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Not only does Nicholas Stern admire Ali's prowess in the ring, but more so his fearless stance against the Vietnam War which cost him dearly both personally and professionally. Ali's humanitarian work in later life has also been a huge source of inspiration to him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0938pwl

From 2017 LSE, one of the UK’s most prestigious universities based in the heart of London, will commence delivery of the The Chevening Parliamentarians Programme. http://www.chevening.org/programme/parliamentarians

Chevening’s Parliamentary Programme, hosted by LSE, provides a unique fully funded opportunity for 9 Indian MP’s to spend a week in London discussing international affairs, focussing on the mutually relevant issues of foreign policy, health, clean energy, education and development and interact with the Parliamentarians in the UK. http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/9542-chevening-model-co-operation-offered-uk-india

A group of leading economists warned this year of catastrophic global warming within 13 years unless countries ramped up taxes on carbon emissions to as much as $100 per tonne. The economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern were among experts who said governments needed to tackle polluting industries with a tax on carbon dioxide at $40-$80 a tonne by 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/04/emissions-carbon-tax-profits-polluters-paris-targets

Hefce stops short of adopting Lord Stern’s proposal to include university-wide impact in research assessment scores. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/impact-weighting-increased-uks-ref-2021

Women Transforming India Awards was launched by NITI Aayog, in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov, to recognize the transformational impact of work undertaken by women across India’s villages, towns and cities. The campaign this year, to promote equal opportunity of women, has received an overwhelming 3000 entries from across the country. http://indiaeducationdiary.in/union-minister-smriti-zubin-irani-present-women-transforming-india-awards/

This year, the 10th edition of the Tata Social Internship programme culminated with a contingent of 15 international students – 6 from LSE – completing their two-month experiential internship in the ongoing sustainability projects of the Tata companies in India. http://www.tata.com/media/releasesinside/tata-social-internship-2017-hosts-international-students