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No surge of white nationalism: Dhillon




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UAE-based Indian girl in International Children’s Peace Prize race

In line with the tradition, this year’s prize will be awarded by 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus in the Hall of Knights (Ridderzaal) in The Hague on December 2.




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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacts with Indian diaspora in Nigeria

The Defence Minister represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during an unprecedented three-day visit to the African nation.




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A Nobel prize for explaining why nations fail or succeed

The 2024 Economics Nobel laureates have argued that differences in the quality of economic and political institutions is what best explains the divergence in the economic fates of countries




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Nature therapy [electronic resource] / edited by Yonatan Kaplan, Petros Levounis.

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2025]




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Nudged out owing to current controversy: Congress on UPSC chairman resignation

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged the BJP-RSS is systematically indulging in an institutional takeover of India's constitutional bodies




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IIT Madras gets largest single donation of ₹228 crore from Alumnus Krishna Chivukula

Chivukula graduated with a M. Tech (Aerospace Engineering), majoring in Jet Propulsion in 1970 from IIT Madras. In addition, he received an MBA from The Harvard Business School in 1980




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ISB, Chanakya National Law University team up to offer social, emotional learning skills

Credit-based programme to integrate interpersonal, intrapersonal skills in legal education curriculum




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National Consumer Helpline facilitates ₹1 crore refund to students from coaching centres

NCH received 16,276 grievances from students in 2023-2024, up from 5,351 in 2022-2023 and 4,815 in 2021-2022




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Adani Foundation donates ₹100 crore to Skills University

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Friday and presented the cheque on behalf of the Foundation




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upGrad expands course offerings amid demand for AI programs, sees international growth

The company has broadened its product portfolio significantly to meet evolving learner demands, particularly in areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and study abroad programs




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Donating drops of life

Madurai Blood donors, an online page on Facebook, is a group of dedicated youngsters working towards a common lifesaving cause




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Muslims are coming to BJP because we don’t discriminate against them: Sarbananda Sonowal

The development agenda of the PM with special focus on the Northeast will help the NDA win most of the 25 LS seats in the region, says former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while criticising Congress for misinterpreting CAA for political reasons



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‘The Congress government in Karnataka will emerge stronger after elections’

The Deputy Chief Minister says the ‘double-engine’ government during the BJP regime in the State did not implement a single irrigation or water project



  • Lok Sabha Elections

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Implementation of guarantee schemes alone cannot usher in development of Karnataka by Congress government: B.Y. Vijayendra

People give top priority to development while judging the achievements of the government and that the Guarantee schemes come later, says the BJP State president



  • Lok Sabha Elections

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Gratitude factor is likely to work in my favour: C.N. Manjunath

Cardiologist C.N. Manjunath, former head of State-run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, has entered the fray as the BJP Lok Sabha candidate for Bengaluru Rural speaks about the circumstances that led to his entry into politics



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Eknath Shinde interview | ‘Our candidates are very good, and we have good coordination among allies’

The Maharashtra Chief Minister says industry was spooked after a bomb was placed outside Mukesh Ambani’s home during previous MVA regime’s tenure; adds that Uddhav Thackeray’s betrayal of Shiv Sena ideology will not win him sympathy



  • Lok Sabha Elections

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Want to respond democratically to August 5, 2019 decision: National Conference Srinagar candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi

Cleric Mehdi says this Lok Sabha election is monumentally important as a platform to air the views of the people of Jammu and Kashmir



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The nature of politics has become a politics of scarcity: economist Karthik Muralidharan

For India to realise its full potential, author of Accelerating India’s Development: A State-led Roadmap for Effective Governance Karthik Muralidharan pushes for investment in good institutions which can restrain politicians




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It is people’s aspiration to see me in the Union Cabinet, says C.N. Manjunath

The MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural says his victory was possible because those who were treated at Jayadeva became his ‘ambassadors’




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Budget 2024: New job schemes to kick off this year, says Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan

For Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, funds for some projects will be only through concessional multilateral loans, which could be from World Bank, Asian Development Bank, JICA, AIIB… any of these institutions, he says




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Coordination environment-tailored electronic structure of single atomic copper sites for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction toward ammonia

