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10/10/2021

Nobel Prize 2021-Winners List

The Nobel Laurates of the year 2021 are given below :

 The Nobel prizes are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor.

 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.



Peace

The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."

Maria Ressa
Born: 2 October 1963, Manila, Philippines
Prize motivation: "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."

Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov
Born: 1961, Kuybyshev (now Samara), USSR (now Russia)

Prize motivation: "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."

Literature 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents."

Medicine 

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 was awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian "for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch."


David Julius
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ardem Patapoutian
Affiliation at the time of the award: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA



Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems" with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann "for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming" and the other half to Giorgio Parisi "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales."

Syukuro Manabe
Affiliation: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

Klaus Hasselmann
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Giorgio Parisi
Affiliation: Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy


Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded jointly to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis."


Benjamin List
Affiliation at the time of the award: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

David W.C. MacMillan
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA


10/05/2020

Nobel Prize 2020-Winners List

The Nobel Laurates of the year 2020 are given below :

 The Nobel prizes are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor.

 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.



Peace

World Food Programme (WFP)
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020

Prize motivation: "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict."

Literature 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." . Louise is from New York, NY, USA

Medicine 

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."


Charles M. Rice-Affiliation now: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Michael Houghton-Affiliation : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Harvey J. Alter-Affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."


Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was divided, one half awarded to Roger Penrose "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity", the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy."

Roger Penrose-Affiliation : University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Reinhard Genzel-Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
Andrea Ghez-Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA


Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing."

Emmanuelle Charpentier-Affiliation : Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
Jennifer A. Doudna-Affiliation : University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA


Economics
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 was awarded jointly to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."

10/10/2019

Winners of Nobel Prize 2019

The Nobel Laurates of the year 2019 are given below :

A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor. The awards are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.



The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019

James Peebles
Princeton University, USA

“for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”

and the other half jointly to

Michel Mayor
University of Geneva, Switzerland

and

Didier Queloz
University of Geneva, Switzerland
University of Cambridge, UK

“for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019

John B. Goodenough
The University of Texas at Austin, USA

M. Stanley Whittingham
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA

Akira Yoshino
Asahi Kasei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan

“for the development of lithium-ion batteries”

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019

William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019

 Austrian author Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

The Nobel Peace Prize 2019


Abiy Ahmed Ali "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019


2/18/2019

Actress Pauly Valsan's autobiography released| Chora nerulla Pakarnattangal

Actress Pauly Valson's autobiography
Actress Pauly Valson's autobiographyThe autobiography of State film award winner Pauly Valsan was released in Kochi in December 2018 . The book 'Chora nerulla Pakarnattangal' was released by Ranji Panicker. She is the recipient of the Kerala State Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in 'Ee Ma Yau' and 'Ottamuri Velicham'.

The autobiography will contain the details of the 40 years of theater drama of  Pauly Valsan, he experience with with many notable personalities inclusing PJ Antony and Thilakan. PaulyValsan wrote the autobiography with the help  of the journalist Joe Petter. Paul maintains to all its holiness when referring to the individuals and circumstances which she has suffered from . She narrates  her life which evolved through the fiery furnace of her experiences without any judgement or prejudices.

It is the story of a woman in a fisherman's family in Kochi Vypeen ,followed her hunger and poverty,  started acting in the first stage to help her the father . This  autobiography is supposed to include all her acquaintances with notable film personalities, childhood friends, her love marriage, suffering in and out.

She debuted as an actress through the film Annan Thambi. Later she acted in many films like Iyobinte Pusthakam, Amar Akbar Antony, Novu, Vanyam,Guppy, Dakini etc, to mention a few. All those who had the luck to watch Ee Ma Yau or the film Ottamuri Velicham would have seen her acting prowess on screen.

Chora nerulla Pakarnatttangal has an  John Paul and narrated by  Joey Peters
Art by Shanavas . The book is published by prathanabooks in Kochi. Its sols for Rs 150 per copy now.
Actress Pauly Valson's autobiography Chora nerulla Pakarnatttangal
Actress Pauly Valson's autobiography

Pauly Valsan hails from Vypin, Kochi, India from a big fisherman family, she is the elder one in the family and have 6 sibling's. She began her acting carrier through theatre plays as a child artist. Her husband Valsan is also a theatre artist. The couple have two children's. Pauly Valsan begin her acting carrier with theatre plays on early 1970's, and later on 2008 pauly debuted on malayalam movie Annan Thambi under the direction of super director Anwar Rasheed starring mega star Mammootty in lead role


12/02/2016

Face packs for winter skin care | Winter skin care Tips and Natural home remedies

Winter is a hard time for skin due to cold and dry weather conditions inside outThis affects the skin and it became stretchy. One of the most important tip is to maintain the moisture level of the skin. Taking long baths using warm water for long can reduce the natural oils on the skin. Here are some tips

Winter time skin care tips
    *Use warm water, not hot water to bath and shortern shower time.
    *Use mild soaps like glycerine soaps to lather
    *Apply good moisturizer after bath
    *Apply sunscreen with SPF 15 or more before leaving home or whenever needed
    *Try to use lip balm with sunscreen.



If moisturizing lotions are not working apply coconut /virgin coconut oil on skin after bath. It will be absorbed by the skin easily leaving it smooth.

