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Meet Abhijit Banerjee, the Bengali economist who brought home the Nobel Prize
He had also won the Infosys prize in Social Sciences in the year 2009 for his contributions to the economics of development, and empirical evaluation of public policy
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Reliance Jio's IUC top-up offer means the new charges won't pinch the customer much
For every IUC top-up of Rs 10, the users will get 1 GB of data free and the amount of free data keeps increasing proportionately with the top-up amount.
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Man steals plant pots from Delhi’s vertical garden, miffs netizens
In the viral clip, the man dressed in formals can be seen emptying the plant and the mud from the pot before putting the empty containers in his bag.
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'Why was Nikamma absent?': Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam takes a jibe at Milind Deora again
Nirupam was defending his absence from Rahul Gandhi's Maharashtra rally when he made these comments.
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Govt gives 'conditional release' to detained Kashmiri politicians, Iltija Mufti questions move
Several detained leaders, including Mehbooba Mufti, allegedly refused to sign the conditional release bond.
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Pak Minister loses cool when asked to name 58 countries backing them on Kashmir issue
He was asked this question by the talk show host after repeatedly endorsing how Khan had commended those 58 nations for supporting Islamabad’s stance on the Kashmir issue
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Sab changa si?: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter tweets dig at Centre again
Iltija Mufti, who has been running her mother’s social media account on her behalf since August 5, said the Centre has “no moral authority” to speak about developing Jammu and Kashmir.
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Greta Thunberg’s speech similar to UN speech delivered by 12-year-old in 90s
Severn Cullis-Suzuki, who hailed from Birtish Columbia in Canada, had taken the podium in front of world leaders in 1992 to share her concerns about global warming.
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Irfan Pathan, Azhar and Gambhir slam Pakistan PM Imran Khan over his UNGA speech
Pathan tweeted: As a prominent sportsperson, Imran Khan’s choice of words 'bloodbath' 'fight to the end' will only increase hatred between the two nations.
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Microsoft Surface Earbuds: Rapper Will.i.am accuses tech giant of stealing design
The scorned musician dubbed the act as “culture theft”
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Indian Railways helps worried son unable to contact elderly mother travelling alone
The exchange that followed next has won over the Internet and caught the attention of the Railway Ministry as well.
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Google Doodle of the day: Google dedicates today's doodle to pioneering psychiatrist Herbert Kleber
Dr Kleber's “evidence-based treatment” involved viewing substance addiction as a medical condition and not a moral failure.
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Woman stops scooty in front of bus, forces driver to obey traffic rule
She stops her bike to teach a lesson to a bus for driving in the wrong lane.
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Netizens hail Karnataka’s ‘hero’ cop for clearing waterlogged street alone
Several internet users have been tagging Bengaluru City Police in the comment section of the post, urging them to recognise the cop’s deed and reward him for his service
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Google Doodle of the Day: Google celebrates its 21st birthday with a retro Doodle
This doodle traces the journey of two PhD students from Stanford, who co-founded the search engine -- Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
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Scientists discover 8th continent, hidden 1,000 miles under Europe
It took Greater Adria 120 million years to be found by mankind, even though its uppermost reaches form mountain ranges across Europe
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Greta Thunberg throws major shade at Donald Trump, his taunts are now her Twitter bio
Thunberg, who is not exactly known for her docile demeanor, did not let Trump have the last laugh and resorted to some subtle, mature trolling
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PMC Bank crisis | RBI restricts withdrawals, harrowed citizens air grievance on Twitter
Joy Thomas, the Managing Director of PMC Bank has urged all distressed customers to cooperate, but the harrowed lot took to social media to vent their grievance
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PM Modi calls 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' people's movement upon receiving Global Goalkeeper Award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Netizens were touched by Modi's gesture of dedicating the award to 130 crore Indians and dubbing it a people's movement
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#fatherofindia goes viral on Twitter, Trump trolled for calling Modi ‘Father of India’
Indian Twitter users couldn't accept this moniker and resorted to trolling Trump for his ignorance about Mahatma Gandhi, who is 'The Father of our Nation'.
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Shashi Tharoor’s latest Twitter gaffe: Calls Indira Gandhi ‘India Gandhi’
Moreover, Tharoor had written that the photo was from a rally held in the United States in the year 1954, although it was from Nehru's Moscow visit in 1955
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Pakistan’s UN envoy calls UK PM Boris Johnson ‘foreign minister’
She reshared the same picture on Twitter later, with a corrected caption that also acknowledged her “typo”
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Motor Vehicles Act: Video of cop explaining how to reduce fine amount goes viral
This comes at a time when the new Motor Vehicles Act and revised fines for traffic rule violations are being talked about across the country
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‘Ironic’ says Mehbooba Mufti's daughter, as crowd cheers PM Modi’s Article 370 remark at ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event
Former J&k CM Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija has held a view that was in stark contrast to what revelers at the Houston event expressed
