HC stays Visva-Bharati's move to take part of Amartya Sen's land

Calcutta high court on Thursday gave an interim stay against a move by Visva Bharati to take away a part of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's property Pratichi at Shantiniketan. IMAGE: A 2019......

Visva-Bharati gives 2 options to Amartya Sen to settle land issue

Amid the exchange of words between Visva-Bharati and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over the economist's alleged unauthorised possession of land, the university on Sunday asked the economist either to......

Mamata visits Abhijit Banerjee's mother after Nobel win

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid a visit to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's house in South Kolkata and congratulated his mother on her son's success and said the state......

Chemistry Nobel for harnessing evolution to develop medicines, biofuels

IMAGE: Pictures of 2018 Nobel Prize laureates for chemistry: Frances H Arnold of the United States, George P Smith of the United States and Gregory P Winter of Britain are displayed on a screen......

Davos: From medical tourism, skiing to economic talk fest

Davos' biggest claim to fame for the past four decades has been World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting every January. Image: Davos all set for WEF. Photograph: Reuters     In a......

Why Yunus likes to be known as promoter of 'social business'

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus was in India recently to promote the concept of social business and to discuss ways to tackle social problems ranging from poverty to poor healthcare.......

How Americans benefit by bonding with India

The popular perception is that companies in India are taking jobs away from Americans but the numbers on the ground tell a different story. In the last five years alone, 90 Indian companies have......

Yuan can be an alternative to US dollar: ADB

The Chinese yuan has the potential to be an alternative to the US dollar and help create a multi-currency global reserve system, says an Asian Development Bank report. A joint report by the ADB......

Simran to quit films?

Simran's fans were in for a shock on April 24 as Tamil newspapers frontpaged a news report claimingthat she wasquitting films to getmarried to a pilot from Mumbai.The rumours began when she......

Will Smith be able to sleep peacefully?

‘I asked him (His Holiness) a question about sleep and how he could help me and he gave me his blessings’ IMAGE: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama meets Australian cricket team......