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ICRIER study explores untapped potential of India’s turmeric sector

Offers roadmap as the country dominates the global market with 70% market share




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MCX launches cottonseed wash oil futures contract

It will offer a robust price risk management solutions for the cottonseed oil industry




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Global Organic Textiles Standards bans 5 Indian cotton firms for faking documents

Two firms used non-existent shipping firms to show transactions, the others submitted fake transaction certificates




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Spinning mills in Gujarat, N. India seek quality cotton from Raichur region

Ongoing rains raise concern over quality, crop size across key producing regions




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Not much relevance of windfall tax on crude now: Advisor to PM

Windfall Tax is to counterbalance the unusually high profits earned by oil and gas companies from high global crude oil prices




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SEA asks members not to increase prices of old stock of edible oil

Solvent extractors seek Centre’s help to export oilmeals




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Part of India’s sugar export quota to Maldives ‘diverted’ to Sri Lanka, Malaysia

Though exports are banned, shipments of 64,000 tonnes were allowed under special bilateral pact




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CCI begins purchase of cotton for 2024-25 season at MSP from Telangana

The Centre has declared an MSP of Rs ₹7,121 per quintal for the medium staple and Rs ₹7,521 per quintal for the longer variety for the 2024-25 cropping season, an increase of around 7 per cent over previous year




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No turning back on the biotech super highway

Industry experts call for support to firms pursuing cutting-edge technologies as they forge ahead 




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Pharmacies journey through litigations and another election

Chemists’ manifesto: Call for fair play gets louder amidst deep discounts from online pharmacies




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Green shoots of expectations on health, from newly-minted govt

As political tides change, the public sets sights on inclusive and robust healthcare reforms




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Breaking down ‘patent thickets’ without smothering innovation

With recent patent-linked rejections, governments push back on big pharma’s strategy




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Pranayam, veggie smoothies and adventure sports

Dr Sanjay Katkar on staying active, healthy eating and meditation for a balanced lifestyle




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Maharashtra’s sugar mills warn of potential halt to cane crushing season over MSP and ethanol price stalemate

Despite annual hikes in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane, the MSP of sugar has remained unchanged since 2019




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High moisture content leaves cotton growers worried in some Indian States

Telangana and Maharashtra badly hit as CCI looks for low moisture content




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6 weather models point to La Nina not emerging during Nov-Feb, says Australia’s BoM

IOD negative conditions likely by November, but may turn neutral by December




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Maharashtra cashew board plans to expand area under the crop, promote organic farming

Plans promoting the State’s produce as unique brand, says director Patil




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Crystal Crop Protection acquires I&B Seeds

Diversifies into flower and vegetable seeds with the latest buyout




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‘Govt needs to protect millet production areas’

The farmers growing crops other than paddy and cotton are facing a serious challenge. They are not getting institutional credit: Kanneganti Ravi of Rythu Swarajya Vedika




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India’s cotton and pulses farmers shift to paddy, set to produce record 120 million tonnes rice

Area under paddy this year surged to record 43.37 million hectares (mh) from 40.73 mh year-ago.




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Exporting community welcomes Tea Board’s move to issue notice to over 2,000 companies for defaulting on export returns

Every business licensee registered with Tea Board must submit monthly export returns through the online portal




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Best Agrolife gets approval for patented herbicide ‘Shot Down’ and insecticide ‘Bestman’

These products are slated for launch in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.




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Ginners call off stir as CCI asks farmers to bring raw cotton kapas to the nearest market yards

Cotton Corp assures to procure all fair-grade cotton from growers




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Kadalai Mittai town of Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu could become a pilot training hub

A consultant is to be appointed soon to redevelop the unused airstrip that belongs to Lakshmi Mills. The project could revive the FTO in Tamil Nadu




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Gujarat HC issued another ‘arrest’ warrant against merchant vessel SW South Wind I

Farm Fresh petitions against hold up of its cargo in the organic rice export irregularities case




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GMR group raises ₹6,300 crore to refinance promoter entity debt

GMR group will use the proceeds to refinance all external debt of GMR Enterprise Private Limited, the promoter of GMR Airports Limited




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Escorts Kubota to divest railway equipment business to Sona Comstar for ₹1,600 crore

The transaction, structured as a slump sale, is expected to close by September 30, 2025. 




