Who will get the Nobel Peace Prize 2021? These names are being discussed

Thousands of people have applied for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 for the year 2021. In which the name of the opposition leader in Russia Alexei Navalny, Belarus's exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhonskaya is also included.

Stavanger: Discussions have started regarding the Nobel Peace Prize given every year for efforts to promote peace. However, the Nobel Committee has not yet indicated which person or group will be awarded this honor. Diplomats, physicians and several presidents have been honored with this award over the past decade and have received several nominations for this year as well, including from many organizations and individuals.

WHO also in race

The nominated group for the Nobel Peace Prize also includes the World Health Organization (WHO) for its role in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, that is, the WHO can also get this award. Henrik Urdal, director of the Oslo-based Peace Research Institute, says the pandemic is an important backdrop for this year's prize. Among the candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 are Belarus's exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhonskaya and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

These names are also discussed

Tikhonskaya led a peaceful protest in Belarus in 2020, her name is the most talked about. The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny could also be a winner. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on 8 October. The announcement of the Nobel Prizes will begin on October 4 with the 'Nobel Prize for Medicine'. The Nobel Prize for Physics will be announced on October 5, Chemistry on October 6, Literature on October 7 and Economics on October 11. Peace and other Nobel Prizes are given every year on 10 December.

what is nobel prize

It is the world's highest prize in the fields of peace, literature, physics, chemistry, medical science and economics, instituted by the Nobel Foundation in the memory of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel in the year 1901. An amount of 10 million dollars is given along with a citation in the form of this award. Alfred Nobel made a total of 355 inventions, including the invention of dynamite. Before his death in December 1896, Alfred Nobel reserved a large part of his wealth in a trust. His wish was that the interest of this money should be awarded every year to those people whose work is found to be most beneficial to mankind. This prize is given every year by the Nobel Foundation for the outstanding contribution to peace, literature, physics, chemistry, medical science and economics with the interest of the same amount deposited in a Swedish bank.