Page 7 - Latest Updates on Nobel Prize
Twitterati pays tributes to Nobel laureate Sir CV Raman on death anniv
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal also paid homage to Dr Raman and posted: "Dr Raman will always be remembered for putting the country on the international platform in the field of science."
 "Twitterati pays tributes to Nobel laureate Sir CV Raman on death anniv")
Economics and good intentions
Good intentions are best left to political parties, governments and religious establishments
 "Economics and good intentions")
Bangladesh court asks Nobel laureate Yunus to surrender by November 7
The order came in response to a petition seeking a stay of an arrest warrant for Yunus issued by the labor court last month
 "Bangladesh court asks Nobel laureate Yunus to surrender by November 7")
The ignoble strife
The Nobel Prize for literature, like the Nobel Prize for peace, has been a lightning rod for controversy for a very long time
 "The ignoble strife")
Experiment and reason
Economic and medical RCTs have the same limitations: the difficulty of true randomisation, or that variations in individual outcomes might be large even if the average effect is favourable
 "Experiment and reason")
Abhijit's Nobel and the challenges ahead
The fruition of Nobel's hope lies in the response of a caring government that can rise above politics and propaganda
 "Abhijit's Nobel and the challenges ahead")
Best of BS Opinion: The clouds over 2020, Corporates 2.0, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: The clouds over 2020, Corporates 2.0, and more")
Growth, income, poverty and the Nobel
There is good reason for caution in applying the results of randomised control trials across space and time
 "Growth, income, poverty and the Nobel")
The discovery of dark matter
This could eventually lead to better understanding of places where life is most likely to exist
 "The discovery of dark matter")
A peek into what some Indian Nobel Prize winners did with the award money
While many used to funds to further the causes for which they got the prize, a few were silent on how they used the money
From Amartya to Abhijit: How India has changed in the last two decades
In the last two decades, not only have the Indian society and politics changed - becoming more narrow and less catholic, the economists too have changed in a significant way
 "From Amartya to Abhijit: How India has changed in the last two decades")
Excellent meeting with Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee, says PM Modi
Esther Duflo not present at the meeting
 "Excellent meeting with Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee, says PM Modi")
Inflation isn't a bad thing; it keeps labour demand up: Abhijit Banerjee
Given that the wages don't fall, you have to do something to make the real wages flexible, says Banerjee
 "Inflation isn't a bad thing; it keeps labour demand up: Abhijit Banerjee")
History of lithium-ion battery
The 2019 Nobel Prize for chemistry honours three men who contributed to the development of this ubiquitous power storage device
 "History of lithium-ion battery")
BJP's personal criticism is upsetting: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
Goyal called Banerjee "totally Left leaning" and said "the people of India have rejected his thinking". Sinha said, "Those people whose second wives are foreigners are mostly getting Nobel Prize"
 "BJP's personal criticism is upsetting: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee")
India must shun nativism to progress; it needs both hard work and Harvard
The scapegoating of a Nobel Prize-winning native demonstrates the pitfalls of nationalism
The scandal of a Nobel Laureate
We live in an age that is losing the capacity to distinguish art from ideology and artists from politics
Bandhan's anti-poverty scheme that caught Abhijit Banerjee's attention
Bandhan Bank's Targetting Hard Core Poor (THP) programme, aimed at alleviating poverty, is likely to get a boost with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo winning the Nobel Prize in Economics
Why Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer were chosen for 2019 Economics Nobel
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of the MIT, and Micheal Kremer of Harvard University, have been awarded for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
 "Why Banerjee, Duflo, Kremer were chosen for 2019 Economics Nobel")
In backdrop of Economics Nobel announcement, letter panning RCT surfaces
15 economists, including past Nobel laureates say relying on RCTs to guide welfare and aid spending will lead to short-term, superficial and misplaced policies
