Day: October 14, 2019

Actor Lisa Ray to pen three new books

9:00 pm October 14, 2019

New Delhi: Following her successful debut with “Close to the Bone” in May this year, supermodel-actor and cancer survivor Lisa Ray is all set to pen three new books, publisher HarperCollins India announced on Monday. The books will include a work of non-fiction, a novel, and a collection of poems. “I thank my publishers for […]

Sweeper commits suicide at Delhi’s Gandhi Smarak Nidhi

8:20 pm October 14, 2019

New Delhi: A 35-year-old sweeper working at the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi here allegedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree inside the premises, police said on Monday. The victim, Raju, used to live inside the premises with his family, they said. The incident occurred at around 1.30 pm on Sunday and Raju was rushed to […]

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win 2019 Nobel Economics Prize

8:16 pm October 14, 2019

Stockholm: Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” “The research conducted by this year’s Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which […]

India should put in large enough stimulus package to revive demand: Abhijit Banerjee

Indian economy on a shaky ground: Nobel awardee Banerjee

8:10 pm October 14, 2019

Kolkata: Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, who on Monday won the 2019 Nobel for Economics, said Indian economy is on a shaky ground. The data currently available do not hold any assurance for the country’s economic revival anytime soon, he stated. “The condition of Indian economy is on a shaky ground. After witnessing the present (growth) data, […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

Conflict of Interest is big concern: Ganguly

8:05 pm October 14, 2019

Mumbai: BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly on Monday said ‘conflict of Interest’ is one of the biggest issues facing Indian cricket since the contentious clause is discouraging the best of the cricketers from getting into the game’s administration. Ganguly himself faced the heat after allegations of conflict of interest were levelled against him for his dual […]