Sen also observed that invasion of Iraq itself was a 'grave mistake.'
Forbes magazine has honoured Bandhan of being the world's largest micro finance institute.
In an exclusive interview to rediff.com, TnQ Books and Journals Manging Director Mariam Ram speaks about the growth of TnQ.
Annan was the first black African to take up the role of the world's top diplomat
She also slammed the Centre for its decision to observe January 23 as 'Parakram Diwas' to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and said the Narendra Modi government did not consult with her before announcing it.
Within 24 hours of justifying the setting up industries, including special economic zones on agricultural land, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus backtracked on Monday.
The government on Friday rejected Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's contention that it does not want him to continue as Nalanda University Chancellor
Kumar has said that his government would introduce a bill in connection to set up the university in the state assembly soon.
'In the last five-six years, at least we could witness some growth, but now that assurance is also gone,' Banerjee told a news channel from the US.
A fast -- June 16 to 25-- demanding the release of Dr Binayak Sen began on Monday in India, Pakistan, Thailand, the US and the UK. More than 100 organisations have endorsed this fast and campaign demanding justice for Dr Sen.
Asha Damle's Marathi translation of American Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's ground-breaking novel, Beloved.
Other speakers will include CK Prahalad, Karan Billimoria and Apoorva Bagri.
The sleepy fishing hamlet of Hanumanthaikuppam near Puducherry came alive on Tuesday when former US president and Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter made a brief visit to a site where houses are being built for tsunami victims.\n\n
Nobel laureate Amratya Sen has been conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by UNESCAP as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar told rediff.com in Patna on Tuesday that the Dalai Lama promised to back and fully support the setting up of the university in Nalanda.
His 2000 Nobel citation said Kilby "laid the foundation of modern information technology."
The United Nations has asked the military government of Myanmar to release 1,300 political prisoners including opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the Missionaries of Charity's application for renewal of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration was refused on December 25 for not meeting eligibility conditions as some adverse inputs were received.
"It is unheard of in China, Japan, Indonesia, the US and in European countries, which I visited. It is a matter of shame that private tuition exists in India at the primary level of education," Sen noted.
India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for their fight against the oppression of children and their right to education, will receive the award at a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. Here are interesting facts about Nobel winners.
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the micro-credit pioneer Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, hit out at banks on Friday for not providing loans to the poor and disadvantaged.
The treaty provides for a set of common minimum standards for control of transfer of arms, based on existing responsibilities of member-states under various international laws.\n
A reader shares his photograph with Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
Union minister Subhas Sarkar courted a controversy on Wednesday with his remarks that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's mother did not cradle him in her arms when he was a child because of his "not so fair complexion"
MFIs, with their eye on the present, often do not consider that once the claims start and the insurance company realises that it is not making money, the future of the products themselves may be in jeopardy.
People of Indian Origin want to talk to ministers so that their problems can be solved, says Amit Mitra, Secretary-General, FICCI.
The first meeting of the Nalanda Mentor Group headed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to oversee the opening of the university will be held in Singapore on July 13 and 14, N K Singh, deputy chairman, Bihar State Planning, said.
The annual award is widely regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of food and agriculture.
India has done badly on three issues: fighting hunger, providing adequate health, and gender inequality, says the Nobel Laureate.
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