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Temperature effect on the steric and polar Taft substituent parameter values

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,833-841
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00500C, Paper
Sindi Baco, Marcel Klinksiek, Mélanie Mignot, Christoph Held, Julien Legros, Sébastien Leveneur
We investigate the influence of temperature by re-evaluating the substituent parameters of the Taft equation applied to the esterification of levulinic acid by methanol and ethanol, and the saponification of methyl and ethyl levulinates.
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A robust data analytical method to investigate sequence dependence in flow-based peptide synthesis

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,825-832
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00494E, Paper
Open Access
Bálint Tamás, Pietro Luigi Willi, Héloïse Bürgisser, Nina Hartrampf
A new data analytical method for flow-based peptide synthesis enables robust and quantitative analysis of sequence-dependent difficult couplings.
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General synthesis of secondary imines via reductive coupling of carbonyl and nitro compounds employing a reusable cobalt catalyst

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,925-929
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00509G, Paper
Chaochong Zhang, Yurong He, Peng Zhou, Yuandie Ma, Ziliang Yuan, Guoqiang She, Zhe Zheng, Juncheng Hu, Qingqing Jiang, Jason Chun-Ho Lam, Bo Han, Zehui Zhang, Bing Liu
Reusable nitrogen-doped carbon-encapsulated Co nanoparticle catalysts are found robust for the synthesis of secondary imines via the reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with NH3 or directly with nitro compounds.
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The electrochemical oxidation of a thioether to form an API intermediate and the effects of substrate electronics on impurity formation

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,883-887
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00632H, Paper
Hamish R. Stephen, Holly Longhurst, Michael Nunn, Christopher D. Parsons, Matthew Burns
Electrochemistry was explored as a means of oxidising a thioether to form a sulfone API intermediate.
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A safe and new strategy for N-arylation of 2,4-thiazolidinediones via microwave irradiation using base catalyst K2CO3 in DMF

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,842-848
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00641G, Paper
Ragini C. Patil, Nita M. Khiratkar, Sumeer Ahmed, Joazaizulfazli Jamalis, Aso Hameed Hasan, Malika Berredjem, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Ajmal R. Bhat
Green efforts as an alternative to existing conventional methods for providing new tools, knowledge and design of organic synthesis, will contribute to the economy and protecting the environment and health.
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Encapsulation of TixFeyLamOz nanoparticles into NH2-MIL-125(Ti) to fabricate a promising photocatalyst for the C–N coupling reaction

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,849-860
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00457K, Paper
Yahya Absalan, Mohammad Rafsanjani Dehghazi, Reza Samavati, Kambiz Souri, Mostafa Gholizadeh
An array of organic compounds and natural products can be synthesized through carbon–nitrogen coupling reactions.
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Machine-learning assisted optimisation during heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation utilising a static mixer under continuous flow

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,872-882
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00570D, Paper
Open Access
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Thomas M. Kohl, Yan Zuo, Benjamin W. Muir, Christian H. Hornung, Anastasios Polyzos, Yutong Zhu, Xingdong Wang, David L. J. Alexander
Machine-learning assisted optimisation of a continuous photodegradation reaction, using a TiO2 coated catalytic static mixer successfully accounting for catalyst degradation.
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Green synthesis of surfactant-free mesoporous silica with strong hydrophilicity via metal salt modifications for moisture adsorption

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,816-824
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00513E, Paper
Pariyawalee Sangteantong, Kunpirom Chainarong, Waleeporn Donphai, Metta Chareonpanich
In this work, the green synthesis of mesoporous silica (MPS) was carried out using low-cost sodium silicate as a precursor.
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Continuous flow synthesis of the ionizable lipid ALC-0315

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,959-966
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00630A, Paper
Open Access
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Jakob B. Wolf, Ju Weon Lee, Matthew B. Plutschack, Dario Cambié, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Peter H. Seeberger
The ionizable lipid ALC-0315 is the major component of the lipid nanoparticles used to encapsulate the mRNA in the Biontech–Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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Interaction of SO2 with a Cu–Mn oxide oxygen carrier during chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,888-900
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00498H, Paper
Turna Barua, Bihter Padak
During chemical looping combustion with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) fuel-sulfur species impact the reactivity of Cu–Mn oxide oxygen carrier with CH4. SO2 oxidation to SO3 competes with fuel for available O2 and lowers CH4 conversion.
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Selective aerobic oxidative C–C bond cleavage using a high-entropy oxide-derived multimetallic catalyst

