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Oxford coronavirus vaccine provides double protection, produces antibodies in 28 days. What we know
Good News | July 21, 2020 10:50 ISTTeam of scientists at Oxford Vaccine Group (Department of Paediatrics) and Oxford University’s Jenner Institute working on the discovery of a safe, effective and accessible vaccine against coronavirus have come out with the trial results that the world was waiting for. The results of Phase I/II trial published in the scientific journal, The Lancet, indicate no early safety concerns and induces strong immune responses.
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COVID-19: First Trial of Oxford University’s Vaccine Shows Promising Immune Response
News | July 21, 2020 8:12 ISTThe experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University has shown promising results and produced an immune response in part one of the two-phase clinical trials, a data was released on Monday.
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Oxford University's team 'absolutely on track', corona vaccine likely to be available by Sep
Good News | July 20, 2020 10:12 ISTOxford University's coronavirus vaccine trial team is 'absolutely on track' and the vaccine could be available as early as September, David Carpenter, Chairman of the Berkshire Research Ethics Committee, which approved the Oxford trial has said.
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Malala Yousafzai completes degree at Oxford, shares cake-drenched photo; says Netflix for now
World | June 19, 2020 8:42 ISTMalala Yousafzai shared a cake-drenched photo of herself after completing her Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree from London's prestigious Oxford University. Malala also gave a sneak-peek into her future course of action.
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Mumbai-born billionaire brothers fund 80 million pounds to Oxford University’s newest college
World | June 11, 2020 19:12 ISTDavid and Simon Reuben, recently ranked the UK’s second-richest billionaires with a fortune of 16 billion pounds in ‘The Sunday Times’ annual rich list, made the “transformational gift” to Park College established by the university last year.
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Oxford University vaccine is a humanitarian cause: Indian-origin scientist
Science | May 31, 2020 8:49 ISTChandrabali Datta, who was born in Kolkata, works in the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the university's Jenner Institute where Phase II and III of human trials of the vaccine named ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 are being conducted as a possible tool to fight the deadly virus.
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Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine moves to next stage of human trial
Science | May 22, 2020 20:08 ISTUniversity of Oxford researchers working on a vaccine to protect against coronavirus on Friday confirmed that they are moving to the next level as they begin recruiting over 10,000 people for the second phase of human trials.
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Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine test on monkeys shows promise
World | May 15, 2020 16:17 ISTThe UK's biggest COVID-19 vaccine project, currently being tested by the The University of Oxford, has shown some promising results in a small study with monkeys.
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Oxford University begins human trials; first patients injected
Science | April 24, 2020 8:49 ISTThe first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.
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Coronavirus vaccine could be available this year, says UK scientist
World | April 23, 2020 7:24 ISTTwo scientists who are leading the charge for a vaccine in the UK have been speaking about their projects.
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Oxford University to begin human trials from next week
Science | April 18, 2020 11:44 ISTAs coronavirus positive cases continue to surge across countries, scientists at Oxford University are likely to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for coronavirus next week.
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Twinkle Khanna is all set to deliver an inspirational speech about PadMan at the Oxford University
Bollywood | January 18, 2018 14:11 ISTPadMan will be the first Indian film to be showcased at The Oxford Union.
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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticism
World | October 04, 2017 17:33 ISTThe 'Freedom of Oxford' had been granted to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy" by the Oxford City Council.
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Half of India's under-18 population lives in poverty: Study
India | June 05, 2017 20:26 ISTThe international definition of a child, used in the study, was anyone less than 18 years of age.
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Indian-origin student sues Oxford varsity for boring teaching
World | December 04, 2016 19:48 ISTConfronting the loss of earnings in his career as a lawyer, an Indian-origin student has sued Oxford University for “boring” teaching which allegedly resulted in him getting a second class degree. Faiz Siddiqui studied modern
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Oxford University Press to launch Hindi online dictionary
India | October 21, 2016 20:58 ISTIn a move to build up a Hindi-based customer base, Oxford University Press (OUP) today announced the launch of the Hindi online dictionary. Hindi is the ninth language to become part of the Oxford Global
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Professor gets Rs 4.7 crore for solving one line equation
Life | March 16, 2016 20:16 ISTNew Delhi: An Oxford University professor has won a 500,000 pounds (Rs 4.7 crores) prize for cracking a 300-year-old mystery mathematical theorem described as an “epochal moment” for academics. Sir Andrew Wiles has been awarded
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Global varsities like Oxford, Yale and more show support for JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar
World | February 18, 2016 13:31 ISTNew Delhi: Support is pouring in for JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing charges of sedition for his alleged involvement in anti-national sloganeering during a controversial event for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, from
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Harvard top world university, no Indian varsity in list
World | March 12, 2015 9:45 ISTNew Delhi:Harvard University of the US has remained number one in a global ranking of 100 most prestigious education institutions, followed by Britain's Cambridge and Oxford universities. No Indian university featured in the list.According to
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Pigs, pork to be kept out of Oxford University textbooks to avoid offending Jews and Muslims
World | January 15, 2015 11:28 ISTNew Delhi: To avoid offending Muslims and Jews, textbook writers have been asked to refrain from using references to pigs, sausages and other pork- related items by Oxford University Press (OUP). This new development came to
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