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Nobel Prize 2023 in Medicine goes to Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman for mRNA Covid vaccines
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2023 has been awarded to Katalin Kariko, and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19.
“Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” the Nobel Assembly said in its announcement.
1. Several top 🇺🇸USA President Joe Biden administration officials praised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his commitment to take US-India ties to new heights. The officials termed the India-US ties as one of the most defining partnerships, calling Jaishankar the architect of modern US-India relations.
2. 🇨🇦Canadian MP Kevin Vuong has asked the Justin Trudeau government to provide evidence backing its allegation that the Indian government was possibly behind the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on its soil.
3. Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep S Puri Inaugurates the Indian Pavilion at The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2023). The event, which runs until October 5th, is expected to attract more than 160,000 attendees from 164 countries for its biggest edition ever. ADIPEC 2023 is held under the theme of “Decarbonising. Faster. Together.”
4. Khalistan supporters stage protest outside Indian High Commission in London.
5. Union Minister and former Army chief General VK Singh on Sunday said that the day is not far when Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) will be merged with India again.The Union Minister was speaking during the Tiranga Rally For PoK, organised by the Muslim National Forum, a nationalist Muslim organization in Delhi.
6. VICTORY OF PRO-CHINA CANDIDATE IN MALDIVES IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR INDIA: The victory of Mohamed Muizzu, a pro-China candidate in the recently concluded presidential election in Maldives is likely to alter regional equations considerably. Muizzu will be the successor of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who currently holds the office.
7. India and Bangladesh have discussed preparations to start talks for a free trade agreement between the two countries to promote economic ties. The bilateral trade has dipped to $14.2 billion in 2022-23, from $8.13 billion in 2021-22.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The death toll from dengue infection rose to 1006 in this year with 17 more casualties reported in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning in Bangladesh.
2. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enable the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19.
3. United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti.
4. Turkey’s military carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Sunday, just hours after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing in the capital.
5. A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse is coming soon:
An annular solar eclipse will make its appearance in the skies over North, Central and South America on 14 October.
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