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JNU, DU English departments among world's top 100
by F wire
May 11, 2013

in the world by prestigious QS World University Rankings 2013.The University of Oxford tops the list followed by Cambridge, and Harvard University.JNU comes #Sports # Politics # Syria # Pakistan # NewsTracker # YouTube # Firefox # Ajax # Green # Opera # archives
Experts triple estimate of world dengue fever infections
by FP Staff
Apr 08, 2013

no approved vaccine or specific drug to treat dengue, which is not normally fatal but lands many victims in hospital.Researchers from the University of Oxford #Yahoo! # NewsTracker # content # wcntn # typeof-social # undefined # rco # aut # rch # typeof-registered # cnt
Stunted nation: Bad news for India's children
by FP Staff
Mar 19, 2013

-supported childcare centres in villages across Uttar Pradesh.The study led by the King George Medical University, Lucknow and the University of Oxford in UK was looking #
India has all requirements to return to 8% growth: Montek
Mar 07, 2013

a gathering of students and academics at Oxford University.A little over 5 percent is a slowing down but the whole world is experiencing a slowing of growth #GDP # Montek Singh Ahluwalia # TheySaidIt # Growth # CAD
New advanced tuberculosis vaccine fails to protect babies: study
Feb 04, 2013

't seem to offer them any protection."MVA85A was developed at Oxford University and was tested in nearly 2,800 infants in South Africa who had already #NewsTracker # Health # BCG # Vaccine # Tuberculosis
How cannabis helps patients deal with pain
Dec 26, 2012

London: Cannabis can make patients feel less bothered about pain, says a study.Researchers from the University of Oxford have found the psychoactive #didyouknow # pain # Cannabis # Patients # painkiller
Salman Khurshid: Congress' knight in shining verbal armour?
by Piyasree Dasgupta
Oct 29, 2012

afforded by University of Oxford.Whatever be the Congress master-plan in easing out a tepid SM Krishna and ushering in the newly-flamboyant Khurshid #UPA # Congress # Salman Khurshid # ConnectTheDots
Emma Watson praises shy, well-mannered British guys
Oct 17, 2012

dating student Will Adamowicz whom she met while studying English at the University of Oxford, says she had to wait for a long time before getting asked #BuzzPatrol # Emma Watson # British guys
Man United shares flat in debut after IPO disappoints
by F wire
Aug 11, 2012

," said Tim Jenkinson, a professor of finance at the Sad Business School, University of Oxford.Following the offering, Manchester United will have a dual #India # Business # markets
London Olympics: Who says games are good for host countries?
by FP Staff
Jul 26, 2012

Sanburn says that since 1960 every Olympic has overrun its budget by a whopping average of 179%.Bent Flyvbjerg, a co-author of a new University of Oxford #recession # 2012 London Olympics

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Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

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Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

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IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

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Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.

Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.