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The current prime minister of India once announced that he has Ph.D. in "all of the political science". Asked for proof, they produced his degree from Delhi Uni

by dilawar 9mo ago

The current prime minister of India once announced that he has Ph.D. in "all of the political science". Asked for proof, they produced his degree from Delhi University. No one who got their degree at that place during that time can't recall seeing him in the classroom! But that's nothing compared to this man. I usually avoid his news but seeing him grabbing fifa peace price wasn't a good sight.

murukesh_s 9mo ago
In his defence, Modi's was external degree - i.e remote degree - so no one sees in the class room.
- lostlogin 9mo ago
  Convenient.
  - jstummbillig 9mo ago
    Common
    - profsummergig 9mo ago
      People from non-privileged backgrounds in India often have so called "correspondence" degrees (remote), the privileged will not empathize.
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pjc50 9mo ago
The fifa prize was a very public bribe: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-attorney-dropped-fifa-bribery-case-at-trump-officials-behest https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-attorney-droppe...
- nephihaha 9mo ago
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  - ipython 9mo ago
    What does Jimmy Kimmel have to do with anything? Plus, citation needed.
    - nephihaha 9mo ago
      YouTube videos are not citations. Just went looking for the video and couldn't find it thanks to YT's useless search function. I was forced to endure ten minutes of his hack journalism. More proof he is a mouth for hire. He said the exact opposite about FIFA when they gave Trump a peace prize.
      - moogly 9mo ago
        He's not a journalist. He's an "entertainer", and a total non sequitur in this context.
      - E39M5S62 9mo ago
        Since when is Jimmy Kimmel a journalist? He hosts a late night talk show.
        nephihaha 9mo ago
        He is now presenting op-eds on YouTube.
        E39M5S62 9mo ago
        An op-ed is an outside opinion piece published by a news organization, historically in a print newspaper or magazine. It's irrelevant if he's giving his opinion on a subject in a YouTube video; it's still not journalism (and it's not even an op-ed, since he's effectively self-publishing).
teiferer 9mo ago
Not to downplay the Modi thing but ... honorary Ph.D.s are handed out left and right, and it's common for politicians to just buy one. They mean very little, and making that into a scandal is just showing lack of creativity to show the real scandals, of which there should be plenty.
mananaysiempre 9mo ago
A now-deleted reply challenged this claim, so I went to search, and it seems to be a melange of three different facts? Narendra Modi is said to hold a BA awarded by Delhi University in 1978 (or possibly 1979?). The veracity of that has been disputed. He is also said to hold an MA awarded by Gujarat University in 1983, where the provided exam transcript[1] marks him “external” (i.e. remote) and includes the curious phrase “entire political science”. The veracity of that has been disputed as well. Finally, he was offered[2] a honorary doctorate (of what, I haven’t been able to ascertain) by Southern University in Louisiana in 2014, but declined. (I haven’t been able to find any references to him claiming to hold a PhD in English-language sources.) [1] http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in/web/NWD/NewsEvents/2000_Office_Record_of_MA_Part-I&II_Related_to_Hon_Prime_Minister_Shri_Narendra_Modi.pdf http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in/web/NWD/NewsEvents/2000_... [2] https://wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsAndCommissions/MeetingMinutes/526_October%2017,%202014%20Meeting%20Minutes.pdf https://wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsAndCommissions/Meet...
- jeswin 9mo ago
  I am the one who disputed the claim and later deleted - I was conflicted between keeping HN largely free of political reddittery (and chose to downvote instead), and fact-checking. > The current prime minister of India once announced that he has Ph.D. in "all of the political science". This didn't happen, at least publicly and on record. The previous dispute was around his distance education Masters; which isn't hard to believe or hard to get. They don't attend regular classes.
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by dilawar 9mo ago

murukesh_s 9mo ago

In his defence, Modi's was external degree - i.e remote degree - so no one sees in the class room.

lostlogin 9mo ago
Convenient.
- jstummbillig 9mo ago
  Common
  - profsummergig 9mo ago
    People from non-privileged backgrounds in India often have so called "correspondence" degrees (remote), the privileged will not empathize.

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pjc50 9mo ago

The fifa prize was a very public bribe: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-attorney-dropped-fifa-bribery-case-at-trump-officials-behest https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-attorney-droppe...

nephihaha 9mo ago
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- ipython 9mo ago
  What does Jimmy Kimmel have to do with anything? Plus, citation needed.
  - nephihaha 9mo ago
    YouTube videos are not citations. Just went looking for the video and couldn't find it thanks to YT's useless search function. I was forced to endure ten minutes of his hack journalism. More proof he is a mouth for hire. He said the exact opposite about FIFA when they gave Trump a peace prize.
    - moogly 9mo ago
      He's not a journalist. He's an "entertainer", and a total non sequitur in this context.
    - E39M5S62 9mo ago
      Since when is Jimmy Kimmel a journalist? He hosts a late night talk show.
      - nephihaha 9mo ago
        He is now presenting op-eds on YouTube.
        E39M5S62 9mo ago
        An op-ed is an outside opinion piece published by a news organization, historically in a print newspaper or magazine. It's irrelevant if he's giving his opinion on a subject in a YouTube video; it's still not journalism (and it's not even an op-ed, since he's effectively self-publishing).

teiferer 9mo ago

Not to downplay the Modi thing but ... honorary Ph.D.s are handed out left and right, and it's common for politicians to just buy one. They mean very little, and making that into a scandal is just showing lack of creativity to show the real scandals, of which there should be plenty.

mananaysiempre 9mo ago

A now-deleted reply challenged this claim, so I went to search, and it seems to be a melange of three different facts? Narendra Modi is said to hold a BA awarded by Delhi University in 1978 (or possibly 1979?). The veracity of that has been disputed. He is also said to hold an MA awarded by Gujarat University in 1983, where the provided exam transcript[1] marks him “external” (i.e. remote) and includes the curious phrase “entire political science”. The veracity of that has been disputed as well. Finally, he was offered[2] a honorary doctorate (of what, I haven’t been able to ascertain) by Southern University in Louisiana in 2014, but declined. (I haven’t been able to find any references to him claiming to hold a PhD in English-language sources.) [1] http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in/web/NWD/NewsEvents/2000_Office_Record_of_MA_Part-I&II_Related_to_Hon_Prime_Minister_Shri_Narendra_Modi.pdf http://www.gujaratuniversity.org.in/web/NWD/NewsEvents/2000_... [2] https://wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsAndCommissions/MeetingMinutes/526_October%2017,%202014%20Meeting%20Minutes.pdf https://wwwcfprd.doa.louisiana.gov/boardsAndCommissions/Meet...

jeswin 9mo ago
I am the one who disputed the claim and later deleted - I was conflicted between keeping HN largely free of political reddittery (and chose to downvote instead), and fact-checking. > The current prime minister of India once announced that he has Ph.D. in "all of the political science". This didn't happen, at least publicly and on record. The previous dispute was around his distance education Masters; which isn't hard to believe or hard to get. They don't attend regular classes.

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