UPSC Current Affairs 13 October 2026: Robert Hall and Michael Woodford Win Nobel Economics Prize | Atharva Examwise Current News & Daily GK Update

Overview of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford. The official citation...

UPSC Current Affairs October 10, 2026: Navi Pillay Wins Nobel Peace Prize | Atharva Examwise Current News, Daily GK Update, and Competitive Exam News Today

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the conferral of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize upon Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African jurist of Indian Tamil descent. Awarded "for her efforts to promote peace and international law," the honor coincides with the...

UPSC Current Affairs October 9, 2026: Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature | Daily GK Update and Atharva Examwise Current News

The Swedish Academy in Stockholm officially announced the conferment of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Canadian poet, essayist, and translator Anne Carson. The Academy recognized Carson "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the...

UPSC Current Affairs 8 October 2026: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai | Atharva Examwise Daily GK Update

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, conferring the honour upon French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai. The laureates were jointly recognized "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis...

UPSC Current Affairs October 7, 2026: Francis Halzen Wins Physics Nobel for IceCube Neutrino Observatory | Atharva Examwise Current News

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Belgian-born theoretical physicist Francis Halzen for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. Halzen, a professor...

UPSC Current Affairs October 5, 2026: Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Optogenetics – Atharva Examwise Daily GK Update and Analysis

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced the award of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, and Karl Deisseroth. The official citation honors the trio "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels...