Economist Amartya Sen gets Nobel
Professor Amartya Sen has been awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. Sen is the sixth Indian and first Indian economist to win the prize.

Rave reviews from the Big Apple for Sen
On a day when news of the layoff by Merrill Lynch of 3,400 employees cascaded through New York, the Nobel Prize for Amartya Sen created but a ripple the world's financial capital. But in the community of economists, the splash was seen and heard far and wide.

India agrees to sign two patent treaties
India has agreed to abide by the Paris convention for the protection of industrial property and the patent-cooperation treaty, according to UN patent agency, the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

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