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,967-973
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00525A, Paper
Shaoyuan Guo, Xinli Tong, Jipeng Wang, Hang Tang
A stable and efficient high entropy catalyst is developed for the selective oxidative C–C bond cleavage in the presence of O2.
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Biomass-based graphene aerogel for the removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,753-776
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00526G, Review Article
Vijayendra Kumar Tripathi, Manish Shrivastava, Jaya Dwivedi, Raju Kumar Gupta, Lokesh Kumar Jangir, Kumud Malika Tripathi
This review article provides a detailed overview of the synthesis techniques of biomass-based graphene aerogels and highlights the influence of fabrication parameters on the performance of the resulting aerogels for wastewater treatment applications.
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At-line monitoring of hydrogen peroxide released from its photocatalytic and continuous synthesis

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,777-781
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00659J, Communication
Open Access
Anders Ø. Tjell, Lars-Erik Meyer, Barbara Jud, Selin Kara, Torsten Mayr
Photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2 in a continuous operation set-up using nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots (N-CNDs) and simultaneous determination of generated H2O2.
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Digital Pareto-front mapping of homogeneous catalytic reactions

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,787-794
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00673E, Communication
Open Access
Negin Orouji, Jeffrey A. Bennett, Sina Sadeghi, Milad Abolhasani
We present a digital framework for rapid multi-objective reaction space exploration and optimization of homogeneous catalytic reactions through autonomous experimentation and Bayesian optimization.
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Surface treatment of magnetite nanoparticle thin films with potassium phosphate for calcium phosphate precipitation

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,782-786
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00048J, Communication
Reo Kimura, Kazuto Sugimoto, Iori Yamada, Motohiro Tagaya
The treatment of magnetite nanoparticle thin films with potassium phosphate and their surface reaction with simulated body fluid were in situ monitored by the QCM-D technique, which is suitable for the precipitation of calcium phosphate.
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Merging inline crystallization and pulsed flow operation to enable enantiospecific solid state photodecarbonylation

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00058G, Paper
Open Access
Bavo Vandekerckhove, Bart Ruttens, Bert Metten, Christian V. Stevens, Thomas S. A. Heugebaert
Photoelimination of α-chiral ketones in the solid state results in highly regio- and enantiospecific C–C bond formation. By combining inline crystallisation and pulsatile flow, the photochemistry of these slurries can now be run fully continuously.
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Selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan over Ni–Ga intermetallic catalysts and its kinetic studies

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00129J, Paper
Weixiao Sun, Fuzeyu Zhong, Xiaohu Ge, Wenyao Chen, Gang Qian, Yueqiang Cao, Xuezhi Duan, Xinggui Zhou, Jing Zhang
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has been listed as the “TOP 14” most important biomass-derived platform molecules, which can be converted into 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHF) via selective hydrogenation of the carbonyl group on HMF.
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Novel TPMS carbon-based monolithic catalysts by three-dimensional printing for enhancement of nitrobenzene hydrogenation reaction

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00049H, Paper
Haoyang Wang, Haoran Tian, Qi Zhang, Li Zhang
Preparation of periodic curved surface, structured, carbon-based catalysts using a 3D printing method achieved good results in the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline in a packed-bed micro-reactor.
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Thermokinetic analyses of metal-sensitive reactions in a ceramic flow calorimeter

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00014E, Paper
Open Access
Soritz S., Sommitsch A., Irndorfer S., Brouczek D., Schwentenwein M., Priestley I. J. G., Iosub A. V., Krieger J. P., Gruber-Woelfler H.
A ceramic flow calorimeter for metal-sensitive reactions is characterized and used to obtain thermokinetic data on highly exothermic reactions.
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Catalytic degradation of pine sawdust over heterotopic Ca–Fe and HZSM-5 to produce aromatic hydrocarbons

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00572K, Paper
Huifen Kang, Xintong Guo, Mei An, Conghua Ma, Guozhang Chang, Qingjie Guo, Jingjing Ma
Up to 90.47% aromatic proportion and a 31.02 mg g−1 BTEX yield were obtained by heterogeneous catalysis of Ca–Fe and HZSM-5.
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Efficient aqueous-phase hydrogenation of m-xylylenediamine to 1,3-cyclohexandimethylamine over a highly active and stable ruthenium catalyst

