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Mg–Al LDH nanosheets as a nanotechnological tool in agriculture: an exploratory toxicity evaluation study

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00733B, Paper
Rafael Salinas-Jiménez, Gloria Vera, Mariola Tobar, Jeimy Moscote, Giovana Acha, Ariel Herrera-Vásquez, Diego Rojas-Rivera, Elena A. Vidal, Andrea Miyasaka Almeida, Manuel Ahumada
The possible toxicity effect of Mg–Al LDH nanosheets was evaluated on some agricultural target organisms. Overall, nanoparticle innocuity was observed at the tested concentrations, showing a low risk of toxicity for its agricultural implementation.
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Characterization of black carbon and silica nanoparticle interactions with human plasma proteins

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00773A, Communication
Si-si Chen, Hong-juan Chen, Xue-wen Guo, Wei-juan Zheng, Hong-zhen Lian
Black carbon and silica nanoparticles, modeling different sources of PM, differ in protein corona composition and effects on protein structure.
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A multi-technique analysis of gelatin biodegradation on the surface of core–shell nanoparticles by Alteromonas macleodii extracellular proteases

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1429-1441
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00523B, Paper
Sergio Fernández-Castillo Suárez, Cécile Courrèges, Javier Jiménez-Lamana, Simon Godin, Sophie Nolivos, Régis Grimaud, Luisa Ronga, Joanna Szpunar, Joachim Allouche
Multi-technique characterization at the nanoscale of gelatin biodegradation on the surface of core–shell nanoparticles by extracellular proteases.
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Effect of ZnMgO2 nanoparticles used as a nanofertilizer: promoting the growth activities of rice seedlings

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1571-1581
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00770G, Paper
Sajid Mehmood, Niteesh Kumar, Aadil Mansoori, Madan Mohan, Anirudh Kumar, Tanmay Kumar Ghorai
Novel ZnMgO2 bimetallic nanoparticles were synthesized using Cinchona succirubra leaf extract and used as a nano fertilizer, promoting the growth activities of rice seedlings, α-amylase and antioxidant activity with average particle sizes of 24.8 nm.
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TiO2−x prepared by radio-frequency thermal plasma: optical switching of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity used in the efficient recovery of photocatalysts

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1693-1700
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00033A, Paper
Chang Liu, Huacheng Jin, Zongxian Yang, Yuge Ouyang, Fei Ding, Baoqiang Li, Fangli Yuan
A TiO2−x catalyst synthesized using radio-frequency thermal plasma can switch between hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. Its dispersion and agglomeration can thus be adjusted so that it is dispersed evenly or forms floating balls, which is convenient for recycling.
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Biogenic synthesis of dual-emission chlorophyll-rich carbon quantum dots for detection of toxic heavy metal ions – Hg(II) and As(III) in water and mouse fibroblast cell line NIH-3T3

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1636-1653
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00789H, Paper
Ravi Pratap, Nurul Hassan, Monika Yadav, Saurabh Kumar Srivastava, Shilpi Chaudhary, Anita Kamra Verma, Jayeeta Lahiri, Avanish S. Parmar
Due to the excessive residues and serious adverse effects, it is urgent to develop an efficient method to detect Hg2+ and As3+ in drinking water to protect human health.
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Ecotoxicity testing of nanomaterials in sediment – suggestions to improve science and regulation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1477-1486
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00459G, Paper
Amalie Thit, Lars M. Skjolding, Steffen Foss Hansen
Sediments generally act as a sink of released manufactured nanomaterials (NMs).
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Doped carbon dots affect heavy metal speciation in mining soil: changes of dissimilated iron reduction processes and microbial communities

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1724-1739
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00823A, Paper
Xinyi Huang, Shaobo Liu, Xuanming Liu, Xiaofei Tan, Shuai Guo, Mingyang Dai, Qiang Chen, Gaobin Chen, Chenzhi Feng
Carbon dots (CDs) inevitably accumulate in soils due to their widespread use, affecting soil enzyme activities and microbial community structure.
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Composite materials based on halloysite clay nanotubes and cellulose from Posidonia oceanica sea balls: from films to geopolymers

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1508-1520
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00879G, Paper
Martina Maria Calvino, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto, Giuseppe Lazzara
The combination of natural halloysite nanotubes and cellulose recovered from egagropili is effective to fabricate composite films and geopolymers promising for packaging and building applications, respectively.
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The effects of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on autofluorescence properties and growth of algae Desmodesmus communis: dependence on cultivation medium