 Face pack for winter skin care-Natural home remdies

For dry skin :-use cooked potato paste, mix it with milk and glycerin. Apply the mixture on skin for 20 minutes and wash the face using cold water.

For Sensitive Skin/ Oily Skin
:- mix dry oats, egg yolk and honey . Apply it for 20 minutes. Once it is dry scrub the face for 4 minutes and wash using cold water.

For normal/oily skin: mix egg white and yolk and apply it on the face

Disclaimer:The topics on health and beauty provided on this site is for information purpose only and doesn't not serve as a medical advice. Please see your doctor for health or medical issues

7/01/2016

Gayathri Mantra-Vedic Prayer and Meaning

'Gayathri Mantra', is the ultimate Vedic prayer to awaken the intellectual powers of a person, first found its reference in the 'Vedas', believed to be the storehouse of all Divine Knowledge and the most ancient scriptures known to mankind...

"ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं ।
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् "


"Om bhur, bhuvah, swaha
that savithur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhi mahi
dhiyo yo nah prachodayath
"


''O God, Thou art the giver of life,
the remover of pain and sorrow,
the bestower of happiness;
O Creator of the Universe;
thou are most luminous, pure and adorable (or Supreme Divine Being, embodiment of Knowledge and Light);
We meditate on Thee;
May thou inspire and guide (enlighten) our intellect (so that we may realise supreme truth) in the right direction''


It has three parts. Praise, meditation and prayer. The individual words of the manthra has a meaning of there own that can fill pages and pages if we write...

In simple terms..
Om: The primeval sound that represents Brahma.He pervades in all the worlds viz.Bhulo-lok, bhuvah-lok and swah-lok.He is omnipresent
Bhur:The physical world that embodies the vital or spiritual energy
Bhuvah:The mental world and destroyer of all sufferings,
Swaha:The celestial and spiritual world that embodies happiness,Tath: That or God, referring to transcendental Paramathma (Ultimate Spirit),
Savithur:The Bright Sun or the Creator and Preserver of World,
Varenyam:Best or most adorable (Supreme God propiated by the highest Gods),
Bhargo:Destroyer of all sins (That light that bestows wisdom, bliss and everlasting life),
Devasya:Divine Deity or Supreme Lord(light of that effulgent God),
Dheemahi:We meditate upon and take in,
Dhiyo:The Intellect,
Yo:The Light,
Nah:Our,(Yo Naha :- Be directed by that lord)
Prachodayath: Inspire or Enlighten or towards illumination
Listen to the chanting of Gayathri Manthra in the following youtube video .Rishis selected the words of the Gayathri Mantra and arranged them so that they not only convey meaning but also create specific power of righteous wisdom through their utterance. The maximum benefit of chanting the mantra is said to be obtained by chanting it 108 times. One may chant it for 3, 9, or 18 times when pressed for time. The syllables of the mantra are said to positively affect all the chakras or energy centres in the human body - hence, proper pronunciation and enunciation are very important
(ref:wikipedia).

7/15/2015

Aakruti -Actress Lena's sliming centre

Actress Lena is going to start a slimming centre in Kozhikode followed by one in Thrissure. This is joint venture of Lena with her friends Louisa and Vrinda.

The centre aims to reduce body weight without avoiding favourite foods. The centre will be launched at Chevayoor in Calicut, by the first week of August.

'Aakruti' provides techniques and special treatments to weight issues at a low cost. She aims to provide awareness on staying fit and beautiful. With this centre Lena is planning to share her health and fitness secrets

'Aakruti-Slim is beautiful'


Actress Lena's Aakruti
Actress Lena's Aakruti

Now a days active actresses are trying their luck in entrepreneurship. Recently Kavya Madhavan launched a online clothing store Laksyah.com. Other actress having boutique are Poornima Indrajith  (Pranaah)and Urmila Unni. Mukta is into beauty paralour businesses in Kochi.

Lena is also a busy actress with many movies in her kitty.Kanyaka Talkies is just released. Ennu Ninte Moideen is another one everyone is eagerly waiting for.She is also acting in a hindi film Airlift with Akshaykumar


She is all set to start a slimming centre aimed at making women beautiful.Lena's aim is to help those women who are eager to reduce weight and become beautiful.

'Aakruti is a slimming and Physiotherapy centre which has set its mark in bringing out revolutionary changes in obesity and lifestyle management in Kerala.  At Aakruti you unwind, lie down, relax and see you calories melting away. Long Description Here at Aakruti we not only concentrate on weight loss management but also modifies you lifestyle, so even after completion'


Aakruti is a slimming clinic Details
 Location :Chevayur, Calicut
Products Basic program (A1) Advanced program (A2) Ultra slim program (A3) Intense QT (A4) Spot Reduction (A5) Face Lift (A6) Bust lift (A7)
Phone Calicut : 0495 6060602, Thrissur : 0487 6060609,  Contact phone number:9497160602
Mobile : 9544157555 Email enquiry@myaakruti.com
Website http://www.myaakruti.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myaakruti
Chief Physiotherapists: Dr.Louisa princy David (PT) MPT, MIAP Dr. Lijesh John (PT) HCPC, UK
'Aakruti' will be inaugurated by Asif Ali on September 9, 2015 at Chevayur, Calicut at 9:30 a.m.