobel Institute suspects 'espionage' after surge in Machado betting odds

The Nobel Institute in Norway said espionage was 'highly likely' behind an apparent leak that sent betting odds for Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado soaring hours before her Peace Prize win

Nobel Institute suspects 'espionage' after surge in Machado betting odds
Updated On : 12 Oct 2025 | 11:49 AM IST

Nobel winner vilified by Maduro vows to continue her fight for Venezuela

Machado's prize is unlikely to help improve the circumstances for her supporters and opposition leaders, whose ranks have thinned under a brutal crackdown that's sent many to jail or into exile

Nobel winner vilified by Maduro vows to continue her fight for Venezuela
Updated On : 11 Oct 2025 | 8:48 AM IST

Venezuelan Nobel laureate accepted 2025 Peace Prize in 'my honour': Trump

Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy

Venezuelan Nobel laureate accepted 2025 Peace Prize in 'my honour': Trump
Updated On : 11 Oct 2025 | 7:38 AM IST