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1701-1712
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00955F, Paper
Open Access
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Agnė Kalnaitytė-Vengelienė, Danguolė Montvydienė, Emilija Januškaitė, Živilė Jurgelėnė, Mindaugas Kazlauskas, Nijolė Kazlauskienė, Saulius Bagdonas
The cultivation media markedly influence the quantum dot induced effects on photosynthesis properties and growth of green freshwater microalgae.
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Cooperative catalytic behavior of CoS and Bi2S3 nanoparticles on Zr:BiVO4 photoanodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical sulfite oxidation coupled with pharmaceutical pollution degradation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00018H, Paper
Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Maged N. Shaddad, Mabrook S. Amer, Abdulaziz M. Alsalman, Madhavan Jagannathan
Photoelectrocatalysis is a promising advancing technology that converts energy into electricity and purifies the environment. A photoelectrochemical reaction (PEC) that splits water and degrades pharmaceutical pollutants can be achieved using...
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Adsorption of nucleotides and nucleic acids on goethite nanoparticle: mode, sites and relationship with phosphate and non-phosphate structure

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00891F, Paper
Huajun Feng, Shanshan Ma, Zaiming Chen, Yungui Li, Meizhen Wang, Yangcheng Ding
The impact of iron (hydr)oxide adsorption on nucleotides and nucleic acids (NNA) in the environment varies. However, there is a lack of quantitative reports on how iron (hydr)oxide adsorption changes...
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Zeolite-like ion-exchanged Cu-attapulgite catalysts for promoted selective oxidation of ammonia

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00157E, Paper
Xuebin Zhang, Tianwei Lan, Qiuying Yi, Yufei Wang, Danhong Cheng, Dengsong Zhang
Zeolite-like ion-exchanged Cu-attapulgite catalysts have been developed for selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia.
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Correction: Nano-pelargonidin modulates p53/PARP/HSP 90/XRCC1 signaling axis to combat cypermethrin-induced genotoxicity and metabolic dysfunction in fish: a molecular docking predicted in vivo approach

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN90017K, Correction
Open Access
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Priyanka Sow, Sudatta Dey, Rishita Dey, Asmita Samadder, Sisir Nandi, Debojyoti Tarafdar, Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh
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Constructing a novel super-crosslinked triazine COF through molecular expansion for enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00176A, Paper
Yuxuan Shao, Dan You, Yuqi Wan, Zhiquan Pan, Qingrong Cheng
A novel hypercrosslinked triazine COF photocatalyst (HCTF-2) with excellent photocatalytic performance was constructed by molecular expansion. HCTF-2 has a larger specific surface area and exhibits excellent molecular oxygen activation ability.
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Construction of CsPbBr3/carboxyl-modified rGO heterostructures for efficient photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,1994-2002
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00036F, Paper
Meng Li, Jingtao Xu, Yang Song, Yuanyuan Li, Jin Wang, Feiyong Chen
Construction of monodispersed CsPbBr3 NCs and carboxyl-modified rGO composites led to the production of CO and CH3OH with an Relectron of 359 μmol g−1 h−1 by photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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Polymeric polyiodo-chlorotellurates(IV): new supramolecular hybrids in halometalate chemistry

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2018-2024
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00088A, Paper
Nikita A. Korobeynikov, Andrey N. Usoltsev, Maxim N. Sokolov, Alexander S. Novikov, Sergey A. Adonin
Reaction between TeO2 and I2 in HCl afforded a series of supramolecular hybrids Cat2{[TeCl6](I2)} (1–5) where diiodine fragments are linked to [TeCl6]2− octahedra via halogen bonds (XB).
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Two multifunctional Dy(III)-based metal–organic frameworks exhibiting proton conduction, magnetic properties and second-harmonic generation

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2033-2042
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00065J, Paper
Ya-Qing Liao, Tian-Zheng Xiong, Kang-Le Xie, Huan Zhang, Jun-Jie Hu, He-Rui Wen
Two novelty Dy-MOFs were synthesized using H4DTTP-2OMe ligand. MOF 1 displays a more superior proton conductivity, field-induced single molecule magnets behavior and obvious second-order nonlinear optical properties.
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“Feather-duster” like ZnIn2S4/TiO2 heterostructured nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2025-2032
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01239E, Paper
Wenjie Liu, Lei Li, Jingru Li, Fang Wang, Chun-Shuai Cao, Jianzhou Gui, Alex T. Kuvarega, Bhekie B. Mamba, Dan Liu
The ZnIn2S4/TiO2 heterostructures show an increased surface area and strengthened interface contacts, facilitating efficient photogenerated carrier separation and leading to high photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation.
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Thermal fluctuation-induced selective CO2 uptake of seemingly nonporous N,C-protected dipeptide crystals as elucidated by in situ X-ray crystallographic analysis

