News for 'Nobel Laureate'

'What is happening in Bangladesh can happen in India'

'What is happening in Bangladesh can happen in India'

Rediff.com7 Aug 2024

"Everything may look normal in Kashmir. Everything may look normal here. We may be celebrating the victory, although of course some people believe that that victory or that success of 2024 was perhaps only marginal, perhaps a lot more needs to be done," he said.

Why Shabana Azmi stopped being 'rude'

Why Shabana Azmi stopped being 'rude'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2022

Ever wondered why Shabana Azmi is the way she is?

Pele, Eto'o fete Mandela @ 89

Pele, Eto'o fete Mandela @ 89

Rediff.com18 Jul 2007

They would take part in a special match between a World X1 and African X1 in Cape Town, the proceeds of which will go to charity.

Buddha to seek Amartya's advice on slump

Buddha to seek Amartya's advice on slump

Rediff.com24 Dec 2008

Speaking on the inaugural session of the 22nd Industrial India Trade Fair, Bhattacharya said, "We are in a grave economic crisis and developed countries of US and economies of EU are in doldrums and nobody knows when the situation will stabilise.

Dalai Lama announces semi-retirement

Dalai Lama announces semi-retirement

Rediff.com17 Dec 2008

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has announced that he is taking semi-retirement. The future course of the Tibetan movement will be decided by the 'elected government under Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche', said the Buddhist spiritual leader.

'This is worse than the dotcom crisis'

'This is worse than the dotcom crisis'

Rediff.com7 Nov 2008

Nobel Laureate Joseph E Stiglitz had predicted the global financial crisis and talked about its impact on emerging economies like India and China three years ago. In an interview with Business Standard at his Manhattan residence, Stiglitz says the crisis will last a couple of years.

UN rights official seeks Suu Kyi's release

UN rights official seeks Suu Kyi's release

Rediff.com22 May 2007

Suu Kyi, the general-secretary of the National League for Democracy, has been held for 11 years without charge or trial since her party and its allies won the 1990 election with over 80 percent of the parliamentary seats.

SC raps govt over neglect of education

SC raps govt over neglect of education

Rediff.com15 Jan 2010

Terming the Right to Education Act as apparently being only on paper, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to change its attitude towards education and cautioned that China would become the world's largest English-speaking nation in the world in another ten years.

Dalai Lama admitted to Mumbai hospital

Dalai Lama admitted to Mumbai hospital

Rediff.com29 Aug 2008

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was admitted on Thursday to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai for treatment of abdominal discomfort.

US energy secretary lauds India's efforts

US energy secretary lauds India's efforts

Rediff.com14 Nov 2009

India is on the cusp of rapid growth and this is a great reason for the country to be at the forefront of promoting clean energy, United States energy secretary Steven Chu said on Friday.

Yunus meets Pranab, Rahul Gandhi

Yunus meets Pranab, Rahul Gandhi

Rediff.com31 Jan 2007

Nobel Laureate and chief architect of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh had 45-minute meeting with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Wednesday during which the two discussed micro-financing activity in Bangladesh and India.

Embrace small credit: Yunus tells India Inc

Embrace small credit: Yunus tells India Inc

Rediff.com30 Jan 2007

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus asked the Indian industry on Tuesday to get into micro-finance activities and the government to enable a legal framework for promotion of 'social business' in the country.

'Market liberalisation brings instability'

'Market liberalisation brings instability'

Rediff.com28 Dec 2006

Even as Reserve Bank has charted a five-year road map to attain fuller float of rupee, noted economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on Thursday favoured a cautious approach to capital account convertibility.

Venky Ramakrishnan miffed at emails from India

Venky Ramakrishnan miffed at emails from India

Rediff.com13 Oct 2009

Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has expressed disenchantment with people from India 'bothering' him 'clogging' up his email box and dubbed as 'strange' their sudden urge to reach out to him.

'Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama not postponed'

'Obama's meeting with Dalai Lama not postponed'

Rediff.com7 Oct 2009

Terming as 'inaccurate' reports that United States President Barack Obama has postponed his talks with the Dalai Lama, the White House has said the US president holds the Tibetan leader in great esteem and insisted that a meeting was never on the cards during the Nobel laureate's current trip to US.

'Our farmers are second to none'

'Our farmers are second to none'

Rediff.com6 Oct 2009

Dr M S Swaminathan, friends with Dr Norman Borlaug for 56 years, recalls how the Nobel Laureate transformed Indian agriculture.

