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American economists share 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics

13 Oct 2020 04:25 AM IST

This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was on Monday awarded to American economists, Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Wilson has awarded this year’s Prize in Economic Sciences as he

SC at near full strength after almost 7 months

13 Oct 2020 04:23 AM IST

After a gap of nearly seven months, the Supreme Court on Monday resumed working almost full strength, although virtually. Twenty-eight of the total 30 SC judges sat for hearing cases through video conferencing. The eight benches conducting hearing through video conferencing comprise of three judges while two benches have two

Nitish’s failure in polls may mark the dismantling of JD(U)

13 Oct 2020 04:21 AM IST

The 2020 Assembly elections in Bihar may be the last one for the trio of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sushil Kumar Modi and Nitish Kumar. They, along with Ram Vilas Paswan, had emerged as the face of Bihar’s politics in the 1990s, and the four leaders have devised and revised the

A TALE OF AILING INDIAN NEWS AGENCIES

13 Oct 2020 04:19 AM IST

Having a skeleton presence abroad, news agencies PTI and UNI still rely on the Central and state governments as well as public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati for survival

SWADESHI AND AATMANIRBHARTA

12 Oct 2020 08:28 AM IST

The idea of Swadeshi isn’t against anyone. It only seeks one not to serve a distant neighbour at the expense of the nearest.

HOW CINEMA HALLS ARE GEARING UP TO WELCOME PEOPLE AMID NEW NORMAL

12 Oct 2020 08:25 AM IST

With the government giving permission to open theatres from 15 October — almost 8 months after the lockdown was imposed in the country to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic — the cinema hall operators are gearing up to welcome their patrons amid ‘new normal’. The government has given the

BIG DATA HOLDS THE KEY TO FUTURE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

12 Oct 2020 08:23 AM IST

My visit to the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia, as part of the Global Assembly, in September last year, had been a mind-blowing experience. Although I have read about and seen on television the world of data — not to mention the science fiction movies about a data-based

People line up for support at aged couple’s dhaba after viral video

09 Oct 2020 07:33 AM IST

A video of the hardships being faced by an elderly couple running ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ in south Delhi prompts a spontaneous outpouring of support.

American poet Louise Gluck awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature

09 Oct 2020 07:29 AM IST

American poet Louise Gluck was on Thursday awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. Gluck, 77, is the 16th woman to win the prestigious prize and the first American to receive it since singer-lyricist Bob Dylan

A case for building India’s biggest film city in Uttar Pradesh

09 Oct 2020 07:27 AM IST

The Yogi Adityanath government’s ambitious film city project will not only give economic advantages to Uttar Pradesh, but also help the state redeem its cultural image.

Towards a greener future: Garbage collector e-rickshaw

08 Oct 2020 06:34 AM IST

I remember a couple of years ago when Electric Vehicles (EVs) were the new buzz word in the market. EVs were supposed to be humanity’s one-stop solution for a wide range of problems, from air pollution and climate change to the non-renewable energy crisis. But as the initial excitement fizzled

A major step towards digital revolution in rural Gujarat

08 Oct 2020 06:30 AM IST

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has ushered in a digital revolution in the rural areas of the state. In consonance with his government’s slogan, Jahan Manav, Vahan Suvidha, a digital seva-setu has been set up to facilitate the use of modern technology in departments dealing with public welfare. Now people