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90-year-old farmer convicted, sentenced to one-year imprisonment for encroaching 36 guntas of government land in Karnataka

Small and marginal farmers are worried about being punished for encroachment, demand action against influential people who allegedly encroached on government land




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Centre talks to States on new mechanism to gather crop data

The national conference discusses the Digital General Crop Estimation Survey to enhance agricultural statistics accuracy and transparency for policy formulation and planning




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Cabinet clears 7 schemes with ₹ 14,235.30 crore for agriculture sector

Digital Agriculture Mission, which has an outlay of ₹2.817 crore and aims to create a consolidated database on crop data, among initiatives to get nod; schemes to boost nutritional security and livestock production also approved




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When Tamil Nadu police opened fire at farmers protesting against power tariff increase in 1970

Tamil Nadu’s history of free power supply for farming led to violent agitations, political backtracking, and eventual implementation in phases




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M.P. Cabinet increases MSP for soya bean; proposal to go for Centre’s nod




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Karnataka’s urban farmers champion millets to create cookies, idly mixes, pasta

Meet the farmers retailing value-added products with millets such as cookies, idly mixes, pasta, and more




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After loss of one vision, carpenter overcomes odds to script a success story in farming

After Udayakumar, from Mahadevikadu, near Haripad, lost his vision in one eye 15 years ago, his career as a woodworker came to an abrupt end. He then turned to agriculture to find solace and success through determination and resilience.





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'He's the most valuable cricketer right now'

Since making his Test debut in 2018, Bumrah has made 36 Test appearances and has 159 wickets to his name.




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Escorts net up 29% to Rs. 16 cr.




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GlaxoSmithKline Pharma March quarter net at Rs. 106 cr.




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Bajaj Auto net up 29% to Rs. 803 crore




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Godrej Industries net down 16% to Rs. 116 crore




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L&T net up 19% at Rs. 2,454 crore




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Mphasis Q4 net profit declines 13% to Rs. 155 crore




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Jet turns around with record Rs 1,212-cr. net profit




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BPCL net drops 11% to Rs. 2,549 crore




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Blue Star Q4 net at Rs. 72 crore




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Infibeam to invest Rs. 45 cr in CCAvenue




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Debt private placements hit record high of Rs. 4,92,000 crore in FY16

Total mobilisation six per cent higher than previous financial year




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Plastic is fantastic: Credit cards register highest growth in five years

Axis Bank leads charge, SBI narrows gap with ICICI, HDFC Bank on top; numbers inch up to 25m




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Oil & gas roadshow: New policy to create more transparency, says Pradhan




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By 2021, India to have 810 m smartphone subscriptions




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Sensex hits seven-month high, crosses 27,000-mark

Bank, auto, real estate stocks among the top gainers




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Tatas extend Rs. 56 cr. to U.K. varsity fellowship scheme




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Markets settle lower ahead of key macro data; Sensex falls 230 points

Equity indices Sensex and Nifty close lower due to selling in banking stocks, cautious investors, and global trends




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FPIs take out ₹58,711 crore from equities in October on geopolitical crisis, strong Chinese stocks

The outflow came following a nine-month high investment of ₹57,724 crore in September




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Hyundai Motor India's ₹27,870 crore IPO subscribed 9% so far on Day 1

This is the largest IPO in India, surpassing LIC's initial share sale of ₹21,000 crore.




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Hyundai Motor India's record ₹27,870 crore IPO fully subscribed

The ₹27,870 crore initial share sale got bids for 14,07,68,187 shares against 9,97,69,810 shares on offer, translating into 1.41 times the subscription, as per NSE data till 13:21 hours




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Hyundai Motor India’s IPO sees muted response from retail investors, issue subscribed 2.37 times

The IPO received lowest retail subscription among some of the big IPOs that had hit the Indian capital markets




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UltraTech Cement Q2 profit reports consolidated net profit ₹825 crore

On standalone basis, UltraTech Cement's profit from the domestic market was down 34.71% to ₹796.89 crore in the September quarter




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IndusInd Bank shares plunge 17%; Mcap erodes by ₹15,572 crore amid disappointing earnings

Total income rose to ₹14,871 crore in the quarter under review, from ₹13,530 crore in the same period a year ago, IndusInd Bank said in a regulatory filing




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Equity investors poorer by ₹7.15 lakh crore in morning trade as markets slump

IndusInd Bank led the fall, while Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC, Larsen & Toubro, Adani Ports, Titan, Tata Steel and JSW Steel were also among the laggards.