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8360-8367
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02746A, Paper
Tianchi Huang, Taiyu Liang, Jiao You, Qihua Huo, Shuai Qi, Jingwen Zhao, Na Meng, Jinglian Liao, Chunyan Shang, Hengpan Yang, Qi Hu, Chuanxin He
A robust strategy is developed to finely tune the electronic structure of Cu by employing single atomic Cu–N–C via both first and second coordination shell engineering, thereby boosting the performance for the nitrate reduction reaction.
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A donor:hole-transport layer alloy for high-efficiency and stable binary organic solar cells with promoted hole collection and suppressed recombination

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04072D, Paper
Xianghui Zeng, Ting Xu, Hansheng Chen, Baoshen Deng, Qing Yan, Xuanlin Wen, Zijian Li, Haoxuan Zeng, Chuanlin Gao, Yaodong Xiao, Jiwei Liao, Hui Liu, Bin He, Peigang Han, Guangye Zhang, Shunpu Li, Yiwang Chen, Chen Xie
A donor-based nanoparticle (NPs)-incorporated hole-transport layer was synthesized for fine-tuning the energy level of anodes in organic solar cells. The conventional and inverted devices achieved record efficiencies of 19.9% and 17.2%, respectively.
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Interfacial coordination utilizing chelating ligands for operationally stable perovskite solar modules

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02803A, Paper
Bingkun Tian, Peikun Zhang, Tianjun Liu, Weicun Chu, Yuyang Long, Peng Xu, Ying Jiang, Jinping Zhang, Yajing Tang, Xiangnan Sun, Riming Nie, Xiaoming Zhao, Wanlin Guo, Zhuhua Zhang
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) feature a higher maximum theoretical efficiency and a lower cost than silicon-based solar cells, while also offering additional advantages of being flexible and transparent. However, the...
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Depressing charge recombination in hybrid perovskites by introducing a dynamic electron/energy relay couple towards enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03864A, Paper
Jiaqi Liu, Yuxin Xie, Yongxin Jiao, Hefeng Zhang, Junhui Wang, Yuying Gao, Xu Zong
Extraordinary photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is achieved on methylammonium lead iodide perovskites by introducing a dynamic Cu/(CuI2) couple as the electron/energy relay station and the Pt co-catalyst as the charge/energy-releasing promotor.
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Reducing carrier recombination loss by suppressing Sn loss and defect formation via Ag doping in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8609-8620
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02485K, Paper
SeongYeon Kim, Jaebaek Lee, Dae-Ho Son, Wook Hyun Kim, Shi-Joon Sung, Dae-Kue Hwang, Tae Ei Hong, Namuundari Otgontamir, Enkhjargal Enkhbayar, Tae-Hee Lee, Min-Yeong Kim, Ji-Soo Choi, Sang-Mo Koo, JunHo Kim, Jin-Kyu Kang, Dae-Hwan Kim, Kee-Jeong Yang
The position of Ag of the CZTSSe precursor significantly impacts the carrier recombination loss and overall efficiency, offering crucial insights for optimizing the CZTSSe solar cell design.
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Promoted thermoelectric performance in cubic-phase GeTe via grain-boundary phase elimination under phase diagram guidance

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8691-8701
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03090G, Paper
Fudong Zhang, Baopeng Ma, Yiyuan Luo, Lujun Zhu, Weishuai Wang, Yalin Shi, Beiquan Jia, Zhen-Hua Ge, Zupei Yang, Di Wu, Jiaqing He
The Ag8GeTe6 grain boundary phase gets eliminated in cubic-phase δ-TAGS as guided by a quaternary phase diagram.
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Techno-economic insights and deployment prospects of permanent carbon dioxide sequestration in solid carbonates

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8756-8775
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03166K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Andreas Mühlbauer, Dominik Keiner, Christian Breyer
While a rapid defossilisation of the energy system is the highest priority, additional post-fossil CDR for net-negative emissions will be necessary. Routes for mineralisation (in situ-, ex situ mineralisation, enhanced rock weathering) are examined.
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Salt Dissociation and Localized High-concentration Solvation by Interface of Fluorinated Gel and Polymer Solid Electrolyte

