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History In Minutes: Vikramshila, Iconic Uni To Rise From Ashes

History In Minutes: Vikramshila, Iconic Uni To Rise From Ashes

Rediff.com21 Apr 2025

With six colleges, the university campus was a hub of scholars from around the world. It was the first to award degree titles like Mahapandit and Pandit to graduating students.

'Emoji' is Oxford word of the year

'Emoji' is Oxford word of the year

Rediff.com17 Nov 2015

Commonly known as 'Face with Tears of Joy', the pictograph is chosen as the word for 2015.

Expert panel recommends granting emergency nod to Oxford vaccine

Expert panel recommends granting emergency nod to Oxford vaccine

Rediff.com2 Jan 2021

As for Bharat Biotech, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the CDSCO asked the firm to expedite volunteer recruitment for the ongoing clinical trial and said it may conduct interim efficacy analysis for further consideration of restricted emergency use approval for its vaccine Covaxin, they stated.

Will govt have Rs 80,000 cr for covid vaccine: SII CEO

Will govt have Rs 80,000 cr for covid vaccine: SII CEO

Rediff.com26 Sep 2020

SII has signed an agreement to manufacture the potential vaccine developed by Jenner Institute of Oxford University in collaboration with British-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca.

Study Abroad: 10 Visa Application Mistakes To Avoid

Study Abroad: 10 Visa Application Mistakes To Avoid

Rediff.com7 Aug 2025

Do not sound as if you intend to permanently settle overseas, warns Ritika Gupta, CEO and counsellor at AAera Consultants.

Oxford vaccine set to get UK clearance by year-end

Oxford vaccine set to get UK clearance by year-end

Rediff.com19 Dec 2020

The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, which had been formally tasked by the UK government last month with the process of clearance after the jab emerged "safe and effective" against the novel coronavirus in human trials, is expected to authorise the vaccine by December 28 or 29 after the final data is provided on Monday, 'The Daily Telegraph' quoted senior government sources as indicating.

Trump vs Harvard: 'Don't Panic. Harvard Is Not The Only Path To Success'

Trump vs Harvard: 'Don't Panic. Harvard Is Not The Only Path To Success'

Rediff.com26 May 2025

Amidst growing panic over Trump's ban on Harvard's international student enrolment, overseas education consultants have this advice for Indian students.

Atishi to replace Kejriwal as Delhi CM

Atishi to replace Kejriwal as Delhi CM

Rediff.com17 Sep 2024

The AAP unanimously agreed to elect Atishi as the leader of Delhi AAP Legislative Party.

Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

Rediff.com15 Nov 2024

President-elect Donald Trump announced a slate of key Cabinet nominations, including tapping former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Congressman Doug Collins of Georgia as Secretary for Veterans Affairs. Trump also named Jay Clayton as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Todd Blanche as Deputy Attorney General, and Dean John Sauer as Solicitor General of the United States.

UK confers Honorary Knighthood to Tata Group Chief N Chandrasekaran

UK confers Honorary Knighthood to Tata Group Chief N Chandrasekaran

Rediff.com14 Feb 2025

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran has been conferred Honorary Knighthood by the United Kingdom for his services to the UK-India business relations, the group said on Friday. He has been conferred "The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) - honorary DBE/KBE".

32 Delhi schools receive hoax bomb threats; police assure serious probe

32 Delhi schools receive hoax bomb threats; police assure serious probe

Rediff.com18 Aug 2025

The schools included Delhi Public School, Modern Convent School, and Shree Ram World School, a senior police officer said, adding that the threats were received via e-mail.

Oxford launches COVID-19 vaccine study on children

Oxford launches COVID-19 vaccine study on children

Rediff.com13 Feb 2021

This new trial, a single-blind, randomised Phase II trial, will enrol 300 volunteers, with up to 240 of these volunteers receiving the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine and the remainder a control meningitis vaccine, which has been shown to be safe in children but is expected to produce similar reactions, such as a sore arm.

Brazil's COVID vaccine volunteer dies, tests to continue

Brazil's COVID vaccine volunteer dies, tests to continue

Rediff.com22 Oct 2020

While it is not clear whether the volunteer had received the vaccine or a placebo shot during the trial, Anvisa has refused to reveal any more information citing reasons of medical privacy, CNN reported.

SII stopped Covishield production in Dec 2021: Poonawalla

SII stopped Covishield production in Dec 2021: Poonawalla

Rediff.com20 Oct 2022

Poonawalla said booster vaccines have no demand as there is general lethargy among people and also because they are fed up with the pandemic.

19 Spiral Galaxies Of The Universe

19 Spiral Galaxies Of The Universe

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

The mystical near- and mid-infrared portraits of 19 face-on spiral galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Serum gets nod for phase 2, 3 trials of Covid vaccine in India

Serum gets nod for phase 2, 3 trials of Covid vaccine in India

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

Currently, phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the Oxford vaccine candidate is going on in the United Kingdom, phase 3 clinical trial in Brazil and phase 1 and 2 clinical trials in South Africa.

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine promising, but...: Scientists

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine promising, but...: Scientists

Rediff.com21 Jul 2020

Doses of the vaccine were given to 1,077 healthy adults aged between 18 and 55 in five United Kingdom hospitals in April and May as part of the phase one clinical trial.

India readies 5 sites for final phase of trials of Oxford COVID vaccine

India readies 5 sites for final phase of trials of Oxford COVID vaccine

Rediff.com28 Jul 2020

The Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine maker in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it is ready. Trials results for the first two phases were published earlier this month.

Sofia Hayat's bikini pose

Sofia Hayat's bikini pose

Rediff.com6 Jun 2014

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

Will reserve enough vaccine doses for Parsis: Poonawalla

Will reserve enough vaccine doses for Parsis: Poonawalla

Rediff.com27 Jul 2020

Poonawalla, however, did not specify the quantity of the doses that will be kept for the community, which is grappling with a shrinking population.

Mumbai's KEM Hospital starts trials of Oxford vaccine

Mumbai's KEM Hospital starts trials of Oxford vaccine

Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

The hospital, located in Parel area, on Tuesday got the approval of the Maharashtra ethics committee for conducting the vaccine trials.

Oxford felicitates Montek Singh

Oxford felicitates Montek Singh

Rediff.com19 Jun 2008

Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil law at the University of Oxford.

Hamid Ansari to deliver lecture at Oxford

Hamid Ansari to deliver lecture at Oxford

Rediff.com24 Oct 2013

The vice-president will be the second Indian to be accorded the honour at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Nikhil Lakshman reports.

Dr Singh's final journey to begin tomorrow at 9.30 am

Dr Singh's final journey to begin tomorrow at 9.30 am

Rediff.com27 Dec 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge were among the top leaders who paid homage to former prime minister Manmohan Singh at his home in New Delhi on Friday.

Action Time For Alaya!

Action Time For Alaya!

Rediff.com31 Jan 2024

Amyra attends a wedding... Ali has an announcement... Mahesh Babu goes trekking...

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

Rediff.com5 Sep 2025

On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India.

India approves Oxford's, Bharat Biotech's vaccines for emergency use

India approves Oxford's, Bharat Biotech's vaccines for emergency use

Rediff.com3 Jan 2021

The approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) was given on the basis of recommendations submitted by a COVID-19 subject expert committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).

Know English Before Migrating to the UK

Know English Before Migrating to the UK

Rediff.com26 May 2025

According to the 2021 England and Wales Census data, of the 915,855 citizens born in India, 49 per cent (444,500) said English was their main language, followed by 41 per cent (373,583) who said another language was their main language but that they spoke English very well or well.

Oxford's COVID vaccine 'encouraging' for older age groups

Oxford's COVID vaccine 'encouraging' for older age groups

Rediff.com19 Nov 2020

This means there are now four promising vaccines on the horizon after Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik and Moderna already reporting good preliminary data from Phase 3 trials.

Serum chief 'hopes to resolve' EU ban on Covishield recipients

Serum chief 'hopes to resolve' EU ban on Covishield recipients

Rediff.com28 Jun 2021

"I realise that a lot of Indians who have taken Covishield are facing issues with travel to the EU, I assure everyone, I have taken this up at the highest levels and hope to resolve this matter soon, both with regulators and at a diplomatic level with countries," Poonawalla said in a tweet.

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

Rediff.com27 Dec 2024

He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged.

Krutrim Suicide Sparks Workplace Concerns

Krutrim Suicide Sparks Workplace Concerns

Rediff.com19 May 2025

An ex-employee claimed that team members were routinely subjected to verbal abuse, even for basic clarifications or suggesting improvements.

'India and China to dominate this century'

'India and China to dominate this century'

Rediff.com27 Sep 2011

There has been a major shift in the global balance of economic power, creating a new global hierarchy dominated by the East, says Chris Patten, chancellor of Oxford University. Naomi Canton reports.

How History Will Remember Dr Singh

How History Will Remember Dr Singh

Rediff.com1 Jan 2025

Manmohan Singh represented the finest aspects of India, asserts Aakar Patel.

Just Who Was Mahatma Phule?

Just Who Was Mahatma Phule?

Rediff.com11 Apr 2025

The latest biopic on Jyotibai Phule has come at a time when the Department of Taking Offence is super-active. Utkarsh Mishra feels it will be interesting to see if it portrays his attack on Brahminism in the same 'no holds barred' manner-- and, if it does, what reaction it provokes.

Mixing COVID-19 vaccines gives good protection: Study

Mixing COVID-19 vaccines gives good protection: Study

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

According to the study, 'mixed' schedules of these vaccines induced high concentrations of antibodies against the SARS-CoV2 spike IgG protein when doses were administered four weeks apart.

Vax king Poonawalla shells out Rs 1,400 crore to snap up London villa

Vax king Poonawalla shells out Rs 1,400 crore to snap up London villa

Rediff.com13 Dec 2023

Serum Institute of India chief Adar Poonawalla will pay 138 million (about Rs 1,444 crore) for a Mayfair mansion in London in one of the city's most expensive home sales of the year

Manmohan Singh's last rites to be performed with full State honours

Manmohan Singh's last rites to be performed with full State honours

Rediff.com27 Dec 2024

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92 on Thursday. He will be given a state funeral with full state honors at Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday. Singh served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014 and was known for his role in India's economic reforms. Leaders from across the political spectrum paid their respects to the departed leader, highlighting his contributions to the nation.

Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar steps down

Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar steps down

Rediff.com22 Apr 2022

The government on Friday appointed Suman K Bery as the vice chairman of Niti Aayog, following the sudden resignation of Rajiv Kumar.

How Well Do You Know Rekha?

How Well Do You Know Rekha?

Rediff.com10 Oct 2024

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movie legend who turns 70 on October 10.