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Corona effect on Nobel ceremonies, winners to get prize at home

The winners of Nobel Prize 2020 (File Photo, Image credit: Hingham Harborlight)

In an unusual development, Nobel Prize winners for the year 2020 will receive their prizes at home due to the travel obstructions throughout the world. The main ceremonies at Stockholm and Oslo stand cancelled. The ceremonies are usually held on…

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December 9, 2020

Nobel laureate says India needs large enough stimulus package to revive economy

Rahul Gandhi and Abhijit Banerjee discussed the measures to revive economy (file photo, Courtesy: Sakshi Post)

TNW, New Delhi, May 5: The Nobel Prize winning economist Abhijit Banerjee said that large fiscal stimulus is indispensable to help the poor and cater the impact of lock down on the economy. In an online interview with Congress leader…

Poor Economics, Rich Ideas

Cropped cover page of 'Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty'.Photo Credit: The Hindu.

–M. Farooque Azam Every cloud has a silver lining and this lockdown has brought some positivity despite great hardship it has caused all over the world. I’ve been using this time to read more books and one such book that…