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  World Bank appoints Indian economist to key position in South Asia

  World | May 23, 2020, 12:39 PM IST

  Abhas Jha, an Indian economist, has been appointed by the World Bank to a key position on climate change and disaster management in South Asia, the global lender said. Jha's appointment comes at a time when Cyclone Amphan has badly hit West Bengal, Orissa in India and Bangladesh.

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  Amartya Sen Receives Humanities Medal From Obama

  World | Feb 14, 2012, 07:42 AM IST

  Washington, Feb 14 : Amartya Sen, Indian economist and 1998 Nobel Prize winner in economics, has been felicitated with the National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by the US President Barack Obama at a