Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo received the 2019 Nobel in Economic Sciences along with Michael Kremer at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
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PM Modi meets Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, tweets ‘India proud of his accomplishments’
Indian-American Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for Economics this year, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Delhi residence on Tuesday morning.
Indian-origin Nobel Laureate sounds warning over Brexit backlash in science sector
Indian-origin Nobel Prize-winning biologist Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, based in the United Kingdom (UK), has warned the British government that the uncertainty around Brexit is hurting science in Britain, with a dramatic drop in the number of leading researchers.
Indian economy on shaky ground, says Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee
Nobel-Prize winning Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee said on Monday that the Indian economy is on shaky ground.
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, two others win Nobel Prize for Economics
Banerjee was born in India and educated at the University of Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University before receiving his PhD from Harvard University.
Ethiopian Prime Minister wins Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the 100th Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country’s conflict with bitter foe Eritrea.
Nobel Prize for Literature 2018 and 2019 awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke respectively
There were two Nobel prizes handed out this year, due to the sexual assault scandal that hit the Swedish Academy which picks the winners in 2018.
97-year-old wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with two others for Lithium-ion batteries
John B Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino have won the Nobel for developing lithium-ion batteries used in mobile phones, remote controls and electric vehicles.
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists
James Peebles won for his theoretical discoveries in cosmology while Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were honoured for finding an exoplanet that orbits a sun-like star.
Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to three US, UK researchers
The trio won the Nobel for discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability, paving the way for new cancer treatments.