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Swiggy announces ₹11,000 crore IPO with a price band of ₹371 to ₹390

Swiggy plans to use most of the proceeds of the offer to invest in expansion of its dark stores for its quick commerce business Instamart




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New bridge to come up across Palar River at Sevilimedu




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Delhi Ganesh: An actor who could be anyone on screen

Delhi Ganesh, one of the most versatile artists of Tamil cinema, leaves behind a legacy of warmth, trust, and laughter




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Documentary on Srirangam’s processinal deity screened




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Crocodile Conservation Centre to come up at Anaikarai

The Centre is to be established at a cost of ₹2.5 crore based on a detailed proposal sent by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, Chennai




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Samayamoorthy is HRM Secretary, Atul Anand is MSME Secretary




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Kanguva cannot be released without depositing ₹20 crore: Madras High Court

Justices G. Jayachandran and C.V. Karthikeyan pass the order on an application filed by the Official Assignee of the High Court




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Dynamics of phase-separated microdroplets near the contact line of evaporating all-aqueous drops

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8260-8266
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01056F, Paper
Open Access
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Rahul Rai, Maheshwar Gopu, Senthan Pugalneelam Parameswaran, Tapan Chandra Adhyapak, Dileep Mampallil
Evaporation of multicomponent drops can induce liquid–liquid phase separation and spatial reconfiguration of phases through complex dynamics near the contact line.
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Revisiting the density profile of the fuzzy sphere model for microgel colloids

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8181-8184
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01045K, Communication
Open Access
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Frank Scheffold
Microgel density profiles evaluated with the complementary error function and the popular fuzzy sphere model are not compatible with each other.
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Co-encapsulation of organic polymers and inorganic superparamagnetic iron oxide colloidal crystals requires matched diffusion time scales

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8312-8325
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00935E, Paper
Open Access
Brian K. Wilson, Robert K. Prud’homme
Composite nanoparticles co-encapsulate organic materials with inorganic primary colloids. Producing “stoichiometric NPs”, where all NPs contain organic and inorganic species at similar ratios, requires matched diffusion-aggregation time scale.
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The impact of cross-linker distribution on magnetic nanogels: encapsulation, transport and controlled release of the tracer

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00797B, Paper
Open Access
Ivan S. Novikau, Ekaterina V. Novak, Sofia S. Kantorovich
Differences in crosslinker concentration between the core and periphery of a magnetic nanogel slow down the release of a non-magnetic cargo.
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Geometrical impacts of platonic particles on nematic liquid crystal dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00870G, Paper
Stiven Villada-Gil, Monirosadat Sadati, Juan D. Ospina-Correa, Daniel A. Olaya-Muñoz, Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz, José A. Martínez-González
In this work, we studied the defect dynamics of platonic-like colloidal particles immersed in a nematic liquid crystal under flow conditions, analyzing the behavior of disclinations for each of these polyhedra.
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Stress amplification and relaxation imaging around cracks in nanocomposite gels using ultrasound elastography

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00909F, Paper
H. Le Blay, T. Deffieux, L. Laiarinandrasana, M. Tanter, A. Marcellan
Stress visualization around cracks in NC gels was performed using ultrasonic elastography. Temporal and spatial mapping are performed non-invasively. Over time, the stress gradient is erased by large-scale reorganization of the polymer network.
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Microrheology of gemini surfactants at interfaces and in solutions in the dilute and semidilute regimes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00860J, Paper
Mayssa Medfai, Antonio Stocco, Christophe Blanc, Maurizio Nobili, Martin In
The interface of semidilute Gemini surfactant solutions remains fluid and is less viscous than the bulk. Depletion of the viscosity near the interface plays a key role in microrheology.
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A macroscopic magneto-optical response resulting from local effects in ferronematic liquid crystals

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8363-8372
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00577E, Paper
Xiangshen Meng, Xiaowei Li, Jian Li, Yueqiang Lin, Xiaodong Liu, Zhenghong He
The dynamic rotational behavior of composite chains under a rotating magnetic field was observed. The birefringence and dichroism variations in FNLCs mainly stem from the magnetic response of the composite chains, indicating local effects.
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Effective patchiness from critical points of a coarse-grained protein model with explicit shape and charge anisotropy

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8455-8467
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00867G, Paper
Open Access
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Jens Weimar, Frank Hirschmann, Martin Oettel
Critical points of an anisotropic, coarse-grained protein model are used to detemine an “effective patchiness” by comparison to the Kern–Frenkel patchy model.
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Jamming crossovers in a confined driven polymer in solution

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00761A, Paper
Setarehalsadat Changizrezaei, Mikko Karttunen, Colin Denniston
A polymer confined in a nanochannel undergoes a crossover to a jammed state when pushed by a large spherical colloid. We examine the system using simulations that incorporate the full hydrodynamic driving and fluctuating forces.
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