The Latest Breaking News on Prizes

A big component? Not spreading himself too thin.

Britain’s Prince William is looking to expand his Earthshot Prize program into a global movement to bolster environmental solutions and galvanize governments to be more engaged in green sectors so that climate change would be easier to tackle

A Kensington Palace spokesperson said the prince was on his way and was ‘extremely looking forward to being back in Singapore’.

Women form just 16% of the nominees for next year’s award, but Nobel laureate Prof Frances Arnold says gender balance will come through girls working in science from a young age

The illuminated Singapore skyline follows a similar activation at Boston City Hall to mark the arrival of the second-annual Earthshot Awards in 2022.

‘Dust on the Throne’ offers a new perspective on the history and revival of Buddhism in India. Douglas Ober, an honorary research associate in the Centre for India and South Asia Research, questions the modernist view of the Buddha, and the prevalence of ritual practice and animist cults among early…

Kailash Satyarthi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work in safeguarding children and childhood of a large number of children worldwide, has been deeply disturbed by the images of children being harmed in the latest Israel-Palestinian crisis. He suggests children and young people affected by conflicts…

India’s revamped science awards, the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, is open to diverse, non-regular affiliations, includes team awards, has no age limit (except for the ‘Yuva’ award), and no cash prizes. This new system must ensure notable contributions include teaching, mentoring, and outreach efforts, adhere to timelines, and ensure gender, socioeconomic,…

Women must be given freedom, not just to be promoted within male-dominated institutions, to shape better, family-spirited institutions for governance