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04078C, Paper
Dechao Zhang, Yuxuan Liu, Dedi Li, Shimei Li, Qi Xiong, Zhaodong Huang, Shixun Wang, Hu Hong, Jiaxiong Zhu, Haiming Lyu, Chunyi Zhi
Low salt dissociation and unstable [Li(N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF))x]+ solvent structure in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) remarkably restricts the high throughput ion transport and interfacial stability. Here, we...
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Surface-deprotonated ultra-small SnO2 quantum dots for high-performance perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03193H, Paper
Wuchen Xiang, Yiheng Gao, Bobo Yuan, Shuping Xiao, Rui Wu, Yiran Wan, Zhiqiang Liu, Liang Ma, Xiang-Bai Chen, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang, Pingli Qin
SnO2 electron transport layers (ETLs) have improved perovskite solar cell (PSC) efficiencies but face issues with surface protonation, leading to energy loss and instability. We developed ultra-small (2.5 nm) SnO2...
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Development of Coimbatore North Station generates hopes for designation as originating terminal




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Karnataka High Court stays criminal case against 29-year-old who had printed that ‘voting for Modi would be his marriage gift’ on his wedding card




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Kochi International Marina gets a facelift

Stakeholders seek dredging, renovation of adjacent Bolgatty Palace Hotel




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Our Hindutva is not in contrast with Shahu-Phule-Ambedkar ideology: Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister accuses Congress of copying its flagship popular scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana’ while announcing the five guarantees in Mumbai; welfare schemes of ruling alliance benefit everyone, he says




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Are pro-natalist policies the way to address the ageing population problem?




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Lakshmi Swaminathan on how legendary architect Didi Contractor imagined spaces

‘Didi evocatively narrated her designs as stories as she drew. By living her ideals in day-to-day life, she introduced me to an elegantly simple lifestyle,’ says Didi’s student Lakshmi Swaminathan




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​National minority: On the ruling on an institution’s ‘minority character’

Supreme Court ruling affirms the need to preserve original character of educational institutions




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Ending discrimination in prisons

While the Supreme Court did away with caste discrimination in prisons, incorporating basic amenities in prisons by amending the Model Prison Manual 2016 will ensure a minimum dignified life inside prisons




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Mass transport effects in gas-phase selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene over supported Pd

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00039K, Paper
Open Access
Oscar E. Brandt Corstius, M. Kikkert, S. T. Roberts, E. J. Doskocil, J. E. S. van der Hoeven, P. E. de Jongh
The performance of selective hydrogenation reactions is affected by mass transfer limitations, induced by higher local metal loading and larger catalyst grain size.
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Dominant role of zeolite in coordination between metal and acid sites on an industrial catalyst for tetralin hydrocracking

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,940-949
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00605K, Paper
Jiayao Qi, Hanqiong Jia, Fei Wang, Hang Gao, Bo Qin, Xinwei Zhang, Jinghong Ma, Yanze Du, Ruifeng Li
An effective approach for upgrading light cycle oil (LCO) is the targeted conversion of poly-aromatic hydrocarbons to valuable monoaromatic hydrocarbons.
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Palladium particle-catalyzed selective butadiene hydrogenation: effect of covalent organic framework modification

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,950-958
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00606A, Paper
Xianming Li, Yi Wang, Qiao Yuan, Xintai Chen, Xiaoling Mou, Xiangen Song, Li Yan, Ronghe Lin, Yunjie Ding
Deposition of a covalent organic framework on palladium nanoparticles induces geometric and electronic effects on the metal species and improves their selective performance in 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation.
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From microkinetic model to process: understanding the role of the boron nitride surface and gas phase chemistry in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,795-802
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00600J, Paper
Unni Kurumbail, William P. McDermott, Edgard A. Lebrón-Rodríguez, Ive Hermans
In the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over boron nitride, propylene selectivity is lost due to unselective gas-phase chemistry.
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Determination of intermediates and products of the uranyl aerosol formation in UF6 hydrolysis in the gas phase

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00665D, Paper
Open Access
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Christian Mark Salvador, Jason M. Richards, Shannon M. Mahurin, Meng-Dawn Cheng, Joshua A. Hubbard
A graphical representation of the uranyl aerosol formation.
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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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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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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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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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Natural nutrition for plants

How about getting plants to produce some of the nutrition they need?




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The natural detergent

Soap nut berries and powder can be used for the washing machine and cut down on pollution. A look by S. Vishwanath