Explanation

Simon Johnson, James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu have been awarded 2024 Nobel Prize Economics.

Awarded for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.

Their book titled 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity'  was published in 2023

Both Simon Johnson and James Robinson are British-Americans.

Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish-American.

Additional Information:

Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 was awarded to Claudia Goldin

She is an American economic historian

Explanation

Dr. Abdul Salam received Nobel Prize for combining two forces: Electromagnetic and weak forces

In 1979,  Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize for physics.

He was the second Muslim scientist to get Nobel Prize.

Abdus Salam became the first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize.

Dr. Abdus Salam was Died: Nov. 21, 1996

In 1952  Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge

Awards

Copley Medal: 1990

Royal Medal: 1978

Hughes Medal: 1964

Pride of Performance: 1958

Nishan-e-Imtiaz

Adams Prize: 1958

Lomonosov Gold Medal: 1983

Atoms for Peace Award

Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Physics: 1981

Smith's Prize for Essay: 1950

Jožef Stefan Medal: 1980

Cristoforo Colombo Prize: 1992

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Explanation

About Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

Co-winners: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton

Award given by: Royal Swedish Academy

Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist

Geoffrey Hinton is called the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI)

John Hopfield is an American scientist

Additional Information:

They are awarded Nobel Prize for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks

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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

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

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

The first Nobel Prize in the Sub-Continent was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore.

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

He was the first non-European and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize. 

Explanation

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize in 1978 to Anwar al-Sadat

The Nobel Peace Prize 1978 for their contribution to the two frame agreements on peace in the Middle East, and on peace between Egypt and Israel

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until 6 October 1981

Born: 25 December 1918, Mit Abu al-Kawm, Egypt

Died: 6 October 1981, Cairo, Egypt

Explanation

Mohamed ElBaradei was an Egyptian diplomat and scholar.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, along with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

He received for their efforts to promote nuclear disarmament and prevent nuclear proliferation.

He served as the Director General of the IAEA from 1997 to 2009.

Explanation

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."