Indian author Jeet Thayil's debut novel 'Narcopolis' is among five other works shortlisted on Wednesday for the $30,000 Man Asian Literary Prize.
Avinash Dixit, John J F Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics, Princeton University, is a pioneer of the game theory and a major influence on Nobel laureate Paul Krugman's acclaimed work on international trade. Dixit, who spoke at the Delhi Economics Conclave on December 14, in an interview with Business Standard, talks about importance of collective action and social ostracism in fighting corruption.
Deaton was at a loss when asked what the future held.
Donald Trump is catering to the basest fears and prejudice of unenlightened Americans -- yes, there are those too, in sizeable enough numbers to elect one of their own as president. That would most certainly not Make America Great Again, asserts Shreekant Sambrani.
Investor confidence, in general, in the world is weak and that has spilled over in India.
The encampment of protestors started out in the square at the front of the towering St Paul's cathedral, one of London's best loved landmarks.
The economist said it was wrong to portray India's governmental experience as a complete failure.
The annual award is widely regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of food and agriculture.
The event, which was slated to have been held at Rajghat to commemorate the Buddhist monk's 60th year in exile in India, was later moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, and will now be held at the end of the month.
Speaking at the inauguration of his book, former Speaker and Parliamentarian Somnath Chatterjee called on youngsters to join politics and try change the system from within. Indrani Roy reports
The Aam Aadmi Party's decision to disallow foreign direct investment (FDI) in Delhi's retail sector has a taker of sorts in economics Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
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.
Dr Amit Roy, president and chief executive officer, International Fertilizer Development Center, could very well be the next Dr Norman Borlaug.
He believes that it leads to conflict of interest.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin said he did not have any documentary evidence of Hasina resigning as prime minister before she fled the country on August 5 amidst student-led mass protests.
Asserting that the situation was deteriorating, Rosario urged Yunus to resolve the crisis by giving it top priority and putting an end to the violence.
Four Indian business thinkers have been featured in Foreign Policy Magazine's Top 100 Global Thinkers list.
Make in India cannot be successful on the toil, miseries and abuses of young children in the manufacturing sector, the Nobel laureate wrote in a letter to PM
Sweden held its lavish annual Nobel awards ceremony on Tuesday attended by laureates and royals, but their ranks were depleted when many VIPs flocked to the memorial for anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
British writer and iconoclastic Christopher Hitchens who courted controversy by branding late Nobel laureate Mother Teresa "a fanatic and fraud" has died after a battle against cancer.
After his public criticism of V S Naipaul, writer-actor Girish Karnad has kicked up a fresh storm by calling Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore a "second-rate playwright".
Shantiniketan, the abode of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, and Western Ghats can well be the India's next World Heritage Sites, if the UNESCO accepts the country's proposal.
In a wide-ranging interview with Business Standard, the professor with Columbia University says economic power is already shifting to emerging market economies.
"This year's Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies. Their discoveries have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world," the academy said.
Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Chandan Mitra has expressed his regret for having demanded that Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen be stripped of his Bharat Ratna.
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has been selected as the recipient of the second annual Pratham USA Award for Outstanding Service in education, the non-profit organisation announced recently.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday sought to blame the opposition for disruption in Parliament, saying they were "bursting debates" and "killing arguments" in the House as he backed the Food Security Bill in its present form.
'We have to think about getting our priorities right. I think we should be in a position to make public understand about the real debate'
'It used to be quite normal to have quite a few drinks and drive home, and it also used to be normal to drive without seatbelts. Today both of those would be considered antisocial, and not wearing face coverings in public should be regarded in the same way'
Yunus, 70, said he was relinquishing his post to prevent undue disruption of the bank's work.
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in the country's lower house of parliament on Sunday after defeating her two rival candidates in a by-election in her constituency, the main opposition party said.
The Indian National Congress, India's oldest political party, is moving from its longtime headquarters at 24 Akbar Road to a new building called Indira Gandhi Bhawan. The move marks the end of an era for the Congress, which has been headquartered at 24 Akbar Road for nearly 50 years.
Eighty five-year old Swedish writer and political commentator Jan Myrdal was in India recently. Son of Nobel laureates Alva Myrdal and Gunnar Myrdal, Jan talks to Business Standard on elections, politics and the Left-wing extremism in the country.
There is a persuasive case to be made that India's banking sector needs to be more open; but aspects of the recent decision to award more licences are, none the less, disquieting.
The growth target of 9 per cent is, in fact, not sustainable in the long run, Stiglitz said during a public lecture on 'Globalisation, Development and Inequality' organised by the Azim Premji University and Institute for New Economic Thinking in Bengaluru.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday held a special prayer at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's official residence here for world peace and praised the state government for taking interest in Buddhism.
United States President Barack Obama would felicitate India-born Nobel laureate Amartya Sen with the 2011 National Humanities Medal, along with others, the White House announced on Saturday.
Concerned over high rate of child marriage in Bihar, Nobel laureate and anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Ireland President Mary Robinson, former Norway Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and Gandhian and social activist Ela Bhatt, during their day-long visit to Bihar as members of The Elders, on Tuesday announced to work in the state to eradicate this social evil.
