Important Days World Nature Day - October 3 World Nature Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges our environment faces, particularly due to climate change. The day was established by the World Nature Organization (WNO) in 2010. Awards and Honour 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their research that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. It was announced by The Royal Swedish Academy of Science. They were awarded the prize for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”. The first vaccines to use the mRNA technology were those made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna against COVID-19 - GEMCOVAC-OM. RNA as a therapeutic was first promoted in 1989 About mRNA vaccines mRNA stands for messenger RNA. A form of nucleic acid which carries genetic information. It activates the immune system to produce antibodies that help counter an infection from a live virus by introducing spike protein (protein found on the membrane of the virus) It does not expose individuals to the virus itself. About Nobel Prize Ceremony date - 10 December 2023 First awarded – 1901 Categories - Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Memorial prize in economic sciences was added in 1968. Reward - A gold-plated green gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary award of 11 million SEK. Established by the Swedish inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel through his last will. First Noble Prize Winner in India and Asia - Rabindranath Tagore for his work Geetanjali in 1913. Indian Nobel Prize laureates from 1913 to 2023 Rabindranath Tagore (1913) – Literature C.V. Raman (1930) – Physics Har Gobind Khorana (1968) - Physiology or Medicine Mother Teresa (1979)…
