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4 Indian-origin lawmakers inducted into Trudeau's new Cabinet
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Nov 22 (ANI): Four Indian-origin lawmakers, including a Hindu woman, are among the 36 ministers inducted into Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new Cabinet.
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Longest-serving British Indian MP announces retirement
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 11 (ANI): Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz announced his retirement from the parliament on Sunday, weeks after Commons Standards Committee recommended he should be handed a six-month suspension over cocaine and prostitute scandal.
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Indian-origin professor Neena Mitter wins major award in Australia for avo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], Oct 25 (ANI): Indian-origin professor Neena Mitter, an agricultural biotechnologist based at The University of Queensland, has been named the winner of Australia India Science, Research and Development category at the 2019 India Australia Business and Community Award
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Abhijit Banerjee's achievement should not be seen from political perspecti
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 20 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday congratulated Indian-origin economist Abhijeet Banerjee for winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and stated that every Indian should be proud of this achievement and it should not be seen from a political perspective.
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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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#AbhijitBanerjee trends on Twitter, users go gaga over Indian-origin econo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 15 (ANI): Twitterverse was filled with congratulatory messages for Indian-origin economist and academic Prof Abhijit Banerjee, who bagged the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Nobel Prize is for entire movement, says Prof Abhijit Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Cambridge [USA], Oct 14 (ANI): After winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Indian-origin economist Prof Abhijit Banerjee on Monday said the Prize is for the entire movement, which will "bring the message of policy-based on evidence and hard thinking to many other places as well."
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Manmohan Singh congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, his wife for winning Nobel,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh on Monday congratulated Indian-origin economist and academic Professor Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo on jointly winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and termed their work as 'path-b
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President Kovind congratulates Abhijeet Banerjee for Economics Nobel
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday congratulated Indian-origin economist Professor Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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'Big day for every Indian': Wishes pour in for Nobel laureate Abhijit Bane
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Political leaders across party lines on Monday congratulated Indian-origin economist and academic Professor Abhijit Banerjee for winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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PM congratulates Abhijit Banerjee for Nobel Prize, lauds his contributions
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian-origin economist and academic Prof Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and said that he has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation.
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Rahul congratulates Prof Abhijit Banerjee for Nobel Prize, says he helped
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday congratulated Indian-origin economist and academic Prof Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, saying he had helped conceptualise the NYAY scheme of the party, which was a major promise for the
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