Trump's tech ties blamed for AI inaction by MAGA Republicans and DemocratsConcerns are rising over President Trump's administration's limited AI response. This follows recent AI agent security breaches by OpenAI a...
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US President Trump to sign order on AI oversight as security fears mount among supportersPresident Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on AI and cybersecurity. This order will establish a voluntary framework for AI de...
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Quote of the day by Esther Duflo: ‘The logic is that when you provide schools or any social service to people, they have no choice...’Poverty limits choices. Families cannot afford essential services like education and healthcare. They rely on state provisions, accepting a...
24 Feb, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
Nobel-winning economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee to leave US for ZurichUS-based Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will soon join the University of Zurich, where they will establish a new centre ...
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Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it's his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the leadAmy Kremer, a Trump supporter, gains influence in the Republican National Committee. Joe Gruters, another Trump backer, becomes the new par...
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Time of 'extreme pain' in India, economy below 2019 levels: Abhijit Banerjee"I think we are in a moment of great pain. The economy is still well below as against what it was in 2019. We don't know how much below, bu...
05 Dec, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
Bags from Ghana, books from India gifted by Banerjee and Duflo to Nobel museumEconomist couple Banerjee and Duflo, who on Tuesday received Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel from Ki...
11 Dec, 2019, 03.49 PM IST
Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pmSoon after the House met for the day, Left and other opposition party members raised the two issues. Around 100 JNU students were detained ...
19 Nov, 2019, 12.10 PM IST
View: Development economists who go small have a pointPritchett reasons that the only thing that really alleviates a nation’s poverty on a significant scale is economic growth.
08 Nov, 2019, 09.58 AM IST
View: How randomised control trials have indeed been an effective tool for development economicsAn RCT randomly allocates volunteers to, say, two groups. One is treated with the drug in question, the other with a placebo. There are ove...
28 Oct, 2019, 10.58 PM IST
Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee gives big thumbs up to Modicare"Ayushman Bharat does something very important... Healthcare expenses wipe families out... so it serves an important gap in our economic st...
22 Oct, 2019, 02.50 PM IST
Banerjee, Duflo in Rajasthan research paper: Better transfers, time off work can improve police performanceThe husband-wife duo had co-authored a working paper on ‘Improving police performance in Rajasthan’, following a study conducted at 162 out...
15 Oct, 2019, 11.16 PM IST
Abhijit Banerjee, the economist who warned India of note ban painBanerjee was also one of the advisors to Congress on the ambitious NYAY scheme, proposed ahead of 2019 polls.
15 Oct, 2019, 11.53 AM IST
Indian economy on a shaky ground: Nobel awardee Abhijit BanerjeeAbhijit Banerjee, who on Monday won the 2019 Nobel for Economics, said Indian economy is on a shaky ground.
15 Oct, 2019, 09.08 AM IST
Abhijit Banerjee joins list of Indian, Indian-origin Nobel LaureatesIndian-American Abhijit Banerjee on Monday won the Nobel Prize for Economics, joining the list of Indians and people of Indian origin to gr...
14 Oct, 2019, 06.48 PM IST
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer win 2019 Nobel Economics Prize"This year's Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty," the acade...
14 Oct, 2019, 06.45 PM IST
ET View: Nobel for Abhijit BanerjeeWhile Banerjee got his PhD from Harvard, he did his Bachelor’s in economics from Presidency, Calcutta and his Master’s from JNU.
14 Oct, 2019, 05.46 PM IST