US President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

• Barack Obama won Nobel Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and for taking initiatives to create a nuclear-free world
• He will receive the award on December 10, 2009
• Obama had beaten 205 other nominees for the Prestigious Award
• This Award includes a gold medal, a Nobel diploma and 1.4 million dollars

Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners 2009

• Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (indian origin) and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry for mapping ribosomes

International Cricket Council 6th Awards

ICC AWARD WINNERS WAS ANNOUNCED AT JOHANNESBURG
Captain of the ICC ODI & Test team of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
ICC One Day Player of the Year Award: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
ICC Test Player of the Year Award: Gautam Gambhir
ICC Cricketer of the Year Award: Mitchell Johnson
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Emerging Player of the Year Award: Peter Siddle
Spirit of Cricket Award: New Zealand
Associate Player of the Year Award : William Porterfield
Umpire of the Year Award: Aleem Dar
Women's Cricketer of the Year Award: Claire Taylor
Based on Performances: Between August 13, 2008 and August 24, 2009
Selection Panel: Clive Lloyd (West Indies), Anil Kumble (India), Bob Taylor (England), Mudassar Nazar (Pakistan) and Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
ICC World ODI Team of the Year (in batting order): Virender Sehwag (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Kevin Pietersen (England), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Yuvraj Singh (India), Martin Guptill (New Zealand), MS Dhoni (India, captain, wk), Andrew Flintoff (England), Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka), Umar Gul (Pakistan) & 12th men: Thilan Thushara (Sri Lanka)
ICC World Test Team of the Year (in batting order): Gautam Gambhir (India), Andrew Strauss (England), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka), Michael Clarke (Australia), MS Dhoni (India, captain, Wicket Keeper), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Mitchell Johnson (Australia), Stuart Broad (England) Dale Steyn (South Africa) & 12th man: Harbhajan Singh (India)