Explanation

About Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2024

Co-Winners: Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun (American Scientists)

They are awarded for discovery of microRNA, which helps determine how cells develop and function

miscroRNA plays a key role in regulating gene activity.

Additional Information About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko (Hungary) & Drew Weissman (USA) 

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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Explanation

In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi 

At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive this prize.

About Malala Yousafzai

Born: 1997

Belongs: Mingora, Swat

Received Noble Prize in 2014

She is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate

International Malala Day is observed every year on July 12 

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Explanation

 The Nobel Peace Prize has seen the largest number of women laureates compared to other Nobel Prize categories.

The Peace Prize has been awarded to women 17 times,

• Literature has seen 14
• Medicine 12
• Chemistry 5
• Physics 3
• Economics 1

Explanation

Full Name: Kofi Atta Annan

Born: April 8, 1938, in Kumasi, Ghana

Died: August 18, 2018, in Bern, Switzerland

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006)

First black African to hold the post

Major Achievements:

Promoted human rights, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and HIV/AIDS awareness

Played a key role in reforming the UN and promoting global peace

Shared the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations

Explanation

Two persons of Pakistani origin have received the Nobel Prize: Abdus Salam (Physics, 1979) and Malala Yousafzai (Peace, 2014).

Abdus Salam was recognized for his work in theoretical physics, while Malala was honored for her activism in girls' education.