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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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Sheynnis Palacios of was crowned the 2023 Miss Universe at the culmination of the annual beauty pageant, which took place in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador.

She belongs to Nicaragua.

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Nicaragua is a country located in Central America. 

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President Emmanuel Macron of France was awarded the Olympic Order in gold.

This prestigious distinction was bestowed upon him by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in recognition of his unwavering support for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and his commitment to the Olympic ideals championed by Pierre de Coubertin.

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 was awarded to Abiy Ahmed Ali "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."

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Oppenheimer won the Best Film award in Oscar Awards 2024.

Oppenheimer is and English epic biographical thriller drama film released in 2023.

Oppenheimer won 7 Oscars in 2024.

Oppenheimer was also nominated in 13 categories. 

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In Summer Olympic Games 2024, Novak Djokovic becomes oldest player to win Olympic gold.

He won Olympic medal at the age of 37.

He is a professional tennis player. 

He belongs to Serbia. 

He triumphs in a 2-hour, 50-minute final against Carlos Alcaraz at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Mondo Duplantis belongs Sweden who has won the 2024 Paris Olympic Games men's pole vault gold medal.

He not only broke the Olympic record but also set a new world record while retaining his title.

He raised the bar to 6.25 meters, breaking his own world record of 6.24 meters.

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German writer Jenny Erpenbeck has been awarded the International Booker Prize 2024 for her book named 'Kairos'.

Jenny Erpenbeck won Booker Prize for her novel Kairos follows the destructive love affair between a 19-year-old student and a married man in his 50s who meet on a bus in East Berlin around 1986.

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International Booker Prize is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom.

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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 was awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”

Jon Fosse is from Norway.

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Cannes Film Festival 2023

Edition: 76th

Held: 16 to 27 May 2023

Venue: France