Uttar Pradesh Affairs
After MP, UP to introduce MBBS textbooks in Hindi
After Madhya Pradesh,Yogi Adityanathgovernment inUttar Pradeshis set to introduceHindilanguage textbooks for MBBS courses in state medical colleges.
According to medical Education officials, the government has constituted a three-member committee that is reviewing MBBS textbooks on three subjects biochemistry, anatomy and medical physiology in Hindi, launched recently in MP as part of the National Education Policy 2020.
National and International Affairs
Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit nominates Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as his successor
Chief Lalits recommendation to the government would start the process for appointment of Justice Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India.If the government approval comes through, Justice Chandrachud would be the first second-generation Chief Justice of India. His father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India and one of the longest serving ones.
Justice Chandrachuds years in The Supreme Court has seen his hand in almost every notable judgment of the court. His erudite verdicts and dissents on the Bench were marked by a reformist approach, especially in the arena of civil liberties, individual and womens rights.
His latest judgment had held thatsingle Women are equally eligible to the protection of abortion laws. Justice Chandrachud had decriminalised adultery, upheld the right of women short service officers in Army and Navy to be considered for permanent commission and stood by a womans right to marry a partner of her choice. Justice Chandrachud upheld theright of women of menstrual age to enter the Sabarimala temple.
Philip H. Dybvig
For the research on Banking and financial crises
Barry Sharpless
For the development of click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry
Anton Zeilinger
For conducting experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography.
Organization memorial and Organization Centre for Civil Liberties
For promoting the right to criticize power and protect the of citizens.
For showing outstanding efforts to document war crimes, Human Rights abuses, and the abuse of power.
Annie Ernaux
For the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory.
Professor Svante Pbo
For the discovery of the genetic identity of two of humankinds earliest ancestors, and opening a new window on the HUMAN EVOLUTION process.
List of Noble Prize Winners 2022
Noble Prize in Physiology and Medicine 2022