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Nifty faces bearish pressure amid economic slowdown and rising inflation

Analysts indicate significant pressure on mid-cap and small-cap sectors as a substantial portion of companies fail to meet expectations




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Kolkata rape-murder case highlights | SC asks WB govt. to furnish details on how civic police volunteers are hired

The top court remarked that the recruitment of civic police volunteers serves as a means of “granting political patronage”




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Kolkatan who returns to Durga Puja after 20 years: ‘Crowds still there but no bonding, people are alone clicking selfies’

According to Arpita Mandal, the City of Joy, now that she’s two decades older, is today less suitable for pandal-hopping, due to the massive crowds, and more suitable for cafe-hopping, with plenty of eateries mushrooming even in residential neighbourhoods




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Body of girl found in Krishnanagar town of West Bengal

Family alleges she was raped and murdered; police arrest victim’s partner




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Durga Puja gone, wait begins in Kolkata now for book fair

The international book fair will be inaugurated on January 28 next year and go on till February 9.




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West Bengal-based buyers show shift towards solar, AI-powered technologies, says Amazon India

An analysis of buyer trends of this year’s Amazon Great Indian Festival sale so far has revealed an affinity of Bengal-based buyers towards renewable and artificial intelligence appliances like solar panels, single-equipment home gyms, robotic vacuum cleaners




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Without V-C for a year, Visva-Bharati now asks: Who and When?

Though some local channels have announced a name, there is no official communication or confirmation on full-time V-C




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Kolkata police arrest 601 for violations on Deepavali and Kali Puja; three dead in Howrah as house catches fire

The Kolkata Traffic Police registered cases against 841 people on charges such as rash driving and drunken driving. In an incident in Ward 110 of Patuli area, an adolescent boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion. In Howrah district, three people, including two children, died after a house where firecrackers had been stored caught fire.




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Two Trinamool Congress MLAs allege attacks by their own party workers

The two MLAs are alleging that their cars were stoned, and they were subsequently attacked by local TMC politicians and their men




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Row breaks out over endorsement of Trinamool candidate by officials of Kolkata-based football clubs

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari called the move ‘unprecedented and unethical’, writes to Union Sports Minister seeking his intervention




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Calcutta HC allows Hindutva group to protest alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh at rally in Kolkata

The development comes three months after Sheikh Hasina resigned as PM of Bangladesh and left the country, causing political turmoil in Bangladesh and creating ripples in the internal politics of West Bengal




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Evaluation on the recovery of lignin from basic [Ch][Lys] systems using low-cost alcohols as anti-solvents under acid-free conditions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10950-10959
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03898C, Paper
Yichen Liu, Wanting Zhao, Qizhen Luo, Jipeng Yan, Jian Sun
An acid-free, high efficiency, and mild method of precipitating and separating lignin from basic ionic liquids (BIL) such as choline lysinate ([Ch][Lys]) by using alchohols (such as tert-butanol) as anti--solvents.
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A sequential flow process of CO2 capture and conversion using cost-effective porous organic polymers

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10960-10968
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03494E, Paper
Open Access
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Zhongqi Wu, Zhong Li, Lei Hu, Samson Afewerki, Maria Strømme, Qian-Feng Zhang, Chao Xu
A sequential flow process utilizing cost-effective porous organic materials to capture CO2 and directly convert it into fine chemicals has been achieved, which could improve the practical applicability of CO2 capture and utilization technologies.
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Monoliths enabling biocatalysis in flow chemistry

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10718-10738
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03535F, Critical Review
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Aleksandra Lambarska, Katarzyna Szymańska, Ulf Hanefeld
Biocatalysis in flow improves space time yields and enables straightforward downstream processing. The underlying principles of monolithic flow reactors and their application in mono- and bi-phasic biocatalytic systems are discussed.
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Flow electrosynthesis of phosphinamides and phosphoramidates through P–N coupling

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04450A, Paper
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Tribani Boruah, Ren Ishizeki, Alberto Roldan, Rebecca L. Melen, Thomas Wirth
A robust flow electrochemical method for P–N and P–O oxidative coupling under mild conditions has been developed. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was employed to investigate the redox behaviour of reactants.
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Continuous-flow Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates with Polymer-supported Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquid (Im-PSIL) Catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04499A, Communication
Open Access
Zhibo Yu, Haruro Ishitani, Shu Kobayashi
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas emitted through human activities, represents a valuable carbon source for chemical production. However, maximizing its efficiency requires novel methods for CO2 conversion that...
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(B,P,Co,Fe)-Ni Modified on Nanowood for Boosting Seawater Urea Electro-Oxidation

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05156D, Paper
Hongjiao Chen, Kewei Zhang, Yanzhi Xia, Jian Li, Bin Hui
Coupling urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in seawater is desirable to produce sustainable and green hydrogen due to the reduced energy consumption. However, developing high-performance UOR/HER...
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Toward safer and more sustainable by design biocatalytic amide-bond coupling

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11147-11163
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03665D, Paper
Open Access
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Elisabeth Söderberg, Kerstin von Borries, Ulf Norinder, Mark Petchey, Ganapathy Ranjani, Swapnil Chavan, Hanna Holmquist, Magnus Johansson, Ian Cotgreave, Martin A. Hayes, Peter Fantke, Per-Olof Syrén
We describe an exploratory approach to a concept of safer and more sustainable by design in biocatalytic amide bond synthesis.
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Scaling up clean production of biomass-derived organic acids as a step towards the realization of dual carbon goals: a review

