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In letter to Krishna, Kalam slams Amartya Sen

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam's letter, which he sent to Foreign Minister S M Krishna in July last year, has now come into public domain, slamming Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen for......

PM, Sachin, Sen on Time's most influential list

Nine Indians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and economist Amartya Sen have been named in Time magazine's annual list of 100 most influential people. The......

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Live!

World renowned economist and Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen will be giving the annual lecture for UK-based think tank Demos at 1830 GMT on March 15 (12am IST on March 16 and......

Spotted: Saurav with Amartya Sen

Reader Dr Saurav Guha sends us this picture of Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen. Saurav (right), a post-doctoral research fellow at the College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA,......

UK using religion to split society: Amartya Sen

Challenging the view that people of the world could be partitioned into little boxes in terms of civilizational categories, Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen has said Britain was splitting the......

Premium housing: Growth may be slow

The real estate industry will witness new launches in the premium residential segment in 2011, on the back of demand revival and good prospects in the economy, albeit at a slower pace. "We see......

Scams notwithstanding, India heads for 9% growth

India was tarred by a string of corruption episodes irregularities in the holding of Commonwealth Games and leakage of tapes pointing to lobbying to fix ministerial berths to cite a few -- but......

Libretto W100: World's 1st dual-touch-screen laptop

The PC Division of Toshiba India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation on Friday launched the world's first dual-touch-screen Windows mini-notebook PC - Libretto W100......

7 most popular SUVs in India

A sports utility vehicle is a generic marketing term for a vehicle similar to a station wagon. Although designs vary, SUVs have historically been mid-size passenger vehicles with a body-on-frame......

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......

The Ra.One Teaser: Broken down into details

Teaser one, out today, might be only 10 seconds. But as the first glimpse of this year's biggest budget film, and a make or break film for producing superstar Shah Rukh Khan, 10......

Christina Aguilera splits from husband

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Pop singer Christina Aguilera has split from her husband of nearly five years, Jordan Bratman. Aguilera, 29, was seen......

Britney cleared of child abuse allegations

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Singer Britney Spears has been cleared of child abuse allegations. A former bodyguard of the 28-year-old......

Asia's Greatest Actors of all time

Bollywood legend Guru Dutt has been named in the list of CNN's top 25 Asian actors of all time. The list has been prepared ahead of the Oscar night on March 7 and has actors from India, China,......

Kannada actor K S Aswath passes away

Kannada actor K S Aswath, 85, who passed away on Monday morning, was one of the most versatile and talented actors seen on the Kannada screen. He has been associated with the Kannada film industry......

Roddick loses cool, exits French Open

Russian qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili swatted sixth seed Andy Roddick aside 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the French Open on Saturday as the American let his temper get the better of him.......

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Q. Does discussion also leads to argument ?
Jameel Ahmed: A. more

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Q. name few Indians who should have won Nobel Prize?
Amitava Duttamajumdar: A. 1. If disciussion is cohesive & remains friendly all thru, then there is no chance of Arguments.2. But if the discussion becomes hot &...... more

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Q. then why we are not producing another sn bose or tagore?in last 30 years the likes of subhas mukherjee,mother teresa,amartya sen,microcredit pioneer md yunuus had emerged all whose work had won nobel(unfortunately though dr mukherjee had to commit suicide long ago but nobel was awarded in 2010 to british physician edwards ).but still i must admit that we have not produced anyone like renaissance personality like tagore,jc bose,swami vivekananda.is it the vice like grip of failed ideology among commom mass or completely due to poltical failures since 1960's?
Sampan Chakraborty: A. Amartya Sen (born 1933) was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, awarded to him in 1998 Others who won are...... more

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Q. GK ..Name Indians recieved nobel prize ?
Sampan Chakraborty: A. Rabindranath Tagore Sir C.V. Raman Mother Teresa Dr. Amartya Sen Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Dr. Har Gobind Khorana V.S. Naipaul Sir Ronald Ross Rudyard Kipling more

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Q. Would you rather have a million dollars or a wonderful person who loves you forever, why...?
Commonsense: A. If I get a person who loves me for ever, it will be personal and private matter and not important for others . But If I get one million dollar, I...... more

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Thesis throws light on agriculture practices in Telangana

The change in agricultural practices in the Telangana region and the quagmire of debt and distress as studied by Dr Vamsicharan Vakulabhranam... ...

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Amartya Awardees

Six researchers and academicians have been selected for the first-ever Amartya Sen Award for distinguished social scientists for 2012. The award,... ...

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Vice President Delivers First G.Parthasarthi Memorial Lecture

The First G The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari delivered €First G. Parthasarathi Memorial Lecture on €˜Prudence and the Moral... ...

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Of inspiration and aspirations

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