List of Nobel Prize Winners 2019 List of Nobel Prize Winners 2019


List of Nobel Prize Winners 2019List of Nobel Prize Winners 2019



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The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel. They are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in the world and are conferred in six categories: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace, and economics.



Subject Nobel Laureates Research Work
Medicine William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza of the US and Britain’s Peter Ratcliffe Awarded for Discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability, paving the way for new cancer treatments.
Chemistry John B Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino Awarded for developing the lithium-ion batteries. These batteries are today used in everyday items; from mobile phones to remote controls and even electric vehicles.
Physics <>Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz <>Awarded for theoretical discoveries that have contributed to our understanding of how the universe evolved after the Big Bang.
Literature Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian novelist Peter Handke Awarded for their outstanding work in the field of literature
Peace Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Awarded for ending 20 years of hostility with neighboring Eritrea.
Economics Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer Awarded for an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
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Minerals .

Antimony : Punjab, Karnataka.
Bauxite : Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar.
Chromite : Orissa, Maharashtra.
Coal : Jharkhand, West Bengal.
Copper : Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh.
Diaspora : Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
Gold : Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh.
Iron: Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Lead : Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh.
Lignite : Tamil Nadu, Gujarat.
Manganese : Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
Natural Gas : Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu.
Nickel : Orissa.
Petroleum : Assam, Gujarat.
Silver : Rajasthan, Bihar, Karnataka.
Tin : Bihar Tungsten : Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Uranium : Kerala, Jharkhand, Rajasthan.
Zinc : Rajasthan.
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Albert Einstein : Came up with the Theory of Relativity and the equation E=mc^2.
Alexander Graham Bell : Invented the telephone.
Antoine Lavoisier : Father of modern chemistry.
Ben Franklin : Inventor and Founding Father of the United States.
Francis Crick and James Watson : Discovered the structure of the DNA molecule.
Galileo : First used the telescope to view the planets and stars.
George Washington Carver : Botanist who was called the "farmers best friend.".
Henry Ford : Invented the Model T Ford, the first mass produced car.
Isaac Newton : Discovered the theory of gravity and the three laws of motion.
Jane Goodall : Studied chimpanzees in the wild for many years.
Johannes Gutenberg : Invented the printing press.
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