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11061-11082
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03829K, Tutorial Review
Zulfiqar Ali, Jiliang Ma, Runcang Sun
Biomass-derived organic acid for green and sustainable future.
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Development of a highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogenation and dehalogenation system using a flow cell with a Pd tube cathode

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11328-11333
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04617J, Paper
Hiroaki Tajima, Hideki Ishii, Shinsuke Inagi, Toshio Fuchigami
A novel flow and circulation electrolytic system has been developed for the highly efficient cathodic hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds and dehalogenation of various aromatic halides.
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Ball milling-promoting difunctionalization of alkynyl sulfonium salts with sulfinic acids towards (Z)-1,2-disulfonylethenes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04895D, Paper
Li-Hua Yang, Bei Li, Lin Chen, Wen-Shi Yao, Han-Yue Peng, Sha Peng, Long-Yong Xie
A simple ball milling-mediated disulfonylation of alkynyl sulfonium salts with sulfinic acids for the stereoselective synthesis of various (Z)-1,2-disulfonylethenes has been developed under catalyst-, additive- and solvent-free conditions.
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How Rang De Basanti created a challenging storyboard for future filmmakers

Rang De Basanti set a trend in filmmaking with its unconventional narrative style




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RCB’s bowling unit needs to fire

Rain has been forecast; advantage home team against a depleted Kings XI.



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Royal Challengers: Allan Donald happy bowling is finally clicking



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Lions stare down back-from-the-dead RCB

The victor goes straight to the final; the loser gets another shot, plays winner of Eliminator



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Warner praises bowlers, fielders for win over KKR

Sunrisers came up with a fine bowling performance and fielding effort to restrict KKR to 140 for eight last night.



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Lions batsmen vs Sunrisers bowlers, the defining contest of Qualifier-2

With the tactical plans mapped out, the emphasis at the Kotla will be on execution under pressure



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Bhuvneshwar Kumar: A bowler who has stood out with his craft



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Will RCB finally throw the monkey off its back?

Playing their third game in five days, Sunrisers will once again look to Warner to deliver



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Sunrisers won because of strong bowling attack, says Kohli

Definitely proud of the way we played this season, said the RCB captain.



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Bhuvi is a world-class bowler, says Warner

The SRH skipper said he has utmost faith in Bhuvneshwar’s abilities and passion for the game.



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IPL 2022 | Buttler’s dashing willow and Chahal’s golden arm seal it for Rajasthan Royals

The Englishman’s second century this season and the India leg-spinner’s hat-trick ensure Rajasthan clinches a humdinger over Knight Riders despite Shreyas’ efforts



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Ashwin needs to think of improvement and bowl more off-spinners: Sangakkara

Opting to bat first, RR were restricted to 130/9, which was chased by GT in 18.1 overs




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IPL 2022 review | Debutants impressed, powerhouses struggled

There were plenty of surprises in the 2022 IPL season to hook the fans, particularly the poor campaign of the two most successful teams, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians




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Unquenchable thirst for knowledge

Accomplished actor, singer and anchor Revathi Sankaran gets candid on juggling multiple roles




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Heir and now!

Actors Aarti Singh and Iqbal Khan have high hopes from their new show “Waaris” on &TV




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Feminine power and positive politics

Madam Secretary is one of those rare shows that projects politics in a positive light




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In his own space

Actor Kishor Satya, who is making his mark on the small screen, has a kitty full of films this year.




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Muppets grown with time

The eighth season of “Gali Gali Sim Sim” promises to help children learn subjects and the world around them in an engaging way





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The ‘good’ and ‘bad’ women of serials: How a Pakistan show has triggered debates on depiction of women on television

Superhit drama serial 'Meray Paas Tum Ho' has instigated arguments, both online and offline, for its representation of women




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Coronavirus: All the movies, TV shows and festivals delayed or shut down globally

From delays to Daniel Craig's 'No Time To Die' and the production of 'Stranger Things' shutting down, to Indian biggies like Akshay Kumar's 'Sooryavanshi' being postponed and theatres across India closing, how is the pandemic affecting the entertainment industry?




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Bigg Boss Kannada OTT: Voot’s aggressive strategy to grow its base in Karnataka

To acquire a large segment of Kannada viewers, Voot has lined up a series of programmes, starting with Bigg Boss Kannada OTT, which will be unveiled soon,




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Daily Quiz | On American talk show hosts

From analysing current events in a comedic fashion to creating the next viral moment with your favourite celebrity, hosts of talk shows are always on topic. Here is a quiz on American talk show hosts.




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Petrol cars in demand as diesel faces pollution crackdown

Major car makers like Hyundai and Honda are re-working their strategy to meet the demand for more petrol vehicles.




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Dialed down and discounted

The Hyundai Creta 1.4 is a less-powerful but cost-effective alternative to one of the best compact SUVs in the segment




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Down the road in a German rocket

Driving the Audi R8 from Mumbai to Lonavala gets one the answer to the existence of a practical sportscar




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Suzuki Hayabusa GP Edition to be showcased at Autolook Week Torino

A special Suzuki Hayabusa GP Edition is set to be showcased at the Autolook Week Torino motor festival.




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GT Le Mans edition takes final bow




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RCB must focus on bettering bowling department: AB

'I think we are going to see him at Punjab Kings'