CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Annie Ernaux delivered her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2022 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. She was introduced by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was announced by the Swedish Academy on 6 October 2022. Ernaux was the 16th French writer – the first Frenchwoman – and the 17th female author, to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two Indians, Pratik Sinha and Mohammad Zubair, have been shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”