CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 to Louise Glück, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (2020) – Economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee won the most prestigious award on Monday with his French-American wife Esther Duflo and another American economist Michael Kremer for their “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world – often in extremely dangerous and hard-to-access conditions – has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.