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01018J, Paper
Kazuaki Yamanaka, Ryusei Oketani, Yuya Mori, Takashi Sato, Seiji Tsuzuki, Hiroki Takahashi, Hirohito Tsue
A novel N,C-protected dipeptide deposited nonporous but yet CO2-sorbing molecular crystals, of which the CO2 sorption state was disclosed.
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High-performance (Al0.4Ga0.6)2O3/Al0.32Ga0.68N-based UVC/UVB tunable dual-band photodetector

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01297B, Paper
Siyu Wu, Zhengyuan Wu, Peng Fei Tian, Jason Hoo, Shiping Guo, Zhilai Fang
The detection of ultraviolet B (UVB) and UVC radiation is of paramount importance, and has been expanding applications in industrial, scientific, environmental and biomedical fields. In this work, high-Al-content β-(Al0.4Ga0.6)2O3/Al0.32Ga0.68N...
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New 8-hydroxy quinoline-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) conjugates and their sulfonated derivatives: effects of sulfonation and PAH size on their structural, supramolecular and cytotoxic properties

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00105B, Paper
Suman Sehlangia, Surbhi Dogra, Prosenjit Mondal, Chullikkattil P. Pradeep
The ring size of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and sulfonation affect the supramolecular interactions and cytotoxic properties of a new series of 8-hydroxy quinoline-PAH conjugates.
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Enhanced photocatalytic activity of single-atom Au1/TiO2 catalysts prepared using cold plasma

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2103-2111
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00171K, Paper
Zikun Yang, Jingxuan Zheng, Mengge Shi, Zhao Wang
Single-atom Au1/TiO2-DBD catalysts were synthesised using DBD plasma and glow plasma, and the synergistic effect of single-atom Au and oxygen vacancies improved the degradation performance.
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Fabrication of BiVO4 submicron rods photoanodes through phase transition assisted by Mo doping

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2078-2086
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00074A, Paper
Shuang Zhao, Haipeng Zhang, Zhaoqi Wang, Deifei Xiao, Xianbin Xu, Peng Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Ying Dai, Hefeng Cheng, Zeyan Wang, Baibiao Huang
Herein, Mo doping has been found to effectively lower the phase transition temperature from tetragonal zircon BiVO4 to monoclinic scheelite BiVO4. Our research introduces a novel method for the production of submicron rods BiVO4 photoanodes.
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First-principles prediction of a direct Z-scheme WSe2/HfS2 van der Waals heterostructure for overall photocatalytic water decomposition

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00267A, Paper
Yan Zhang, Zhi-Bo Qiang, Jian-Xin Ding, Kang-Xin Xie, Li Duan, Lei Ni
The direct Z-scheme heterostructures photocatalyst has been validated as an efficacious approach for addressing the energy source issues and environmental challenges. This manuscript employs the first-principles to scrutinize singular-layer WSe2...
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Ionic liquid-functionalized metal organic frameworks and their composite membranes for enhanced proton transport

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00186A, Highlight
Jeong Hwa Song, Seyoung Koo, Dong Won Kang
Post-synthetic modification is gaining prominence as a highly effective strategy for enhancing the functionality of porous materials without significant structural changes. Recently, there is growing interest in research focusing on...
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Noble-metal-free bimetallic nitride decorated CdS nanorods for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00216D, Paper
Lu Chen, Yu Zou Xia, Jiale Shi, Xiaohui Huang, Xiyao Liu, Guiyang Yan, Renkun Huang
Developing highly active and stable non-noble-metal cocatalyst-decorated semiconductors is desirable for the practical application of photocatalysis, which remains an open question. Herein, we report transition-metal nitride (Ni3FeN) loaded cadmium sulfide...
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Structural diversity and tetrel bonding significance in lead(II) complexes with pyrazoylisonicotinoylhydrazone and varied anionic co-ligands

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00325J, Paper
Open Access
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Ghodrat Mahmoudi, Isabel Garcia-Santos, Roi Fernández-Vázquez, Rosa Maria Gomila, Alfonso Castineiras, Esmail Doustkhah, Ennio Zangrando, Antonio Frontera
Four lead(II) complexes featuring pyrazoylisonicotinoylhydrazone ligand paired with various anionic co-ligands (azido, thiocyanato, nitrito, and nitrato) were synthesized and thoroughly examined using structural, analytical, and spectroscopic techniques. These ligands, in...
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S-scheme heterojunction based on CuWO4/WO3 microspheres with improved photocatalytic property under visible light

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00301B, Paper
Yangang Sun, Jianhua Ge, jiaqi xu, Jinguo Wang
Dye wastewater green treatment has always been one of the research hotspots in the environmental protection and remediation field. The photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of organic dyes are considered to...
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Orthogonal stimulation of structural transformations in photo-responsive MOF films through linker functionalization

