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PIX: Greece stun England; France thrash Israel

Greece beat England for the first time as striker Vangelis Pavlidis's double earned the visitors a richly-deserved 2-1 victory.




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PIX: Fenerbache's Mourinho sees red as Man Utd draw

IMAGES from the Europa League matches played on Thursday




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PIX: What is Neeraj Chopra celebrating?

He also conveyed his wishes on the occasion of Haryana Day.




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Having a data backup is not enough. You should store it at multiple places: Veeam

This rule involves maintaining three copies of data, stored on two different types of storage media, with one copy located offsite




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India’s Satcom landscape expands as global firms seek market entry

These companies have written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India expressing their willingness to launch satcom services in India




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The rise of digital arrest scams: What you need to know

Cybercriminals generally initiate contact through phone calls or emails sometimes. One or two audio calls will be followed by a video call from multiple locations – from an ‘airport’, from the police station, or even from a court




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IT/ITEeS demand for hybrid work model continuation in SEZs beyond Dec 31 being considered: Govt sources

Some units want long-term flexibility but government only open to only periodic extension




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Indian IT industry confident amid potential Trump return, sees reduced H1B visa dependency

 The U.S. remains the largest market for India’s IT exports, contributing 55% of its $200 billion in IT-BPM exports.




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Deeptech robotics start-up CynLr raises $10 million series A funding

CynLr will now expand its 60-member core team into a 120-member global team




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C-DOT, IIT-Roorkee tie-up to develop millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity

The project focuses on the development of millimeter wave backhaul technology in which only a small number of small cell-based stations are connected to the gateway through fibre




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Freshworks asks 660 employees to leave as part of ‘global realignment’

The move is expected to result in $11 million to $13 million in charges in the fourth quarter of 2024, consisting primarily of cash expenditure for separation-related payments, employee benefits and related costs




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AI startup Pulse raises $1.4 million in seed round




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This is naked greed, nothing less: Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu on Freshworks layoff

‘This is why choose to remain private. We put our customers and employees first. Shareholders should come last,’ Vembu




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Elon Musk’s broadband ambitions in India: Why Jio and Airtel are feeling the heat

Tech advancements have made it possible for satcom players to offer data services directly to the users’ smartphones, bypassing traditional cellular operators altogether




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Making a beeline

Does a beeline refer to a formation of bees? Or is there more to it?




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History from the streets

Taran learns about the Portuguese influence in Goa during a visit to Chandor village.




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Fine bubble technology for the green synthesis of fairy chemicals

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00237G, Paper
Arun Kumar Manna, Mizuki Doi, Keiya Matsuo, Hiroto Sakurai, Ch. Subrahmanyam, Kohei Sato, Tetsuo Narumi, Nobuyuki Mase
Fairy chemicals (FCs) such as 2-azahypoxanthine (AHX), isolated from naturally occurring sources, are potential phytohormones in plants and efficiently synthesized by fine bubble technology consisting of micro- to nano-sized bubbles.
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Metal- and light-free decarboxylative direct C–H alkylation of heteroarenes at room temperature

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00187G, Paper
Tong-Bo Zhang, Xi-Dong Guan, Yan Gao, Shi-Chao Lu, Bing-Long Li
This study reports a metal- and light-free decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes at room temperature.
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Selective recognition between aromatics and aliphatics by cage-shaped borates supported by a machine learning approach

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00408F, Paper
Open Access
Yuya Tsutsui, Issei Yanaka, Kazuhiro Takeda, Masaru Kondo, Shinobu Takizawa, Ryosuke Kojima, Akihito Konishi, Makoto Yasuda
Exploration of a Lewis acid with high selectivity for hydrocarbon moieties is assisted by a machine learning approach. Molecular polarizability is an essential factor, leading to design guidelines for Lewis acid catalysts with dispersion forces.
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DMSO promoted catalyst-free oxidative C–N/C–O couplings towards synthesis of imidazoles and oxazoles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00383G, Paper
Debasish Bera, Rajib Sarkar, Tiyasa Dhar, Pinaki Saha, Prasanta Ghosh, Chhanda Mukhopadhyay
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-promoted catalyst-free oxidative C–N coupling and C–O coupling under oxidant-free conditions are outlined.
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Catalyst- and base-free visible light-enabled radical relay trihalomethylation/functional group-migration/carbonylation with CX3SO2Cl

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00292J, Paper
Jinkai Hu, Chenglei Yang, Xiaotao Qin, Hui Liu, Tongtong Ma, Ao-tong Shi, Qing-Long Lv, Xingman Liu, Jinhui Yang, Dianjun Li
A visible light-enabled photocatalyst-free radical trihalomethylation/cyano (or benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl) 1,4-migration/carbonylation reaction of 2-hydroxy-2-hex-5-enenitrile (or (benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-pent-4-enol) with CX3SO2Cl (X = F, Cl) is reported.
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Not exclusively the activity, but the sweet spot: a dehydrogenase point mutation synergistically boosts activity, substrate tolerance, thermal stability and yield

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3009-3018
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00211C, Paper
Yu-Ke Cen, Lin Zhang, Yue Jiang, Xiang-Fu Meng, Yuan Li, Chao Xiang, Ya-Ping Xue, Yu-Guo Zheng
A single-point mutation of 7α-HSDH achieved the highest activity and synergistically improved substrate tolerance, thermal stability, cofactor affinity, and conversion rate.
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Additive-free oxychlorination of unsaturated C–C bonds with tert-butyl hypochlorite and water

