Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Nobel laureates this year will get their medals in their countries. They will receive their medals and diplomas on December 7 and 8 in ceremonial presentations in their countries. It will be shown in the online prize award ceremonies from Oslo and Stockholm on December 10. This will also be the first time that the Nobel Prize Concert at Konserthuset Stockholm will have no audience. | The Times of India

The World Food Programme was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by the Nobel Prize Committee. The WFP was awarded the prize "for its effort to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict." "The coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a strong upsurge in the number of victims of hunger in the world. In the face of the pandemic, 2020 Nobel P