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'ECI should be more careful, but law cannot be different for anyone': Suka
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister of State for Education and BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar backed the notice to economist Amartya Sen during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, asking if Nobel laureates are above the law.
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Notice to Amartya Sen issued over "logical discrepancy": CEO West Bengal
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Chief Electoral Office of West Bengal said that the notice for Amartya Sen was generated "in parity with the other discrepancy cases".
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"Very inhumane...": Nobel laureate's house in-charge on ECI's age discrepa
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"They (Election Commission) have issued a notice stating that there is a 15-year age difference between Amartya Sen and his mother, but Amartya Sen's mother was born in 1914. When Amartya Sen was born, there was a 19-year and 6-month age difference between him and his mother... but they c
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UCC is not a new issue', linked with idea of 'Hindu Rashtra': Nobel laurea
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Talking to the reporters, Sen said, "There is a difference in the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). It certainly has something to do with advancing the idea of 'Hindu Rashtra'. We have been with UCC for thousands of years, this is not a new thing."
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Visva Bharati University tells Amartya Sen to vacate 13 decimals of land
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a notice issued by the University's Joint Registrar Asish Mahato on April 19 said, "Amartya Kumar Sen and all concerned persons are liable to be evicted from the said premises if need be, by use of such force as may be necessary. It is decided that 13 decimals of land having the dimension
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Ratan Tata, Amartya Sen, Anand Mahindra to address 'Kerala Looks Ahead' co
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 27 (ANI): Industry leaders Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen are among an impressive line-up of speakers expected to share their insights and suggestions at 'Kerala Looks Ahead' (KLA) global meet.
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Central Govt is targeting me politically; BJP targets Nobel laureates, wan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], December 28 (ANI): Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the BJP-led central government is targetting Nobel laureates like Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee for narrow politics.
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We salute Amartya Sen, allegations being made as he is not inclined toward
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 25 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has defended Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen over reports that he was on the Visva Bharati University's list of illegal plot holders and said such allegations were being made against him as he "is not inc
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Unity among opposition important in anti-CAA protests: Amartya Sen
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Monday urged opposition to stay united on the issue of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Appalled by violence in JNU campus: Amartya Sen
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said he was "appalled" by the violence on the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and blamed the administration for failing to stop the attacks in time.
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Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflow turn up in dhoti, saree to receive Economi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 11 (ANI): Indian American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped million
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Abhijit Banerjee becomes 10th Indian, Indian-origin person to win Nobel Pr
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, becoming the tenth Indian or a person of Indian origin to win the prestigious global award.
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