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00712J, Paper
Jing Guo, Heng Shao, Le Gao, Wancheng Ma, Wei Zhang, Long Huang, Haibin Chu
The strong interaction between Ru and –NH2 in Ru/NH2–Al2O3 led to the formation of highly dispersed Ru and modification of its electronic properties, and consequently greatly enhanced its performance and stability.
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Enhancing mass transport to accelerate photoreactions and enable scale-up

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00689A, Paper
Open Access
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Florian Gaulhofer, Markus Metzger, Alexander Peschl, Dirk Ziegenbalg
The importance of mixing in photoreactors along the direction of light propagation for competitive photochemical reactions is experimentally demonstrated in the MISCOP mini-plant photoreactor.
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Photochemical organocatalytic heteroarylation of anilines and secondary alicyclic amines in continuous-flow

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00130C, Paper
Egor N. Boronin, Milena M. Svetlakova, Ilya I. Vorobyov, Yulia B. Malysheva, Yuri V. Polushtaytsev, Sergey N. Mensov, Andrey V. Vorotyntsev, Alexey Yu. Fedorov, Timothy Noël, Alexander V. Nyuchev
Photoorganocatalytic arylation of amines in continuous-flow enables scaling up including decreasing of both reaction time and catalyst loading.
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On a seamlessly replicable circular photoreactor for lab-scale continuous flow applications

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00109E, Paper
Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Martin Cattoen, Guillaume Masson, Gabrielle Christen, Lisa Traber, Morgan Donnard, Frederic R. Leroux, Guillaume Bentzinger, Sylvain Guizzetti, Jean-Christophe M. Monbaliu
A cost effective and replicable continuous flow circular photoreactor system is introduced. All body parts of the reactor are 3D-printed and the electronics are purchased from various mainstream suppliers. The...
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A sequential lumped kinetic modelling approach for the co-pyrolysis of plastic mixtures with a heavy refinery intermediate product in a tubular reactor

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00075G, Paper
Open Access
Sebastian-Mark Lorbach, Andreas E. Lechleitner, Teresa Schubert, Markus Lehner
A novel sequential approach for the lumped kinetic modelling of a plastic pyrolysis process in a tubular reactor.
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High-efficiency non-thermal plasma synthesis of imine macrocycles

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00061G, Paper
Open Access
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Patrycja Roszkowska, Abbie M. Scholes, James L. Walsh, Timothy L. Easun, Anna G. Slater
Non-thermal plasma synthesis offers efficient access to imine macrocycles.
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Hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol over CuCeMgAl mixed metal oxide catalysts derived from layered double hydroxides

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00070F, Paper
Zhihui Wang, Wenbo Li, Xinyao Fu, Chen Zhang, Wei Zhang, Long Huang, Cuiqing Li
LDH-derived CuCeMgAl mixed metal oxide catalysts were synthesized. Ce addition promoted Cu dispersion and improved catalyst basicity, resulting in high activity in furfuryl alcohol hydrogenolysis and high selectivity toward 1,2-pentanediol.
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Scaling-up continuous production of mesoporous silica particles at kg scale: design & operational strategies

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00707C, Paper
Rajashri B. Jundale, Jayesh R. Sonawane, Anil V. Palghadmal, Hemant Kumar Jaiswal, Hital S. Deore, Amol A. Kulkarni
This paper demonstrates a continuous flow pilot-scale production of highly porous mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) via a soft template based technique.
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Hydrothermal liquefaction of plastics: a survey of the effect of reaction conditions on the reaction efficiency

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D2RE00510G, Review Article
Open Access
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Matthijs Justin Boel, Hongqi Wang, Ahmad AL Farra, Laura Megido, José Manuel González-LaFuente, N. Raveendran Shiju
Plastic waste is a major global issue and hydrothermal liquefaction is a promising technique for the chemical recycling of waste plastics. This review summarises the effect of reaction conditions on the liquefaction efficiency.
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Generation of nitrogen by means of electrochemical oxygen depletion

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00104D, Paper
Open Access
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Dominik Sachse, Basil Noha Chelachottil, Andreas Glüsen, Martin Müller, Uwe Rau, Ralf Peters
Electrochemical oxygen reduction enables a high depletion of the oxygen content with very high Faraday efficiency at the same time.
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Efficient removal of dibutyl phthalate from aqueous solutions: recent advances in adsorption and oxidation approaches

