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I have not learnt poverty from books, sold tea on railway platform: PM Mod
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Oct 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday said that he is not from a 'political family' but carries a very humble background and selling tea on the railway platform was a part of his life journey.
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'India proud of your achievements': PM meets Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerj
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Nobel Prize 2019 winner Abhijit Banerjee here on Tuesday and said that the latter's passion towards human empowerment is clearly visible and the country is proud of his achievements.
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Abhijit Banerjee's achievement should not be seen from political perspecti
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Modi ended all schemes aimed to benefit poor: Rahul
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Wardha (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI): Launching an attack on Centre over the prevailing economic situation in the country, Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Centre of weakening government schemes aimed at alleviating poverty.
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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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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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'Very happy', says mother of Nobel Prize recipient Abhijit Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): As Abhijit Banerjee was among the three economists jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, Nirmala Banerjee, mother of the Indian-born economist, is on cloud nine over her son's achievement.
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Indian-origin Prof Abhijit Banerjee, 2 others get Nobel Prize in Economics
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Oct 14 (ANI): Indian-born economist Abhijit Banerjee, his French-American wife Esther Duflo and the US' Michael Kremer on Monday were awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
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Govt should consider demands of protesting farmers: BSP
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sudhindra Bhadoria on Saturday claimed that the farmers are reeling under poverty and that the government must fulfill their demand in order to uplift them.
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'Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment are reasons for human trafficking'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are some of the main reasons for human trafficking, said Secretary of Women and Child Development, Chokha Ram Garg at a function here on Tuesday.
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305 million African children will be living in acute poverty by 2030: Repo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Around 55 per cent or 305 million of the world's children living in poverty (on less than 1.90 dollars per day) will be in Africa by 2030, claimed an August 2019 report by British think tank Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
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Every drop counts
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): In the next few years, several states of the country will feel that they have been sentenced to hydrological poverty. Such a situation was evident in a number of areas this year, particularly during the summer season.
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