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Nobel laureates call on international community to make COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 29 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 100 global leaders, including 18 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, have signed a letter calling on the international community to make COVID-19 vaccines available worldwide as a "common good," the Dhaka-based Yunus Center, founded by the Nobel
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Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Des Moines [US], June 12 (ANI): Renowned Indian-American soil scientist Dr Rattan Lal has been awarded the 2020 World Food Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increase food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.
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Rahul Gandhi speaks to experts Ashish Jha, Johan Giesecke on COVID-19 situ
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): After his interaction with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to Professor Ashish Jha, a globally recognised public health professional and Professor Johan Giesecke, the famous Swedish
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88 Nobel laureates and world leaders call for USD 1 trillion to protect t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, 88 Nobel laureates and world leaders, as part of Laureates and Leaders for Children, issued a statement calling for the world's governments to unite and prioritise the world's children during their lockdowns and in the aftermath.
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Austere celebrations in Tripura on Tagore's birth anniversary, CM pays flo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 8 (ANI): The 159th birth anniversary celebrations of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore in Tripura on Friday were an austere affair due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the state.
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Abhijit Banerjee calls for balance between Central and state governments a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Centre has "slightly different" approach in dealing COVID-19 battle as it wants to keep "everything under control" and suggested that there should be a balance between Central and state governments.
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Abhijit Banerjee raises concern towards bankruptcy, demand shortfall; says
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): In an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee raised concerns towards a chain of bankruptcies and demand shortfall in dealing with the economic fallout of COVID-19 and said India needs a "stimulus package".
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Rahul Gandhi to discuss economy, COVID-19 with Nobel Laureate Abhijit Bane
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to hold a conversation with Nobel Laureate, Abhijit Banerjee on the economic fall out of the COVID-19 crisis, on Tuesday as part of his series of discussion with experts.
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India should not leave Bharat behind in fight against COVID-19: Kailash Sa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi stressed on problems faced by children of daily wage workers and said 'India' should not leave 'Bharat' behind in this fight against COVID-19.
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Abhijit Banerjee conferred with D Litt by Calcutta University
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday was conferred with honorary D Litt by the Calcutta University.
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WB Guv hails Abhijit Banerjee, says 'touched by his modest approach'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday hailed Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee saying Banerjee is a "man of sterling qualities and disarming grace" and he is "greatly touched by his modest approach."
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Climate costs minimise with limiting global warming
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): A recent study by a group of Postdam scientists has found that the Paris Agreement apart from being politically sensible makes sense in term of the economy as well.
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