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Windfall for Pakistan from the peace deal

We in India tend to dismiss Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir as messengers, not mediators. That’s unfair.
Updated on Jun 28, 2026 07:41 am IST

Real ‘PadMan’ Arunachalam Muruganantham listed as 2026 Nobel Peace Prize nominee

Arunachalam Muruganantham created and patented a machine which could manufacture low cost sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads. Photo-credit-Facebook
Updated on May 04, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Trump repeats India-Pakistan ceasefire claim amid war with Iran

US President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Updated on Apr 07, 2026 06:22 am IST

Integrate human values into technology and governance: Satyarthi

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi delivers the first centenary lecture at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad on Saturday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 21, 2026 07:27 pm IST

Q&A: Activists, 'sister-friends' Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee channel their bond into a new book

Q&A: Activists, 'sister-friends' Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee channel their bond into a new book
Updated on Mar 09, 2026 07:36 pm IST

Jeffrey Epstein used ties with Nobel Prize committee head to entice elites

Thorbjorn Jagland was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein through Terje Rod Larsen, a Norwegian diplomat known for helping broker the Oslo Peace Accords
Updated on Feb 14, 2026 09:47 pm IST

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 6 years in prison, lawyer says

Narges Mohammadi's lawyer expressed hope that due to her health issues, she could be temporarily “released on bail to receive treatment”,
Published on Feb 08, 2026 10:49 pm IST

‘No obligation to think of peace’: Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel snub

Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize 2025 medal to Trump.
Published on Jan 19, 2026 03:37 pm IST

Tharoor on Machado giving Nobel Prize to Trump: ‘Desperation-driven politics’

A fresh controversy erupted after Machado decided to present her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump.
Published on Jan 17, 2026 01:53 pm IST

Trump repeats India-Pak truce claim, says Shehbaz Sharif ‘thanked’ him

US President Donald Trump said that Pakistan PM thanked him for "saving 10 million people."
Updated on Jan 17, 2026 08:27 am IST

Can Machado give her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump? Committee's clarification

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presents her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the Oval Office, in Washington, DC.
Updated on Jan 17, 2026 09:57 am IST

Nobel Prize inseparable from winner but medal can be given away, award body says

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her medal on Thursday to Trump, who thanked her for it.
Updated on Jan 17, 2026 12:38 am IST

Trump ‘accepts’ Nobel Nobel Peace Prize from Machado. Can it be transferred?

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presents her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the Oval Office, in Washington, DC.
Published on Jan 16, 2026 12:35 pm IST

Trump thanks ‘wonderful woman’ Machado after she presents him Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Institute has said Maria Corina Machado could not give her prize to Donald Trump, an honour that he has repeatedly coveted.
Updated on Jan 16, 2026 11:59 am IST

Can Trump accept Nobel Peace Prize? Rules explained amid Machado's gesture

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado met with President Donald Trump.
Published on Jan 16, 2026 06:37 am IST

Venezuela’s Machado says she ‘presented’ her Nobel prize medal to Trump

Machado, whom Trump had earlier dismissed as unfit to lead Venezuela, did not clarify if Trump kept the medal
Updated on Jan 16, 2026 05:37 am IST

Why Venezuela's Maria Machado presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters.
Updated on Jan 16, 2026 09:02 pm IST

What's open and closed on MLK Day? Post offices, banks, schools, stock market

MLK Day 2026: What's open and closed?
Published on Jan 13, 2026 06:03 pm IST

Did Nobel Peace Prize just rebuke Venezuela winner María Corina Machado?

Nobel Peace Prize organizers informed María Corina Machado her award cannot be revoked or transferred after she proposed giving it to Donald Trump
Updated on Jan 11, 2026 10:31 pm IST

Nobel Institute rules out transfer of Peace Prize after Machado's remarks

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
Updated on Jan 11, 2026 09:00 am IST

Trump's Nobel desire cues policy from India to Venezuela? What his actions say

US President Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party (GOP) member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Updated on Jan 07, 2026 09:37 pm IST

Trump questions Machado's potential. She says she ‘should’ be Venezuela's leader

Donald Trump earlier said that Maria Machado is a very nice woman but that she doesn't have respect in Venezuela.
Updated on Jan 07, 2026 02:11 pm IST

Trump not endorsing Venezuela's Maria Machado due to 'ultimate sin': Report

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters.
Updated on Jan 05, 2026 09:02 pm IST

Maria Machado family: All on ex-hubby, kids as Trump gives big statement on her

Trump rejected the possibility of Machado leading Venezuela, emphasizing her lack of national support and respect, while revealing US cooperation with Maduro's vice president.
Updated on Jan 04, 2026 12:39 am IST

Maria Corina Machado's net worth: All on Venezuela's opposition leader

Maria Corina Machado supports US military intervention against Maduro's regime, calling for popular sovereignty and the release of political prisoners.
Updated on Jan 04, 2026 12:09 am IST

Where is Maria Machado? Venezuela oppn leader in focus after Maduro ‘capture’

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, in January 2025, a day ahead of Maduro's inauguration ceremony, where he was sworn in for a third term.
Updated on Jan 04, 2026 05:59 am IST

Nobel laureate Machado injured as she fled Venezuela, spokesperson says

(FILES) Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado gestures from a balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, in the early hours of December 11, 2025. Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey out of hiding in Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson said on December 15, 2025. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Published on Dec 15, 2025 09:43 pm IST

Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalised twice after 'violent arrest', say family

FILE PHOTO: Taghi Ramahi, husband of Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women's rights advocate, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, poses with an undated photo of himself and his wife, during an interview at his home in Paris, France, October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
Published on Dec 15, 2025 03:03 pm IST

'Give Nobel to PM Modi': Spiritual leader cites Op Sindoor, 'third world war'

‘PM Modi averted third world war,’ says Chennai-based spiritual leader
Updated on Dec 14, 2025 11:46 am IST

Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was arrested in Iran, her support committee announced on December 12, 2025.
Published on Dec 12, 2025 08:11 pm IST