What Rahul Gandhi, perhaps, needs is to urgently diversify his guest list and topics of conversation to include people the ordinary Indians can relate to.

Abhijit Banerjee said tennis was the ultimate challenge for him and something that he hugely enjoys

The economist said the ruling party should want a better opposition to keep it under check.

Esther Duflo pointed out that it was wrong to assume that giving handouts to the poor made them lazy.

On Tuesday, Abhijit Banerjee became only the second Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Economics.

On December 10, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Cremar will be honoured at the Stockholm Concert Hall, and all eyes are now set on what this year's laureates will be gifting the museum.

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Esther Duflo says fear of migration is often made worse by governments who want to be seen to be doing something about the problem.

Pyush Goyal commented in a dismissive fashion after it was announced that the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in economics set up in memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Esther Duflo, husband Abhjit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer.

The number of poor in India has been slashed, says Duflo. 'But that does not mean we should be happy. That is not enough,' she says.