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3080-3085
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00003J, Paper
Duyi Shen, Chaoyue Sun, Yun Han, Zhen Luo, Ting Ren, Qin Zhang, Wenting Huang, Jianru Xie, Ying Jia, Mianran Chao
A facile oxychlorination of various alkynes and alkenes with tBuOCl as an alternative chlorine source and H2O as a green oxygen source.
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Electro-oxidative three-component cascade coupling of isocyanides with elemental sulfur and amines for the synthesis of 2-aminobenzothiazoles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00432A, Paper
Peng-Fei Huang, Jia-Le Fu, Ying Peng, Jian-Hong Fan, Long-Jin Zhong, Kewen Tang, Yu Liu
2-Aminobenzothiazoles are commonly encountered in various functional compounds. Herein, we disclose an electro-oxidative three-component reaction for the effective synthesis of 2-aminobenzothiazoles under mild conditions, utilizing non-toxic and abundant elemental sulfur...
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An FeCl3-catalyzed three-component reaction for the synthesis of β-(1,2,3-triazolyl)-ketones using DMF as a one-carbon source

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00207E, Communication
Ruilin Fang, Lei Zheng, Xuyang Chen, Can Wang, Yunfeng Chen
FeCl3-catalyzed oxidative condensation of NH-1,2,3-triazoles and aryl methyl ketones and DMF has been reported.
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Efficient synthesis of SCF3-containing 3-alkenylquinoxalinones via three-component radical cascade reaction

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00363B, Paper
Si-Yu Wang, Chu Liu, Wei Yang, Zhong-Ying Tian, Lin Yuan, Long-Yong Xie
A three-component cascade reaction of quinoxalinones, alkynes and AgSCF3 toward complete E-selective SCF3-containing 3-alkenylquinoxalinones was developed.
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Empathy is the need of the hour

Demand for proactive customer services




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Reskilling of airline workforce needed

Industry grapples with skilling/reskilling employees right from pilots to ground handling staff whose skills may be redundant




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Greenfield airports on a slippery runway

The success of these new airports is contingent on the ability to attract international traffic




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Robust flight plans can keep airlines afloat




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Deep tech is helping airlines sustain operations during Covid

Integrated biometric-enabled frameworks for real-time test results, travel details and vaccine status are key to making air travel safe




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As India builds its newest airports, it needs robust, fail-proof SOPs

A near air mishap on Bengaluru skies that put the lives of 430 people in danger shows safety risk norms require constant refresh




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Breaking down airline engineering and maintenance

An aircraft has three critical phases; induction, in-service and redelivery




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From geopolitics strife to a war of words between two aviation giants

Qatar Airways and Airbus lock horns over safety concerns




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Deep diving into design philosophies

Airbus and Boeing differ in their approach to automation




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Leisure travel seeing a V-shape recovery

Airlines are scaling up their network to capitalise on summer season travel demand




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Do pilots really need to be good at maths?

Being accurate with calculations can never go wrong




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Redressing flaws: IndiGo needs to tweak its way

How the human element can help the airline appease passengers and employees




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Airlines’ performance metrics may need an overhaul

It may be time to revisit RASK, CASK metrics; benchmarking based on cost drivers can boost an airline’s performance




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Why has private capital not been taken to Indian aviation 

With banks becoming increasingly cautious and credit flows tightening, private capital must be explored and enticed




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Boeing bids farewell to ‘Queen of the skies’

The first Boeing 747 took off from New York on Jan 22, 1970 and now the final 747 freighter was delivered to Atlas Air on February 1, 2022.




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Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon, and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower

Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower




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Perplexity AI CEO says “still haven’t gotten” a green card amid immigration debate ahead of U.S. Presidential Election 2024

Srinivas went on to work with OpenAI for a year before co-founding Perplexity AI in 2022




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I Didn’t Realize How Much I Rely on GitHub Codespaces Until This week

How much do I rely on GitHub Codespaces for open source development? Super double-plus much. I can illustrate exactly how much with one short anecdote. Gulp 5 was recently released and I created several PRs across repos in the H5BP organization to update Gulp across the board. I missed one issue with the encoding of […]




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High cataract rate among elderly in Mucherla, Meerkhanpet of Rangareddy district, says survey

HHF’s screening of 200 patients in Mucherla and Meerkhanpet found that 21% had senile cataracts, 18% had immature cataracts, and 15% had refractive errors




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WHO certifies Egypt as malaria-free; calls it ‘historic feat’ ending ancient scourge

Globally, 44 countries and one territory have now been certified as malaria-free




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National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority directs firms to cut prices of three anti-cancer drugs

Govt. had earlier scrapped customs duty on Trastuzumab, Osimertinib and Durvalumab and also reduced GST rates on them




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World Stroke Day: NIMHANS study finds that part of sleep apnoea burden is a consequence of stroke

Most patients with stroke are not evaluated for sleep apnea; this is an issue that needs to be addressed by the scientific community, doctors at NIMHANS, Bengaluru said




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As breast cancer incidence rises, doctors raise importance of early detection, need for women to be breast aware

Chennai accounts for highest crude incidence rate of breast cancer in T.N., data shows; a number of factors have led to this, say doctors




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Wellness retreat that King Charles and Queen Camilla visited in Bengaluru to soon expand to Portugal 

King Charles III and Queen Camilla, who left the retreat after a three-day rejuvenation session, are happy with the expansion plans as this would be closer to the UK, says holistic health practitioner Issac Mathai, who runs the facility