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00055B, Review Article
Yaqi Wang, Jiawei Wu, Wenju Zhang, Linyun Zhong, Dan Zhang, Siqi Yan, Junyou Shi
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a recognized endocrine-disrupting contaminant, poses substantial environmental challenges due to its persistence, resistance to degradation, and potential for bioaccumulation.
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Experimental Investigation of Mass Transfer in NH3 SCR Over Self-Supporting Cu-ZSM-5 Foam

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00533J, Paper
Risha Raju, Kuruvilla Joseph, K. Prabhakaran, A. Salih
Selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 is an emerging technology for emission control applications worldwide. The development of structured catalysts for process intensification is of growing interest in catalytic...
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Shoppers Stop aims to scale up beauty distribution, bring more international brands to India

Shoppers Stop expects Global SS Beauty to end this fiscal with revenues to the tune of ₹220-250 crore




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India Cements’ Q2 loss widens on falling cement prices despite eased cost pressures

India Cements reports a sharp increase in its net loss to ₹240 crore




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LatentView Analytics Q2FY25 net profit grows 17%

The acquisition of Decision Point Analytics has concluded and integration of the GTM and delivery teams is underway




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Tata Motors’ Q2 profit falls 11.18% due to weak performance

Lower sales volumes, supply constraints and underperformance of JLR, PVs resulted in the decline in profits




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Pantomath’s Bharat Value Fund invests ₹235 cr in Haldiram Bhujiawala

The company will use the funds to expand its manufacturing and markets outside East and North-East India




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Tesla market value hits $1 trillion as Trump win fans optimism for Elon Musk’s companies

Musk’s companies are expected to get favourable treatment in the Trump regime, for the support he extended to the Trump campaign




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India’s steel exports rise 11% in October; imports moderate for the first time this fiscal

Indian steel exports rose to 0.44 million tonnes in October, while imports moderated for the first time this year to 0.98 million tonnes as India tightened import norms




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HUL, fintech SRO raise concerns over Trai’s new rules for transactional messages

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in a consultation paper issued in September, has suggested that users will have the option to opt out of receiving transactional messages




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Singapore Airlines to invest additional ₹3,195 crore in Air India post-Vistara merger

The merger will result in Singapore Airlines having a 25.1% stake in the enlarged Air India




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Debt at Vedanta Resources cut by $4.7 billion: Anil Agarwal

Vedanta’s Agarwal says the company has delivered its highest-ever EBITDA of ₹Rs 20,639 crore in the first half of the current fiscal year




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There is a high demand for skilled Indian workforce globally: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised that a “better educated, skilled, and confident generation of Indians” would be crucial in meeting international demand




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Rural consumers’ FMCG basket size expanding, fast embracing digital payments & ecommerce: Report

Rural India’s media consumption is increasingly hybrid, with nearly 1 in 2 of rural consumers exposed to both online and offline media.




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Leela Palaces Hotels’ parent Schloss Bangalore plans multi-use asset management

India has an existing stock of 858 branded residences associated with hotel brands, with a pipeline of another 2,040 units across New Delhi, Gurgaon and Mumbai, as per industry report




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WPP scales up investments in India, opens up new campus in Chennai

India is the fifth largest market for WPP and one of its fastest growing markets too. It also plans to add new campuses at Bangalore and Coimbatore in the coming years




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Bhanzu secures $16.5M Series B led by Epiq Capital; poised for US expansion

Bhanzu CEO: The U.S. math education market has significant potential, but it is dominated by large, billion-dollar companies that have not innovated their curricula or effectively embraced technology




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Industrial AI firm Avathon to focus on India for R&D growth, aims to triple workforce in two years

India will play a pivotal role in our expansion, serving as a hub for product engineering, delivery, support and R&D, says CEO Johan




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KFC, Pizza Hut operator Devyani International posts net loss of ₹4.92 crore, revenues up 49%

The company also announced that it has secured Exclusive Master Franchise rights for three new QSR brands which include TeaLive, New York Fries and Sanook Kitchen




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ITC’s snack brand Bingo! Inks five-year partnership to promote Pickleball in India

This partnership, starts with the Bingo! World Pickleball Championship (WPC)