Facing allegations for being a Jaiswal: Coal minister
September 4th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Tuesday played to the gallery, saying he was being targeted because of his community and noted that the screening process ... Read more...
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PM condoles Dhar’s death
July 20th, 2012 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday condoled the death of economist P.N. Dhar, calling him "a public servant of the highest pedigree who embodied the ... Read more...
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Bengal: Intellectuals protest killing of CPI-M leaders
February 24th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Expressing shock at the "brutal murder" of two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders in West Bengal, a group of leading scholars and intellectuals ... Read more...
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Farmer suicides spark Bengal political storm (West Bengal Newsletter)
January 22nd, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The almost daily reports of farmer suicides are the latest political flashpoint in West Bengal. While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says the suicides are not ... Read more...
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13 states to get performance-based grants
January 5th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 5 (IANS) The central government will provide Rs.8,000 crore to 13 states, including three northeastern states of Assam, Tripura and Mizoram, as performance-based grants for urban development schemes ... Read more...
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Jamia honours Amartya Sen (With Image)
December 16th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Friday conferred the degree of 'Doctor of Letters' (D.Lit) on renowned economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in a special ... Read more...
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Rangarajan for RBI intervention to check rupee fall
November 19th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor C. Rangarajan has called for the central bank's intervention to check the depreciation of rupee which has slumped ... Read more...
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Central government ignoring Tripura: Minister
August 30th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 30 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been providing financial aid and support to state governments led by the Congress and its allies, depriving the governments ... Read more...
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Tripura demands central financial aid
August 17th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 17 (IANS) The Left Front government in Tripura wants Rs.14,600 crore in financial aid from the centre to deal with the fiscal crisis facing it, a state minister ... Read more...
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India’s subsidies should not be grabbed by the rich: Jeffrey Sachs (Interview)
August 8th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India needs subsidies to help its teeming millions reeling under poverty but its welfare policies need to be revamped so that doles are not ... Read more...
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Amartya Sen Research Centre’s foundation laid
July 15th, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) The foundation stone of the Amartya Sen Research Centre of Pratichi Institute set up by the nobel laureate was Thursday laid in his presence by five ... Read more...
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Top French honour for Maharashtra economist
June 24th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Renowned economist and Planning Commission member Narendra Jadhav has been honoured with the "Commander dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques" (Commander of the Order of Academic Palms) ... Read more...
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Mamata to be sworn in as West Bengal chief minister Friday (Roundup)
May 20th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Amid heightened security at the Raj Bhavan here, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will Friday be sworn-in as West Bengal's first woman chief minister, with ... Read more...
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43-member Mamata ministry to be sworn-in Friday
May 19th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) With the Congress deciding to join the new West Bengal ministry, Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in Friday at the head of a 43-member ministerial team ... Read more...
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Karzai moves to allay US’ concerns over recent Af-Pak agreements
May 1st, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 1(ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sent a known pro-US official to Islamabad for follow-up talks with the top leadership to allay Washington's apprehensions about the recently concluded Pak-Afghan agreements ... Read more...
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The country’s condition worst under Manmohan: Advani
April 21st, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani Thursday again attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying the country's condition has reached its "worst" under the leadership of ... Read more...
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Deregulate diesel prices: Chief economic advisor
April 8th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu has advocated the deregulation of diesel prices as this would bring down inflation in the long run."I personally believe that ... Read more...
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Research must focus on sustainability: Experts
February 13th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 13 (IANS) Very little money is spent on research on the sustainable use of natural resources compared to what is spent on studies for their exploitation, experts said here Sunday, ... Read more...
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Egyptian mass movement inspires Pakistan ‘change agents’ to get back into action
February 10th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 10(ANI): Inspired by the recent mass movements in Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia, Pakistan's change agents and social activists have begun reactivating and strengthening their networking in various parts of the ... Read more...
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Inflation to come down to 7 pc by March, says Montek
February 4th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The current inflation is a "seasonal spike" and it will come down to 7 percent by March this year, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said Friday."A ... Read more...
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Scientific knowledge essential to enable reforms: Bhagwati
December 2nd, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The potential of science and technology, like the development of genetically modified crops to improve productivity, cannot be ignored in the reforms process, renowned economist Jagdish Bhagwati ... Read more...
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India has overcome the problem of ‘brain drain’, says Manmohan Singh
December 2nd, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.2 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that India has overcome the problem of 'brain drain' and is drawing on the global 'brain bank' of people of ... Read more...
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PM forms expert group on jobs in Kashmir
August 10th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday admitted that the benefits of the government's economic package for Jammu and Kashmir were "not fully felt" in the state and ... Read more...
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New criteria to identify BPL families soon: Minister
February 17th, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 17 (IANS) The central government will soon announce new criteria for identifying Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, V. Narayanasamy, minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs, said here Wednesday.
To ... Read more...
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‘Gender discrimination leads to malnutrition in women’
February 14th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 14 (IANS) Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has deplored gender discrimination in healthcare programmes pursued by South Asian nations, saying it leads to malnutrition and chronic diseases among women ... Read more...
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‘It’s time for eye-grabbing rural reporting’
January 25th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Dismissing notions that readers are not interested in development issues or rural reportage, editors and activists Monday stressed that the media perspective on the issue needed a ... Read more...
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Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz to advise Myanmar
December 14th, 2009 - 10:06 am ICT by IANS
Yangon, Dec 14 (DPA) Nobel laureate and former chief economist at the World Bank Joseph Stiglitz is due to visit Myanmar this week to advise the government on its development policies, media ... Read more...
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Nitish to back any party over Bihar’s special status (Lead)
May 15th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced Friday that the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) would support any party in New Delhi that grants special status to his state for ... Read more...
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Nitish Kumar caught in plagiarism controversy
May 15th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in the eye of a storm after being accused of plagiarism by a researcher who claims that politician's new book, which ... Read more...
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‘Raise people’s morale to improve economy’
April 2nd, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 2 (IANS) Governments should work more on raising people's morale rather than relying on stimulus packages, says world renowned economist and Yale University professor Robert Shiller.
"Governments are the most ... Read more...
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Amartya Sen urges Jain industrialists to invest in Pawapuri
February 21st, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Saturday urged industrialists the Jain community to take initiative to develop Pawapuri in Bihar's Nalanda district, where Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, is ... Read more...
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India’s response to Mumbai attack was matured: Amartya Sen
December 17th, 2008 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India's reaction to the last month's Mumbai terror attacks shows the "maturity of our political system" and it "took world by surprise”, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said ... Read more...
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Government shakeup; home minister resigns (Roundup)
November 30th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) A day after India's 60-hour terror nightmare in Mumbai came to an end and the nation heaved a sigh of relief, political reverberations were felt in New ... Read more...
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N-deal in bag, PM asks EU business titans to invest in India
September 30th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Sep 30 (IANS) With a nuclear pact with France in his bag, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday underlined India's "investor-friendly policy regime" as he asked top European business leaders to raise ... Read more...
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Bush says Manmohan Singh has had a `calming and serene effect” on him
September 26th, 2008 - 7:34 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen Kapoor
Washington, Sept.26 (ANI): The current economic crisis bedeviling the United States may have increased the creases on President George W. Bush''s forehead, but there is one man to whom ... Read more...
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