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Friday, November 1, 2024
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Imran Khan fighting for Oxford chancellor’s post from jail. Pakistanis fear ban on university

Khan who studied Economics and Politics at Oxford’s Keble College in 1972 and led the university’s cricket team, has confirmed his candidacy.

People were keen to give me a house on rent – till they learned about my Dalit identity

'Concealing Caste: Passing and Personhood in Dalit Literature', edited by K. Satyanarayana and Joel Lee, brings together Dalit writings that reveal the inner workings of a vicious social order.

Yale, Oxford in India is Modi govt’s way to wedge divide, take OBCs, Dalits back to dark past

The RSS and BJP will turn India into an Indralok where the elites will enjoy the benefits of global education and Hindi-educated OBCs, Dalits will become its gatekeepers.

Pakistan student who survived 2014 army school attack elected Oxford Union treasurer

Ahmad Nawaz was 14 when Taliban gunmen stormed his school — Army Public School Peshawar — and opened fire on students. His younger brother was among 141 people killed in the attack.

Lung damage found in recovered Covid patients though CT scans didn’t show, Oxford study says

Researchers from Oxford and Sheffield were able to establish this using a different technology, called a Xenon MRI scan.

India’s Covid vaccine export ban not applicable for Bangladesh, says Foreign Minister Momen

Dr A K Abdul Momen said that the first consignment of the vaccine co-manufactured by India's Serum Institute is expected to reach Bangladesh towards the end of January.

Oxford Union postpones Mamata address at last moment, Trinamool alleges ‘political pressure’

Oxford Union says event wasn't postponed under any political pressure, and that the debating society hopes 'to be able to conduct it at a later date'.

AstraZeneca trial illness likely not linked to Covid vaccine, Oxford says

After safety reviews, Oxford says there is insufficient evidence to say for certain that neurological symptoms developed by volunteers were or were not related to the vaccine.

AstraZeneca restarts UK trials of Oxford vaccine

Oxford said the UK health regulator approved resuming the trials after review of the safety data triggered a pause on 6 September. It declined to disclose details about the participant’s illness.

DCGI directs Serum Institute of India to suspend recruitment for Oxford vaccine trials

DCGI's Dr V G Somani Friday also directed SII to increase the safety monitoring of the subjects already vaccinated as part of the trial, and submit the plan and report.

On Camera

Bibek Debroy was an ‘Acharya’ in India’s intellectual history

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.