Nobel Peace Prize 2022: All you may want to know

Noble Peace Prize is going to be announced on October 7 this year. The Nobel Prize in the fields, such as science, and economics, will also be declared soon. Nobel Peace Price is being given since 1901, five years after the death of its founder Alfred Nobel.

The Swedish scientist, Nobel, left his wealth to set up the Nobel Prize. The award was established to give prizes to those, who have worked for the "greatest benefit to humankind."

The Nobel Prize winners for 2022 will receive about £800,000 each. They are expected to donate all or some of their prize money to further research within their industries or charities and foundations. The winners will join the laureates of 2020 and 2021 at the Nobel Week, which will occur in December in Stockholm, Sweden.




However, some favourites, who can win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is the frontrunner for winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2022. Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, also leads the list. Other contenders among the favourites to win the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 are Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the World Health Organisation, Alexei Navalny, Greta Thunberg, Simon Kofe, Sir David Attenborough, Pratik Sinha and Mohammad Zubair, and Myanmar National Unity Government.

Pratik Sinha and Mohammas Zubair have co-founded the Indian fact-checking website, AltNews.

FAQs:

1). When did the Nobel Peace Prize start?
The Nobel Peace Prize has been given since 1901.

2). Who are the two Indians shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022?
Two Indians, Pratik Sinha and Mohammad Zubair, have been shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.