Amartya happy with UPA policies

Amartya happy with UPA policies

Rediff.com5 Jan 2005

Bengal's land acquisition method wrong:Amartya Sen

Bengal's land acquisition method wrong:Amartya Sen

Rediff.com6 Aug 2009

He said while there were unwilling land losers, there were others who lost the opportunity of being employed in industry.

Time to dump Section 377? Tell us!

Time to dump Section 377? Tell us!

Rediff.com21 Sep 2006

Do you think it is time India got rid of a cruel law that treats gays as criminals?

How far away is the US recession

How far away is the US recession

Rediff.com20 Mar 2008

This is clearly the worst financial problem we've had since the Great Depression," as Joseph Stiglitz told a radio show in New Zealand on Wednesday morning.

UK using religion to split society: Amartya Sen

UK using religion to split society: Amartya Sen

Rediff.com27 Jul 2006

Sen also observed that invasion of Iraq itself was a 'grave mistake.'

FM, economists discuss taxes

FM, economists discuss taxes

Rediff.com10 Jan 2008

Economists urged FM to rationalise indirect taxes and impose Tobin tax.

Govt likely to consider Tobin-type tax structure

Govt likely to consider Tobin-type tax structure

Rediff.com3 Dec 2007

The Tobin tax, first proposed by Nobel laureate James Tobin in 1972, is a sales tax on cross-border currency trades, aimed at discouraging speculation by making currency trading more costly.

US slowdown to affect India: Stiglitz

US slowdown to affect India: Stiglitz

Rediff.com1 Dec 2007

The Indian government could consider controls to curb excessive fund inflows into the country, a world-renowned economist has said.

Gautam Gandhi wins Fulbright award

Gautam Gandhi wins Fulbright award

Rediff.com31 Oct 2007

'I will be researching the successful business models that have emerged from the rapid industrialisation of India's economy and its effects within Indian society. In addition, I will be examining the entrepreneurship process within India and future opportunities for entrepreneurs in India.'

Pachauri prescription to fight global warming

Pachauri prescription to fight global warming

Rediff.com22 Oct 2007

India and China need to chart a different path to develop low carbon economies to combat global warming, Chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri said. In both India and China, there is now a serious debate. "In India I can see it for sure because the prime minister is quite concerned about this issue. He set up the advisory council on climate change," he said.

Cambridge to honour J C Bose with plaque

Cambridge to honour J C Bose with plaque

Rediff.com28 Sep 2007

Britain's Cambridge University will put up a special memorial plaque in honour of its almuni, Indian scientist Jagdish Chandra Bose, to mark the Nobel Laureate's 150th birth anniversary.

'PBD, a marketplace for ideas, business'

'PBD, a marketplace for ideas, business'

Rediff.com12 Jan 2004

People of Indian Origin want to talk to ministers so that their problems can be solved, says Amit Mitra, Secretary-General, FICCI.

Shimon Peres elected Israeli President

Shimon Peres elected Israeli President

Rediff.com14 Jun 2007

Peres has been elected ninth President of Israel at a time when the office of the ceremonial head has taken a severe battering in view of charges of rape and sexual misconduct against the outgoing President.

100 years of IISc: Global meet in US

100 years of IISc: Global meet in US

Rediff.com31 May 2007

Silicon Valley is gearing up to host a conference of scientists, engineers and executives, Nobel Laureates and industry head honchos from India and US on June 22 to 24 to be organised by the Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association of NA.

Amartya Sen to head Nalanda University panel

Amartya Sen to head Nalanda University panel

Rediff.com26 May 2007

The state government has begun the process to acquire land for the university.

Mumbai: Dalai Lama discharged from hospital

Mumbai: Dalai Lama discharged from hospital

Rediff.com16 Oct 2008

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who underwent a surgery for gall-bladder stone removal at a private hospital here, was discharged on Thursday morning.

Dalai Lama undergoes surgery

Dalai Lama undergoes surgery

Rediff.com10 Oct 2008

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama underwent a gall bladder surgery on Friday at Sir Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi.

Electronics pioneer Jack Kilby dead

Electronics pioneer Jack Kilby dead

Rediff.com22 Jun 2005

His 2000 Nobel citation said Kilby "laid the foundation of modern information technology."

UN asks Myanmar to release Suu Kyi

UN asks Myanmar to release Suu Kyi

Rediff.com18 Jun 2005

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.

I have landed myself in trouble: Yunus

I have landed myself in trouble: Yunus

Rediff.com12 Feb 2007

Within 24 hours of justifying the setting up industries, including special economic zones on agricultural land, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus backtracked on Monday.