indica News Bureau- Nobel prize winner, Abhijit Banerjee, on Saturday offered to help the government of West Bengal to spread awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic, through social media platforms. Reportedly, Banerjee had a telephonic conversation with the Chief Minister of the state Mamta Banerjee, during which he extended his helping hand to fight the outbreak […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Indians are gloating over award of the Nobel Prize in Economics to Abhijit Banerjee. So forgive me my countrymen for pouring some cold water over your heads. Nobel Prizes are given every year in 6 subjects, physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and peace. The first prizes were awarded in 1901. The prizes […]
IANS- Indian-origin MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, his wife and one-time Ph.D student Esther Duflo, and Harvard professor Michael Kremer have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work which has “dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice,” it was announced on Monday. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which […]
