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Poorva wins triple jump gold with meet record; men’s pole vault final postponed as pit reaches late




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PICS: Pak in driver's seat as England batters falter

IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan, on Thursday.




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PIX: NZ players melt under Mumbai's scorching sun

New Zealand's cricketers are facing a tough test of endurance in the third Test against India in Mumbai on Friday.




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Food companies sell products that are less healthy in poorer countries, says report

Products sold by companies including Nestle, Pepsico and Unilever were assessed as part of a global index published by the Access to Nutrition Initiative




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Citing ‘exigency’, T.N. Health Dept posts 51 PGs to peri-urban, rural government medical colleges

Official sources and a number of senior doctors confirmed that these deputation/postings were made to address specific manpower shortages in medical colleges in Nagapattinam, Tiruvallur and Tiruvarur




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Developing world faces multi-billion climate adaptation cash gap: U.N. report

How much money richer countries agree to send to developing countries to help them cope is expected to be central to the COP29 talks




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T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

To give better access to women for screening of cancer, the Health Department is taking their programmes to work sites and also encouraging women to come in for annual check-ups




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Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre launches clinic, homecare service for the elderly

These initiatives aim to provide multidisciplinary care to senior citizens and enhance their quality of life






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Hurricane Milton leaves 16 dead and millions without power in Florida

The hurricane, among the most intense in the Atlantic, has incurred a lowered insurance cost estimate of $30 to $60 billion.




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Multiple rocket launches identified from Lebanon since Yom Kippur fast began, says Israel

Israel shut down late on Friday afternoon for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar




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Vice President Harris is in ‘excellent health,’ physician says

Her most recent physical exam in April was “unremarkable,” Simmons added




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US and India can work together on mental health, says US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

US Surgeon General Murthy says it is time to prioritise and accelerate the work on mental health, because the consequences have been too high




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India-Germany sign multiple MoUs on green hydrogen, technology & trade

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz follows signing of multiple treaties, agreements on Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters and Indo-German Green Hydrogen Road Map




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Robot collects melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

Operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the robot collected a fragment measuring approximately 5 millimetres in size




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Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking To A Friend

“There was this dog wearing safety glasses, surrounded by chemistry equipment, saying ‘I have no idea what I’m doing.’”




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Super League Kerala | Dorielton sizzles as Forca Kochi downs Thiruvananthapuram Kombans




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Super League Kerala | Dorielton saves the day for Kochi against Kannur

With one of the floodlight towers going off, the match had a forced break for some 10 minutes around the 80th minute




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Cristiano Ronaldo misses late penalty as Al-Nassr eliminated from Saudi Cup

Ronaldo, who is yet to win a major trophy since signing for Al-Nassr, had converted all 18 of his previous penalties for the club but this time shot over the bar




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Barcelona, Inter and upstart Brest win again in Champions League; bizarre penalty dooms Aston Villa

Barcelona and Inter Milan lead Champions League standings, with Brest as a surprising newcomer in contention




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RBI brings back 100 tonnes of gold reserves from UK vaults

Most countries keep their gold in the vaults of the Bank of England or some such location and pay a fee for the privileges



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Bulk photovoltaic effect in a zero-dimensional room-temperature molecular ferroelectric [C8N2H22]1.5[Bi2I9]

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02698E, Paper
Zhibo Chen, Tianhong Luo, Jinrong Wen, Zhanqiang Liu, Jingshan Hou, Yongzheng Fang, Ganghua Zhang
Non-toxic molecular ferroelectrics have attracted significant interest due to their unique flexibility, low costs, and environmental friendliness. However, the variety of such materials with narrow bandgaps and above room temperature...
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Electrostatic vs. electronic interactions within oxidized multinuclear Pt(bipyridine)(dithiolene) complexes

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02514H, Paper
Khalil Youssef, Antoine Vacher, Thanaphon Khrueawatthanawet, Thierry Roisnel, Frédéric Barrière, Dominique Lorcy
Multinuclear complexes involving two or three redox active Pt(dithiolene) moieties were synthesized and electronic interactions were analysed through a combination of experimental and theoretical investigations.
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Multifunctional chiral metal hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks constructed from lanthanide ions with a trigonal prismatic coordination environment

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02131B, Paper
Guo Peng, Guo-Xing Zhou, Xiang-Tao Dong, Yong-Bo Peng, Rong-Yan Zhang, Ying-Zhao Ma, Xiao-Ming Ren
Four multifunctional chiral lanthanide hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks with second harmonic generation, single molecule magnet behavior and proton conductive ability are reported herein.
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Multi-functional biotinylated platinum(IV)–SAHA conjugate for tumor-targeted chemotherapy

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17829-17840
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01571A, Paper
Ajay Gupta, Pijus K. Sasmal
Herein, we have developed a hydrolytically stable biotinylated Pt(IV) complex conjugated with a histone deacetylase inhibitor (SAHA) as a multi-functional tumour targeted chemotherapeutic agent.
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Unprecedented C–F bond cleavage in perfluoronaphthalene during cobaltocene reduction

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17789-17793
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02791D, Communication
Gargi Kundu, Debjit Pramanik, Soumya Ranjan Dash, Ravi Kumar, Mayur Sangole, Srinu Tothadi, Aryya Ghosh, Kumar Vanka, Kirandeep Singh, Sakya S. Sen
The reduction of octafluoronapthalene by cobaltocene in preence of NHC led to a distinct Co(I) species with the cleavage of the C–F bond and the formation of Co–C bond.
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Heats of formation on the way from B2H6 to B20H16: thermochemical consequences of multicenter bonding in ab initio and DFT methods

