CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tamil Nadu-born Venki received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on ribosomal structure and was knighted in 2012. He is a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina and EMBO, and a Foreign Member of the Indian National Science Academy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the first to receive this award was Field Marshal Lord Roberts (1902). Since then, holders of this distinction have included Florence Nightingale, Augustus John, Bertrand Russell, Graham Greene, Dr Albert Schweitzer (Honorary), Sir Edward Elgar, E.M.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Ramakrishnan, who shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is among six people chosen by the late Queen before her death, and the first appointments to the Order made by King Charles since he became sovereign.

Detailed explanation-4: -Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian-born British and American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes.