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The Bongo-fication of a Nobel Laureate

To make matters worse, Banerjee is also Amartya Sen’s protégé. Oh dear! Amartya babu, also a Bengali Nobel Laureate, is not on NaMo’s speed dial.

19 Oct 2019 4:40 AM

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh CM invites Nobel laureate to state

The CM said his government is committed to bringing development and empowerment to the last person in society.

19 Oct 2019 2:48 AM

The Congress had promised that the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) or the Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme (MIGS) will cover 20 per cent of the poorest families. (Photo: File)

Abhijit Banerjee belongs to Left ideology India rejected: Piyush Goyal

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

18 Oct 2019 8:20 PM

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee's remarks that the Indian economy is on shaky ground, saying the PM should attend to work and have less "photo ops". (Photo: File)

PM should attend to work, have less photo ops: Kapil Sibal

Senior Congress leader took a swipe at PM Modi over Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee's remarks that Indian economy is on shaky ground.

15 Oct 2019 12:36 PM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the centre over its economic policies, saying "Modinomics" was destroying the country's economy. (Photo: File)

Rahul congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, criticises 'Modinomics' for destroying economy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated the economist for winning the Nobel prize.

15 Oct 2019 11:28 AM

. Since it was first awarded in 1969, Americans have dominated the prize, and only two women have won. (Photo: AFP)

List of previous winners of the Nobel Economics Prize

Previous winners of the Nobel Economics Prize.

15 Oct 2019 11:19 AM

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Indian-origin economist Abhijit Banerjee on Monday for getting the Nobel Prize and said his work on poverty alleviation and development of new techniques was truly pathbreaking. (Photo: File)

‘Immense pride’: Manmohan Singh congratulates Nobel Prize winner Abhijeet Banerjee

Amartya Sen was the first Indian economist to win the Nobel Prize in 1998.

15 Oct 2019 9:27 AM

Abhijit Banerjee went to sleep on hearing news

Technology (MIT) professor is the second Bengali after Prof Amartya Sen to win the Nobel in Economics.

15 Oct 2019 1:27 AM

India-born Professor Abhijit among 3 to get Nobel Economics Prize

Their research helps show which investments are worth making and has the biggest impact on the lives of the poorest people.

15 Oct 2019 1:23 AM

'The condition of Indian economy is on a shaky ground. After witnessing the present (growth) data, just can't be sure about it (revival of economy in near future). "In the last five-six years, at least we could witness some growth, but now that assurance is also gone,' Banerjee said. (Photo: Twitter)

Indian economy on shaky ground: Nobel awardee Abhijit Banerjee

The 58-year-old economist bagged the coveted prize jointly with his wife Esther Duflo and another economist.

14 Oct 2019 8:24 PM

'The research conducted by this year's Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research,' said the Nobel committee in a statement. (Photo: Nobel Prize Twitter)

India-born Abhijit Banerjee, wife Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer win Nobel in Economics

Banerjee, 58, was educated at University of Calcutta, JNU and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988.

14 Oct 2019 3:40 PM

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