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Annulling of electoral bonds will lead to greater transparency: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s recent judgment annulling the electoral bonds scheme, denouncing it as a scandal. Speaking to PTI from Massachusetts, USA,…
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Amartya Sen vs Visva-Bharati: Lower court rules in favour of economist
Kolkata: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Wednesday won the first round of legal battle against the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, with a district court in West Bengal’s Birbhum dismissing the notice…
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Intellectuals hold sit-in near Amartya Sen’s Santiniketan house for second day
Santiniketan: Intellectuals held a sit-in near the ancestral house of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen here on Saturday protesting against the notice by Visva-Bharati university to the economist to vacate 0.13 acres (5,500…
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Amartya Sen approaches court against eviction notice from Visva-Bharati University
Kolkata: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has approached a district court in Birbhum district of West Bengal against the eviction notice issued by the Visva-Bharati University authorities in the ongoing dispute over…
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Land issue: Visva-Bharati hopeful Amartya Sen will respond to eviction notice by next week
Kolkata: Visva-Bharati is hopeful that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who is accused of illegally holding a 13-decimal plot owned by the university, will respond by next week to an eviction notice sent…
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CAA implementation to reduce role of minorities: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen believes implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) could reduce the role of minorities in the country, while encouraging majoritarian forces. In an interview with PTI,…
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Role of regional parties to be important for 2024 LS polls: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen asserted that it “would be a mistake” to think that the 2024 Lok Sabha election would be a one-horse race in favour of the BJP, and felt…
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People being divided for political opportunism: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday said people of the country were being divided for “political opportunism”. Sen also lamented that the colonial practise of imprisoning people due to political reasons…