James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks — has died, his former lab said on Friday (November 7, 2025). He was 97.


DNA Pioneer James Watson Dies at 97 in New York

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been selected to lead Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday (Aug 6). The move came after his name was backed by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead Bangladesh's interim government

It was in the year 1884 when 22-year-old Rabindranath Tagore, subsumed in pain of separation, in a letter to his confidant, educationist and social reformer C F Andrews wrote, “She, my Queen, has died and my world has shut against the door of its inner apartment of beauty which gives on the real taste of freedom.

Tagore and his women | Forgotten names who shaped the Nobel laureate's literature

A Bangladesh bank on Saturday (Feb 17) confirmed that it had expelled Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus from the two businesses that he founded, following his conviction in a criminal case.

Bangladesh bank confirms ouster of Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has been sentenced to 6 months in prison for violating the country's labour laws. Priyanka Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus sentenced to 6 months in prison

Robert Solow, the distinguished economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) renowned for his groundbreaking work linking technology to economic growth, has died at the age of 99.

Renowned economist Robert Solow, Nobel laureate in tech-driven growth, passes away at 99

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, currently jailed in Iran for her activism for women's rights, will begin a new hunger strike in prison as her prize is awarded in Norway. This strike will be a show of solidarity towards the Baha'i religious minority in Iran. Mohammadi is currently being held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, where last month, she went on another hunger strike to protest against the obligation for women to wear the hijab in Iran.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi starts hunger strike in Iran

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Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of tax evasion charges. The Philippine Tax Court ruled that prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Ressa and her online news website Rappler had evaded income tax.

Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion by Philippine tax court

Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, while accepting her Nobel Peace Prize, launched a tirade against US social media giants holding them responsible for fuelling a flood of “toxic sludge” in the social platform.

Nobel winner journalist Ressa slams US social media giants for fuelling ‘hate and anger’

Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed is getting isolated both at home and abroad. His citizens accuse him of launching a needless war. The united nations is criticizing him for the unprecedented expulsion of its staff. Now more damaging revelations have come out. Allegedly the Ethiopian government used civilian aircraft to transport weapons for the war. Our next report tells you more.

Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed gets isolated both at home and abroad

Nobel Laureate Abiy Ahmed is getting isolated - both at home and abroad. He is being criticised for intensifying the civil war in Ethiopia. Now, his government has been accused of transporting weapons for the war in civilian aircraft. WION's Palki Sharma has more.

Gravitas: Is Nobel Laureate Abiy Ahmed now a global pariah?

Has coronavirus pandemic led to increase in child trafficking? How will COVID-19 third wave impact children? How to address mental health issues among kids? WION's Palki Sharma discusses with Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel laureate & child rights activist.

The Interview: Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel laureate & child rights activist, speaks to WION

India needs a better opposition which is the heart of any democracy and the ruling party should embrace that to keep it under check, noted economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee said here on Sunday.

'India needs a better opposition': Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said on Tuesday that an important point for India is to create a bureaucracy which takes the views of the people into account.

PM explained how he is trying to reform bureaucracy: Abhijit Banerjee after meeting Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Nobel Prize 2019 winner Abhijit Banerjee here on Tuesday and said that the latter's passion towards human empowerment is visible and the country is proud of his achievements.

PM Modi meets Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, says ‘India proud of his accomplishments’

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said Friday the nation of Ethiopia was proud of his Nobel Peace Prize win, hailing it as testimony to efforts to reform the country and seek peace with Eritrea.

Ethiopia 'proud as a nation' of Abiy Nobel win: PM's office

Bangladeshi economist and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to appear at a hearing over the sacking of workers at a company he heads, officials said Thursday.

Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus over sacking of workers

Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, a leading figure in African-American literature, has explored slavery's enduring legacy in a poetic, raw voice that has influenced generations of writers.

Remembering Toni Morrison (1931-2019): Five most relevant novels written by her

Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was honoured at the 24th Lima International Book Fair on Thursday for his contribution to literature.

Nobel laureate opens Lima International Book Fair

Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad was in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the US when she received the news about her winning the coveted peace award. Also Read: Dr Mukwege was informed about Nobel Peace Prize while conducting operation Murad, 25, told the Nobel website that she hoped the recognition would act as a "voice for all women who are suffering from sexual violence in conflict in many other places.

Wasn't easy for me to talk about being a sex slave, says Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad

Giving the lecture is the only requirement to win the $870,000 prize, but there's a deadline

Will Dylan give lecture to claim Nobel? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

Upon winning the Nobel Prize the Swedish academy said, 'In him, West Indian culture has found its great poet'

Nobel laureate poet Derek Walcott dies peacefully at age 87

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee dissolved the Nalanda Mentors Group, leaving out Sen and a few other members of the 6-year-old body

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen no more part of Nalanda University board

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