The total prize money on offer at Wimbledon has been increased to a record 44.7 million pounds ($56.52 million) for the Championships this year, an 11.2 per cent increase over 2022. Winners and runners-up of the men's and women's singles finals will also see their prize money rising to 2019levels. Watch, if you are wondering what's the prize money at stake in grand slams, and how much do players earn.
15 Jun 2023Masatoshi Koshiba, who built an underground water tank to detect neutrinos, has died at 94
4 min read22 Nov 2020Neutrinos offer a unique view of the sun’s inner workings because they are produced in its heart by the same process that causes the sun to shineKoshiba was active in science education for young people, and established a basic science foundation using his Nobel Prize award
1 min read13 Nov 2020Gravitational force is so strong in a black hole that not even light can escape
6 min read16 Oct 2020This year’s Economic Science Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have not just clarified how auctions work and why bidders behave in a certain way, but used their theoretical discoveries to invent entirely new auction formats for the sale of goods and services
3 min read12 Oct 2020The Rome-based organisation has been feeding people in some of the world's most dangerous and precarious places, with the coronavirus pandemic seen pushing millions more into hunger
2 min read9 Oct 2020WFP runs a logistics service that has dispatched medical cargoes to over 120 countries throughout the pandemicAt one point at the height of the pandemic, as airlines were cutting back flights, the WFP was running the largest operational airline in the world
2 min read9 Oct 2020The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the winner for this year's peace prize on Friday at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) at the Nobel Institute in Oslo
2 min read9 Oct 2020We respect, here in America / what is concrete, visible. We ask/ What is it for? - The Seven Ages
1 min read8 Oct 2020The prize was announced in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
1 min read8 Oct 2020The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared