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Effect of dilution in a hydrothermal process and post-synthetic annealing on the tailoring of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3059-3069
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00310G, Paper
Smriti Thakur, Sanjay K. Mandal
Morphology transformation and dimensionality change as a result of dilution and post-synthetic annealing are reported.
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Cocrystals/salt of 1-naphthaleneacetic acid and utilizing Hirshfeld surface calculations for acid–aminopyrimidine synthons

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2978-2989
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00106F, Paper
Utsav Garg, Yasser Azim, Aranya Kar, Chullikkattil P. Pradeep
Revisit of acid–aminopyrimidine synthons to explore the robustness in presence of linear hetrotetramer and heterotrimer synthon.
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Flange union at nanoscale: fabrication and formation mechanism

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2914-2918
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00244E, Paper
Shengliang Zhong, Honghong Zou, Yanhua Ji, Chenghui Zeng, Lei Wang, Yanhong Chen, Hualan Xu
Coordination polymer superstructures connected by a flange union with a good geometry were fabricated. Assembly, disassembly and reassembly process happened during the formation.
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Highly porous aluminophosphates with unique three dimensional open framework structures from mild hydrothermal syntheses

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3070-3078
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00075B, Paper
Yucheng Hao, Yang Pan, Yuan Lin, Linbo He, Guangjie Ge, Yu Ruan, Haida Zhou, Yang Xue, Kisan Koirala
Three novel highly porous aluminophosphates were synthesized through mild hydrothermal methods. Interestingly, among them, α-NaAlPO4(OH) is polar and exhibits moderate nonlinear optical properties with a short cutoff edge.
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Two-dimensional porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2953-2963
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00268B, Paper
Chenglan Zhao, Yuqian Jiang, Shunfei Liang, Fang Gao, Li Xie, Lingyun Chen
2D porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets were first synthesized by using a simple hydrothermal method. The resulting porous thin sheets exhibited superior supercapacitor performance.
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Nanosheet-assembled carbonated hydroxyapatite microspheres prepared by an EDTA-assisted hydrothermal homogeneous precipitation route

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2884-2888
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00305K, Communication
Mei-li Qi, Shengkun Yao, Xiao-Cun Liu, Xiaoning Wang, Fengkun Cui
Well-defined carbonated hydroxyapatite microspheres assembled from nanosheets were synthesized by a Na2EDTA-assisted hydrothermal homogeneous precipitation route.
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Flexible bifunctional monoethylphosphonate/carboxylates of Zn(II) and Co(II) reinforced with DABCO co-ligand: paradigmatic structural organization with pcu topology

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2933-2944
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00275E, Paper
Anna Goldman, Beatriz Gil-Hernández, Simon Millan, Serkan Gökpinar, Christian Heering, Ishtvan Boldog, Christoph Janiak
The prototypal [M2(EtBCP)2(DABCO)0.5] MOFs, compliant with isoreticular expansion in two-dimensions, show flexibility manifested by a two-step CO2 adsorption isotherm, which might be associated to the “lever-action” of the metal-phosphonate moieties.
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A new Fourier transformation method for SAXS of polymer lamellar crystals

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3042-3058
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00157K, Paper
Xiangyang Li, Jianjun Ding, Pujing Chen, Kang Zheng, Lin Chen, Xingyou Tian
The interface distribution function is composed mainly of the self-interference item of the first interface F11, the interference term of the first and the second interfaces F12, and the interference term of the first and the third interfaces F13.
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A three-in-one crystal of mixed sized cucurbit[n]uril homologues

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2900-2903
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00296H, Communication
Oksana Danylyuk, Volodymyr Sashuk
Crystallization-driven self-assembly of three macrocyclic members of the cucurbit[n]uril family is explained by the cumulative effect of multiple C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
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Intrinsically porous molecular building blocks for metal organic frameworks tailored by the bridging effect of counter cations

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2889-2894
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00397B, Communication
Open Access
Peng Yang, Buthainah Alshankiti, Niveen M. Khashab
Intrinsically porous molecular building blocks are used for the rational design and construction of molecular-level controlled porous materials.
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Targeted crystal growth of uranium gallophosphates via the systematic exploration of the UF4–GaPO4–ACl (A = Cs, Rb) phase space

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3020-3032
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00343C, Paper
Christian A. Juillerat, Vladislav V. Klepov, Mark D. Smith, Hans-Conrad zur Loye
The flux synthesis of a uranium gallophosphate and a uranium gallate, Cs4[UO2Ga2(PO4)4] and Cs2UO2Ga2O5, and 4 uranium phosphates, [Rb2Rb3.93Cl0.93][(UO2)5(PO4)5], Rb11[(UO2)8(PO4)9], Rb7.6[(UO2)8O8.6F0.4(PO4)2], and Rb6[(UO2)5O2(PO4)4], is reported.
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Hydrothermal synthesis and tunable up-conversion white luminescence properties of KSc(MoO4)2:Ln3+ (Ln = Yb, Er, Tm and Ho) crystals

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00253D, Paper
Yini Mao, Li Jiang, Pengfei Xian, Qiongfen Fu, Shanshan Hu, Jun Yang
Pure hexagonal phase KSc(MoO4)2 crystals with a hexagonal block shape were successfully synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method.
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The different magnetic relaxation behaviors in [Fe(CN)6]3− or [Co(CN)6]3− bridged 3d–4f heterometallic compounds

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2998-3004
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00039F, Paper
Ruirui Wang, Haili Wang, Juan Wang, Feifei Bai, Yue Ma, Licun Li, Qinglun Wang, Bin Zhao, Peng Cheng
For the isomorphic tetranuclear 3d–4f compounds constructed by [M(CN)6]3− linking LnIII-Schiff-base units, the diamagnetic CoIII ions in the system could suppress QTM effectively and obtain a field-induced SMMs behavior.
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A theoretical insight on the rigid hydrogen-bonded network in the solid state structure of two zinc(II) complexes and their strong fluorescence behaviors

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3005-3019
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00125B, Paper
Ipsita Mondal, Tanmoy Basak, Snehasis Banerjee, Shouvik Chattopadhyay
A reduced Schiff base used as a fluorescence chemo-sensor for selective detection of zinc(II). Strong fluorescence behaviors of two zinc(II) complexes are correlated with the presence of a rigid hydrogen-bonded network in their solid state structure.
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Solution and calorimetric thermodynamic study of a new 1:1 sulfamethazine – 3- methylsalicylic acid co-crystal

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00498G, Paper
Dipali Ahuja, Michael Svärd, Matteo Lusi, Ake Rasmuson
A new 1:1 co-crystal of sulfamethazine (API, SMT) and 3-methylsalicylic acid (coformer, 3mSA) has been synthesized and its crystal structure solved by single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). The co-crystal has...
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3C–, 4H–, and 6H–SiC crystal habitus and interfacial behaviours in high temperature Si-based solvents

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00521E, Paper
Taka Narumi, Didier Chaussende, Takashi Yoshikawa
Solution growth of SiC is a promising process for producing high-quality SiC crystals; however, control over the morphology of the growth interface under rapid growth conditions is a critical issue....
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Modified Floating-Zone Crystal Growth of Mg4Ta2O9 and Its Scintillation Performance

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00388C, Paper
Dongsheng Yuan, Federico Moretti, Didier Perrodin, Gregory Bizarri, Tetiana Shalapska, Christophe Dujardin, Edith Bourret
Aiming to explore scintillator candidates for high-energy radiography, the environmentally friendly compound Mg4Ta2O9 was selected. Bulk crystals of good optical quality are needed to evaluate its scintillation performance against other...
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The impact of positional isomerism on electronic and photochromic properties of 1D zinc-based naphthalene diimide coordination polymers

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00025F, Paper
Pengfei Hao, Huihui Zhu, Yue Pang, Junju Shen, Yunlong Fu
The positional isomeric DPNDI ligands can effectively modulate the interfacial contacts of electron donors/acceptors and the efficiency of electronic/photochromic properties.
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Mining the Cambridge Database for theoretical chemistry. Mi-LJC: a new set of Lennard-Jones–Coulomb atom–atom potentials for the computer simulation of organic condensed matter

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00334D, Paper
Angelo Gavezzotti, Leonardo Lo Presti, Silvia Rizzato
A novel, universal Lennard-Jones–Coulomb (LJC) atom–atom force field parametrization reproduces the experimental sublimation enthalpies of 377 molecular crystals drawn from the CSD.
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Phase transformations in a double complex salt of ruthenium nitrosyl anion with tetraamine-palladium cation

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00441C, Paper
Gennadiy Kostin, Evgeny Filatov, Denis P Pishchur, Natalia Kuratieva, Sergey Korenev
Second-order phase transformation in double complex salt (DCS) [Pd(NH3)4][RuNO(NO2)4OH] was examined by DSC, single-crystal diffraction and powder diffraction. All data confirms the reversible “order-disorder” phase transition without sharp volume changes...
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Conductive zigzag Pd(III)–Br chain complex realized by multiple-hydrogen-bond approach

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00332H, Paper
Mohammad Rasel Mian, Unjila Afrin, Hiroaki Iguchi, Shinya Takaishi, Takefumi Yoshida, Tatsuya Miyamoto, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hisaaki Tanaka, Shin-ichi Kuroda, Masahiro Yamashita
Coexistence of zigzag structure and uncommon Pd(III) oxidation state in quasi-1D halogen-bridged metal complexes was realized in a conductive Br-bridged Pd chain complex, [Pd(dabdOH)2Br]SO4·3H2O (2), for the first time. Intra-...
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Microstructure characteristics of non-monodisperse quantum dots: On the potential of transmission electron microscopy combined with X-ray diffraction

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00312C, Paper
Stefan Neumann, Cristina Menter, Ahmed Salaheldin Mahmoud, Doris Segets, David Rafaja
Although the concept of quantum confinement was introduced more than thirty years ago, a wide application of the quantum dots is still limited by the fact that monodisperse quantum dots...
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Biological activity tuning of antibacterial urotropine via co-crystallization: synthesis, biological activity evaluation and computational insight

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00226G, Paper
Nida Tabassum, Panayiotis C. Varras, Fiza Arshad, Muhammad I. Choudhary, Sammer Yousuf
Urotropine (1) is a synthetic heterocyclic antibacterial agent.
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Peculiarities of Br⋯Br bonding in crystal structures of polybromides and bromine solvates

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00288G, Paper
Anna V. Vologzhanina, Petr A. Buikin, Alexander A. Korlyukov
Analysis of supramolecular associates formed by Br⋯Br interactions in crystals of 204 polybromide and bromine-containing compounds has been carried out.
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New pronounced progress in the synthesis of group 5 polyoxometalates

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00315H, Highlight
Joanna Dopta, Lisa K. Mahnke, Wolfgang Bensch
This highlight summarizes new developments made in group 5 polyoxometalate science of high nuclearity clusters with focus on synthetic approaches.
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Open metal site (OMS) and Lewis basic site (LBS)-functionalized copper–organic framework with high CO2 uptake performance and highly selective CO2/N2 and CO2/CH4 separation

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CE02005E, Paper
Cheng He, Chao Hou, Yu Min Wang, Xue Yong Gong, Hong Li Jiang, Yong Bin Sun, Kun Liu, Xiao Qun Cao
A robust porous metal–organic framework with dual functionalities of open metal sites (OMSs) and O-rich Lewis basic sites (LBSs) has been designed and synthesized, and shows high CO2 uptake and excellent selectivity for CO2 over N2 and CH4.
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Co3O4/MnCO3 heterojunction on three-dimensional nickel foam for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00325E, Paper
Guijin Yang, Botao Zhu, Daqiang Gao, Yujun Fu, Jing Zhao, Jinyun Li
For water electrolysis and metal-air batteries, rational design and preparation of highly efficient and environmentally friendly catalysts for oxygen evolution reactions (OER) is urgently required. Here, abundant Co3O4/MnCO3 heterointerfaces supported...
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Chirality and Stereoisomerism of Organic Multicomponent Crystals in the CSD

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00403K, Paper
Open Access
Eline Grothe, hugo meekes, Rene de Gelder
With the current interest in multicomponent crystals containing chiral residues, a wide variety of studies could benefit from a comprehensive inventory of chirality in multicomponent crystals. We combined computational approaches...
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N-H···O Hydrogen Bonding to the Alkoxy Oxygen of a Carboxylic Ester Group: Crystal Structures of Methyl 2,6-Diaminobenzoate and Its Derivatives.

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00495B, Paper
John D. Wallis, Alun Christopher Garner, Songjie Yang
Methyl 2,6-diaminobenzoate and its bis-triphenylboron complex show hydrogen bonding from NH2 groups to both oxygen atoms of the carboxylic ester, and there is little difference in the lengths of these...
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Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Physicochemical Properties and Transformations of Dehydroevodiamine and Its Hydrochloride Salts

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00136H, Paper
Guoshun Zhang, xiaoqing shang, wei han, lifeng zhang, guolian ren, Shuqiu Zhang
As a quinazolinocarboline alkaloid, dehydroevodiamine (DHED) derived from Evodia rutaecarpa has recently gained attention because it improves memory failure in Alzheimer's mice. However, its solid forms, which have not yet...
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Repurposing of the anti-HIV drug Emtricitabine as a hydrogen-bonded cleft for bipyridines via cocrystallization

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00474J, Communication
Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, Elizabeth Keene, Dale C. Swenson, Len R MacGillivray
We report supramolecular repurposing of Emtricitabine (FTC, trade name: Emtriva®), a blockbuster FDA-approved anti-HIV agent. FTC is revealed to act as a hydrogen-bonded cleft for bipyridine recognition. The supramolecular repurposing...
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Halogen bonded metal bis(dithiolene) 2D frameworks

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00512F, Paper
Hadi Hachem, olivier Jeannin, Marc Fourmigue, Frederic Barriere, Dominique Lorcy
Halogenated metal dithiolene complexes have been designed together with halogen bond acceptor sites in order to favor halogen bonding interactions between these electroactive architectures. For the synthesis, we explored the...
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Two Co-based MOFs assembled from an amine-functionalized pyridinecarboxylate ligand: inorganic acid-directed structural variety and gas adsorption properties

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00475H, Paper
Zhenzhen Jiang, Ping Zhou, Tingting Xu, Lihui Fan, Simin Hu, Jingxian Chen, Yabing He
A pair of Co-based MOFs exhibited inorganic acid-driven structural diversities, and one of them displayed the C2H2 separation and purification potential.
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A crystalline solid adduct of sulfathiazole-amantadine: The first dual-drug molecular salt containing both antiviral and antibacterial ingredients

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00368A, Paper
Ling-Yang Wang, Yueming Yu, Ming-Chao Yu, Yan-Tuan Li, Zhi-Yong Wu, Cui-Wei Yan
The first molecular salt concurrently combining antibacterial drug sulfathiazole (SFZ) and antiviral constituent amantadine (ATD) is designed and successfully synthesized via salification strategy. The precise structure of the newly obtained...
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Strong stacking interactions at large horizontal displacements of tropylium and cyclooctatetraenide ligands of transition metal complexes: crystallographic and DFT study

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00501K, Paper
Dusan P Malenov, Snezana D Zaric
Cambrigde Structural Database search was performed in order to study stacking interactions of 7-membered tropylium ring and 8-membered cyclooctatetraenide (COT) ring, coordinated to transition metals via their π-electrons. The search...
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Dynamic Characterization of Crystalline Fluorophores with Conformationally Flexible Tetrahydrocarbazole Frameworks

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00423E, Paper
Abraham Colin-Molina, Diego Velazquez-Chavez, Marcus Jellen, Lizbeth A. Rodríguez-Cortés, Miguel Eduardo Cifuentes Quintal, Gabriel Merino, Braulio Rodríguez-Molina
Two new compounds 2 and 3 and their deuterated analogues 2-d4 and 3-d4 have been prepared from Ullmann-type coupling reactions. Both showed good emissive properties in solution ΦF = 0.13...
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Facile One–pot Solvothermal Synthesis of CdTe Nanorods and Their Photoelectrical Properties

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00459F, Communication
Binnian Zhong, Weifeng Kang, Zhiwei Zhang, Linhui Zhang, Bin Ma
Uniform CdTe NRs were synthesized by a one-pot PVP-assisted solvothermal process under mild conditions. By adjusting the amounts of the surfactant, reducing agent and the reaction temperature, CdTe NRs with...
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Unraveling atomic-scale crystallization and microstructural evolution of selective laser melted FeCrNi medium-entropy alloy

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00358A, Paper
Haotian Chen, Qihong Fang, Kun Zhou, Y. Liu, Jia Li
Selective laser melting (SLM) provides a flexibility to manufacture the components with complex structures. However, the unexpected crystallization and the dynamical microstructural evolution at atomic scale still remains unknown during...
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Global economic outlook worsened since forecast in April, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund said that the global economic outlook has worsened since its latest forecast three weeks ago and the world can expect




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A Malayalam song from Italy to beat the pandemic

As Italians sing on their balconies to keep their morale high, this priest renders 'Aayiram Kannumayi' from the 1984 film 'Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu'




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Mahe MLA calls for stopping rail project

V. Ramachandran, Mahe MLA, has urged the Puducherry Chief Minister to stop the semi high speed rail project from passing through Mahe. The MLA pointed




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State brings down infant mortality rate

Figure falls to 7, as against the UN-set target of 8 for 2020




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Kannur airport all set to receive expatriates: Minister

First flight with passengers from Dubai to land on May 12




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Health experts sceptical about ‘dilution’ of quarantine period

They attribute Kerala’s success till date to 28-day quarantine




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Youth in quarantine dies of renal failure

He attended a wedding reception three weeks ago




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KHS online challenges for teenagers

To engage them in productive, safe activities




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Jalashwa to reach Kochi on May 10

698 stranded Indians working in the Maldives on board the ship




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5,000 acres of fallow land in capital to be used for farming

Part of Subhiksha Keralam project launched by govt.




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Special flight brings 152 people from Riyadh to Karipur

Eight from Karnataka, two from Tamil Nadu, rest from Kerala; 84 pregnant women among passengers




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Virtual queue system likely for liquor sale

Consumers may have to register online and purchase at the time allotted