News Desk: Veteran British novelist Hilary Mantel made history by winning the prestigious Man Booker Prize for the second time. She became the first woman and British author to bag the honour twice. She won the prize for her book 'Bring up the Bodies'. She had first received the prize for her novel 'Wolf Hall' in 2009.

Breaking News! Veteran economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley from the US bagged the Nobel Prize for this year in Economics for "the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design", cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Their research helps explain the market process at work. While Roth (60) is a professor at Harvard University in Boston, Shapley (89) works at University of California Los Angeles.

Breaking News! The 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban militants in Islamabad, has been sent to the UK for medical treatment. She requires prolonged care to recover physically and mentally. The Pakistani girl was the target of Taliban for campaigning for education for girls.

Breaking News! European Union (EU) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 for playing a historic role in uniting the continent. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision may spark controversy as anti-EU feelings have been witnessed in Norway.

Breaking News! Chinese author Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature for writing folk tales, history and contemporary stories in a traditional manner. He is the second from China to win the prize after Gao Xingjian since 2000. The 57-year-old Yan's most of the works are based on simple and rustic life.

Breaking News! Two US researchers Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won the 2012 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work that showed the complex network of the billions of cells and how they are sensing light, flavour, odour and receive signals from hormones and neurotransmitters. The duo will share the prize of £750,000.

News Desk: Scientists from Britain and Japan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking discovery in stem cells. British scientist John Gurdon (79) and Shinya Yamanaka (50) from Japan discovered the methods to create tissue that would act like embryonic cells.

Breaking News! French man Serge Haroche and American scientist David Wineland won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics. The duo was selected for inventing the methods for observing elusive quantum particles without destroying them. They created a milestone in physics and their ground-breaking methods would help in building a new kind of super fast computer.   

Breaking News! A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck the coast of eastern Indonesia. However, no immediate reports of any casualties or damage have been reported so far. The quake hit the region, near the city of Ambon, at a depth of 21.6 miles. No tsunami alert has been issued.  

News Desk: Tension between two neighbouring countries Turkey and Syria intensified after a shell was fired from Syria at a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians. Responding to attack, the Turkish security forces fired on Syrians with artillery.