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How to serve migrants in Mumbai is Maharashtra govt's problem, not Centre's: Abhijit Banerjee tells Rahul Gandhi

May 05, 2020, at 02:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The question of how to solve the problems of migrant workers in Mumbai has to be resolved by the Maharashtra government and not the federal government (New Delhi),  Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee interacting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday on a video conversation said.

We need a stimulus package: Abhijit Banerjee tells Rahul Gandhi during video interaction

May 05, 2020, at 10:20 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Interacting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday said there is a need for a stimulus package to revive the Indian economy at present which is hit by COVID-19.

West Bengal Governor to preside over Calcutta University ceremony to confer D Litt on Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

Jan 28, 2020, at 01:33 pm

Kolkata/UNI: Nobel Prize winner in economics Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee will be conferred honorary D Litt (honoris causa) at Calcutta University convocation on Tuesday.

Honouring Abhijit Banerjee a great moment, says Dhankar, but evades question about his presence at CU convocation

Jan 15, 2020, at 08:21 pm

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Wednesday denied controversy over his presence in the convocation ceremony of Calcutta University in which Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee will also be conferred the honorary D Litt.

Echoes of Germany moving towards Nazi rule: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on JNU violence

Jan 07, 2020, at 02:37 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Expressing concern over Sunday's attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers, Nobel Laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said he could hear in the attack the echoes of the years when Germany moved towards the Nazi rule.

Dressed in Bengali attire, Abhijit Banerjee along with wife Esther Duflo receives Nobel Prize

Dec 10, 2019, at 11:39 pm

Stockholm/IBNS: Dressed in authentic Bengali attire, Indian-American Economist Abhijit Banerjee, along with his wife Esther Duflo, received the Nobel Prize in Economics here in Sweden for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee spends a day with mother, calls on Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Oct 23, 2019, at 07:10 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee decided to spend the day at leisure with his mother Nirmala Banerjee at their Ballygunge residence in the city away from the media glare.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee visits ailing Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Oct 23, 2019, at 05:28 pm

Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee on Wednesday visited ailing poet and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen here.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee arrives in Kolkata

Oct 22, 2019, at 11:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: India-born Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday arrived in Kolkata after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

We should be more vigilant to stop this crisis much before it happens: Abhijit Banerjee

Oct 22, 2019, at 10:15 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India-born Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday suggested "aggressive and important changes" to deal with the banking crisis in India.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee suggests proactive approach to prevent banking crisis

Oct 22, 2019, at 08:43 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India-born Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday suggested "aggressive and important changes" to deal with the banking crisis in India.

Abhijit Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi, describes his thinking about India as 'quite unique'

Oct 22, 2019, at 03:58 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Nobel prize winner Abhijit Banerjee, who is currently in India, on Tuesday met PM Narendra Modi here and said the BJP leader's thinking about India was 'quite unique'.

PM Modi's thoughts about the country is unique: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

Oct 22, 2019, at 01:25 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: After meeting Narendra Modi in the national capital, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday said the Prime Minister's thoughts about the country is "unique".

India is proud of Abhijit Banerjee, says PM Modi after meeting Nobel laureate

Oct 22, 2019, at 12:21 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Meeting Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is proud of the economist.

Mamata Banerjee meets mother of Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

Oct 17, 2019, at 12:07 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid a visit to Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee's mother Nirmala Banerjee's residence here on Wednesday.

We differ and argue, but I respect his scholarship, says Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's mother

Oct 17, 2019, at 11:09 am

Kolkata: Ensconced in her Ballygunge Circular Road apartment, Nirmala Banerjee, the proud mother of Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee, in an exclusive interview with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh throws light upon the kind of parenthood she and her husband Dipak Banerjee offered to their son. She says their parenting was completely devoid of instructions but more about setting an example.

I feel the Indian economy is doing badly, but don't know what can be done: Nobel in Economics winner Abhijit Banerjee

Oct 15, 2019, at 12:54 am

Boston: Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee, who along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kreme, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”, said he thinks that the Indian economy is at the moment doing very badly and the money should go to the poor for its revival though he has no clear prescription for its correction.

Never thought my son would win Nobel as there are other notable works: Abhijit Banerjee's mother

Oct 14, 2019, at 10:23 pm

Kolkata: It's not every day you meet the mother of a Nobel Laureate who is grounded and acknowledges that there are other notable works too besides that of his son.

PM Modi congratulates Abhijit Banerjee for winning Nobel Prize in Economics

Oct 14, 2019, at 08:25 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian-American Economist Abhijit Banerjee on being conferred the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Kolkata born Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee jointly wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Oct 14, 2019, at 06:12 pm

New Delhi: Indian-American Economist Abhijit Banerjee, along with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kreme, jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.

Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee, two others win Nobel Prize in Economics

Oct 14, 2019, at 05:17 pm

Stockholm, Oct 14 (UNI/IBNS) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Nobel prize in economics to India-born Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer 'for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.'