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02589J, Paper
Open Access
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Jindřich Fanfrlík, Jan Řezáč, Drahomír Hnyk, Josef Holub
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of various computational methods in reproducing the experimental heats of formation of boron hydrides using the atomization energy approach.
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Single-ion magnetism in novel Btp-based cobalt complexes of different charge

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02338B, Paper
Open Access
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Gustavo Rama-Martínez, Marcelo Osorio-Celis, Yolanda Sabater-Algarra, Diego Sánchez-Brunete, Antonio L. Llamas-Saiz, Eugenia P. Quirós-Díez, M. Eugenio Vázquez, Miguel Vázquez López, María del Carmen Giménez López
By deprotonating Btp-derived ligands, precise control over counterions in the outer-coordination sphere is achieved in both neutral and charged anisotropic CoII complexes exhibiting field-induced single-ion magnetism.
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Tackling sexual assault

Change should start from home, from education system




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Dalit family assaulted for entering temple in Arakalgud village




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BMTC driver assaulted over alleged road rage




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Kalaburagi: Man sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl




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Production of birnessite-type manganese oxides by biofilms from oxygen-supplemented biological activated carbon (BAC) filters

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,2844-2857
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00208C, Paper
Amanda Larasati, Olga Bernadet, Gert Jan W. Euverink, H. Pieter J. van Veelen, Maria Cristina Gagliano
The application of a novel enrichment approach revealed the potential of manganese-oxidizing bacteria (MnOB) from full-scale biofilters treating wastewater to produce manganese oxides as crystalline, efficient birnessite catalysts.
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Ultrafiltration behavior of CuO particles synthesized without and with different surfactants using PAN and PES membranes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,2981-2996
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00462K, Paper
Olabimpe Genevieve Badru, Ime Akanyeti
Four different CuO particles were synthesized, with no surfactant (CuO/NS) and with three surfactants: Triton X-100 (CuO/TX100), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CuO/CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (CuO/SDS).
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Effect of extracellular organic matter (EOM) accumulation on algal proliferation and disinfection by-product precursors during cyclic cultivation

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,3024-3034
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00207E, Paper
Open Access
Jr-Lin Lin, Fahrudin Sidik
Algal blooms, driven by nutrient enrichment from nitrogen and phosphorus, pose significant challenges to water treatment processes, particularly due to the accumulation of extracellular organic matter (EOM).
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Simultaneous removal of acetaminophen, sulfamethoxazole, and iohexol from real wastewater in continuous mode by an immobilized sulfur-doped Bi2O3/MnO2 photocatalyst

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00501E, Paper
Vishal Kumar Parida, Mario Vino Lincy Gnanaguru, Suneel Kumar Srivastava, Shamik Chowdhury, Ashok Kumar Gupta
The photocatalytic potential of the Z-scheme 2S-Bi2O3/MnO2 immobilized photocatalyst for the simultaneous degradation of ACT, SMX, and IOX from MBBR-sand filter treated wastewater is studied for the first time, purely from a practical perspective.
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Effects of human activities and climate change on water quality and health risks of typical urban river in arid/semi-arid areas, a ten-year historical analysis

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00689E, Paper
Xiang Zhu, Hanjie Zheng, Dezhi Zuo, Qingqing Pang, Lei Xie, Longmian Wang, Jin-Ying Xi, Lin-Feng Tian, Jing Wu, Wenjuan Jiang, Jiawei Sun, Hongyu Zhao, Jianhua Jin
Water resources are scarce in arid and semi-arid regions. Urban rivers, vital water sources, are susceptible to the influences of climate change and human activities. However, there have been few...
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Bank employees in Maharashtra to go on strike on November 16; demand staff security, action against ‘assaulters’

The bank unions forum cited events of abuse and assault on bankers across branches in Maharashtra since August 2024




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CCI publishes detailed order approving merger of RIL, Walt Disney's media assets

As part of seeking the regulator’s approval, the parties have voluntarily agreed that they will not bundle TV ad slots for IPL, ICC and BCCI cricketing rights till the end of existing rights




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Air India tweaks policy; ultra long haul flights’ cabin crew to get single rooms during layovers

However, cabin crew members of ultra-long haul flights will get single rooms during layovers as well as during unscheduled layovers in the event of a flight diversion, as per the internal communication




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TCS signs multi year deal with Air France-KLM to modernise the airline group’s data

Over the next three years, TCS will modernise the airline group’s data by moving it to cloud, promoting the next generation of data-driven aviation. 




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Trent Ltd Q2 net profit surges 44% to ₹339 crore

Consumer sentiment has remained relatively muted says Chairman Noel N Tata




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Ratan Tata’s absence deeply felt across the world, writes PM Narendra Modi

He wore his achievements lightly, with humility and kindness.




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LTTS to acquire California firm Intelliswift for an aggregate consideration of $110 million

As per the filing, Intelliswift services four of the top five hyperscalers and caters to over 25 Fortune 500 companies including five of the top 10 ER&D spenders in Software and Technology




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BCCI tells NCLT that it will move application for withdrawal of insolvency plea against Byju’s

Last month, Supreme Court had set aside a judgement of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) allowing a ₹158 crore settlement between ed-tech firm Byju’s with the BCCI.




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Kerala digital varsity’s Centre for Digital Transformation in Culture to get a website




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Kerala SSLC exams to begin on March 3, results to be out by third week of May

SSLC model exams will be held from February 17 to February 21. First-year higher secondary exams will be held from March 6 to March 29, second-year exams from March 3 to March 26




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World Bank approval for ₹2,365.5-crore KERA project: Agriculture Minister P. Prasad




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Kerala seeks to expand public health insurance scheme to cover ‘missing middle’

While this may move the State closer to the goal of universal health coverage, the expansion may hinge on additional funds to be generated by charging a premium to existing beneficiaries of the State scheme, which, at present, is in bad financial shape