Indians getting preference over black students at Oxford University
December 7th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 7 (ANI): A report prepared by the UK admissions body, Ucas, has claimed that Indian students are getting preference compared to black candidates for undergraduate courses at Oxford and Cambridge ... Read more...
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Chaotic Delhi was reluctant party to 1857 siege (With Image)
August 1st, 2010 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Mutiny of 1857 against the British was a time of churning for a reluctant Delhi that found the presence of "sepoys" or mutineers insufferable ... Read more...
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Oxford’s Tory student tells female speaker to “get back to the kitchen”
June 5th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 5 (ANI): Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA), the student wing of the Tories has come under fire after one of its members asked a female colleague to "get back to ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh maritime dispute impacts oil prospecting
December 13th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Their relations are improving, but India and Bangladesh are yet to agree on the composition of a tribunal to resolve their old maritime dispute that ... Read more...
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Oxford to host two-day ICC history conference this week
July 20th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai/London, July 20 (ANI): An outstanding group of current and former administrators and players as well as leading academics, historians and statisticians will gather this week in Oxford for the ICC History ... Read more...
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British scientist Stephen Hawking ‘very ill’ in hospital
April 20th, 2009 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 20 (DPA) British physicist Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned author of "A Brief History of Time", was admitted to hospital in the university city of Cambridge Monday where he was described ... Read more...
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‘Prince charming’ is now king of Bhutan (Profile, To go with: celebrations in Bhutan as new king is crowned - Lead)
November 6th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thimphu, Nov 6 (IANS) Oxford-educated Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Thursday became the world's youngest reigning monarch of the newest democracy of Bhutan after the fourth king Jigme Singye Wangchuck handed over the ... Read more...
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