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00221K, Communication
Open Access
Sumea Klokic, Benedetta Marmiroli, Denys Naumenko, Giovanni Birarda, Simone Dal Zilio, Miriam de J. Velásquez-Hernández, Paolo Falcaro, Lisa Vaccari, Heinz Amenitsch
Controlling the magnitude of structural dynamics in flexible MOF films by an applied stimulus is largely desired for specific applications such as energy storage.
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Synthesis and photophysical properties of charge transfer cocrystals based on TCNB and fluorene and its derivatives

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2155-2165
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01208E, Paper
Wenxiu Yao, Pengfei Wu, Yidan Xie, Xinyu Shen, Shuwei Xia, Liangmin Yu
A series of charge transfer cocrystals with fluorescence properties involving 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene as acceptor, fluorene, 2-bromofluorene, carbazole and 2-bromocarbazole as donor were synthesized via cocrystal design strategies.
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Facile syntheses, structures and photocatalytic properties of 3D iodoargentate frameworks derived from TM-flexible-amino-ligand templates

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2172-2179
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00247D, Paper
Yan Gao, Xiao Yang, Taohong Ren, Dingxian Jia
3D iodoargentates [Co(en)3(Ag2I4)]n (1), [Fe(en)3(Ag2I4)]n (2) and [Co(dien)2(Ag2I4)]n·nH2O (3) were prepared by solvothermal methods. Compounds 1–3 were catalytic activity for photodegradation of crystal violet under visible light irradiation.
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Study on Raman scattering spectroscopy of Mn-doped GaN grown by the ammonothermal method

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2166-2171
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00093E, Paper
Wenhao Lu, Tengkun Li, Guoqiang Ren, Zhenghui Xia, Kaihe Xie, Shaozhe Li, Liangkun Shen, Ke Xu
Mn-doped GaN crystals of a-plane and (11−22) plane were grown by the ammonothermal method.
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Elon Musk signals Twitter's headquarters may not stay in San Francisco

San Francisco officials said they would investigate Twitter after six former employees alleged that the company broke laws by turning its headquarters into a ‘Twitter Hotel’




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Twitter is testing Community Notes for images, videos

Twitter feature will soon expand to support multiple images, GIFs and videos.




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Reddit protest: Why are thousands of subreddits going dark?

Starting next month, third-party app developers using Reddit's vast troves of data will have to pay a price and the changes could affect players across the spectrum




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Instagram adds music option to Notes

Instagram limits music support to 30-seconds




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WhatsApp rolls out ‘channel notification’ feature for beta users

WhatsApp channel notification feature is available for both iOS and Android users




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Elon Musk weighs monthly user fees to fight X bot problem

Musk says that subscription for all users would make “the effective cost of bots” very high.




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Twitter may have to charge users a fee to keep out bots, says Musk

Musk didn’t specify how much users will have to pay but described it as a ‘small amount of money’




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Majority of Indian parents say their kids addicted to social media, OTT: Survey

It further revealed that 73 per cent of urban Indian parents surveyed want the data protection law to ensure mandatory parental consent is sought for children under 18




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India-Pakistan match garnered peak concurrency viewership of 3.5 crore on Disney+Hotstar

India vs Pakistan match during the Asia Cup 2023 garnered 2.8 crore viewers on the platform.




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India, Bangladesh to start negotiating free trade pact this year

Modi, Hasina sign 7 MoUs in areas such as water sharing, railway infra, judicial officers training, science & tech




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India’s FTAs with EU, UK, Canada may not bring in significant gains, says report

Insignificant market access, introduction of new issues, a double whammy




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India may see another farmer agitation over legal guarantee of MSP

Samyukta Kisan Morcha to hold nationwide march to Raj Bhawans on November 26, to mark the two years of the farmer protest




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Civil Aviation Ministry notifies operational guidelines for drone PLI scheme

The PLI scheme will be only for the companies that are involved in the manufacture of drone and drone components in India




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I&B Ministry orders blocking of Pakistan-based OTT app Vidly TV

issued orders for blocking of website , apps and social media accounts of the platform




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Micro & small enterprises corner 55% of total orders placed on GeM portal

Procurement of goods and services from GeM has crossed ₹1-lakh cr so far this fiscal on account of an increase in buying activities by different ministries and departments




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Inflation at 6.8% not too high to deter private consumption, investment: Survey

Inflation remains above RBI's upper tolerance level for 10 months since January 2022




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A single adverse weather event such as El Niño may not be a threat to macroeconomic stability, RBI Bulletin

There were years when, despite El Niño, rainfall was close to normal and inflation remained benign; the officials