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Pawfect buddies: Mumbai Airport revives emotional support dog program at Terminal 2

MIAL is the only Indian airport offering such a service, features nine trained dogs including a Golden Retriever, a Maltese, a rescued Husky, Shih Tzu, Lhasa Apso, and Labrador




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Indian Railways renegotiates Vande Bharat order to 80 high-capacity trainsets; JV Kinet on-board

New order consists of 80 trainsets with a 24-coach configuration, instead of originally planned 16




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Release Viability Gap Funding to Vizhinjam port as grant, not loan, Kerala Chief Minister requests Centre 

Letter to Union Finance Minister requests treatment on a par with Outer Harbour project of VO Chidambaranar Port




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Government moots ₹2,000 crore funding for Pawan Hans to revive operations, enhance capacity

Proposed fund infusion to help Pawan Hans provide consultation services for heliport construction, introduce seaplane services as well as add new choppers to its fleet




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Centre to OTAs: Correct air ticket pricing mechanism, fix software glitches

‘Ministry has advised OTAs to modify the websites’ algorithm so that the search results are not based on cache memory data’




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Air India sets up war room for a smooth merger with Vistara

Vistara chief commercial officer Deepak Rajawat named AI Express CFO in a management rejig, Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan will continue to hold the role of chief integration officer




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Vistara merger: A section of Air India pilots unhappy over difference in retirement age

Retirement age for pilots and other staff at Air India is 58 years, whereas at Vistara it is 60 years




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Roshni Nadar Malhotra takes over HCL baton from Shiv Nadar

Appointed as Non-Executive Director, Chairperson of Board




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Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for drug trials to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia




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We will have 10-12 per cent growth in FY22, says Kotak Mahindra Life CEO




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Kotak Mahindra Bank selected as digital payments partner by eNAM

Bank will provide payment, clearing and settlement services on the eNAM platform




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Brimming with devotion

Young musicians made waves at the annual Navarathri Sangeetholsavam at Sree Erinjeri Karthyayani temple, Thrissur.




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Inspiring notes

Son of a daily wage labourer, Umashankar pursues his passion for Carnatic music by teaching school students.




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Gently flow the notes

It’s Ustad Bismillah Khan’s birth centenary, and the shehnai is back in focus. The author talks about how the instrument has been an integral part of film music in the South




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Classical notes

Up-and-coming musicians regaled the audience with different forms of classical music at the National music festival in Palakkad.




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‘One should not take liberty in the name of novelty’

In a freewheeling conversation, Vidushi Ashwini Bhide Deshpande tells Manjari Sinha what makes her performance an emotional experience.




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Connecting the dots

London-based Ikonika is in Bengaluru with a sonic palette which includes everything from house and grim to hip-hop, techno, synthpop and dubstep




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Hitting the right notes in her path

Soprano Ashwati Parameshwar traces her journey in music




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On August 15, Carnegie Hall echoed with Eastern and Western musical notes

Festival of India@75 brought together stalwart musicians to celebrate the freedom of musical expression




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Market capitalization of privately listed companies surged 6.4 times, PSUs grew 5 times over last 10 years: Motilal Oswal




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Visible-light-responsive hybrid photocatalysts for quantitative conversion of CO2 to highly concentrated formate solutions

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18146-18160
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05289G, Edge Article
Open Access
Ewan McQueen, Noritaka Sakakibara, Kei Kamogawa, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Yusuke Tamaki, Osamu Ishitani, Reiner Sebastian Sprick
This highly efficient hybrid photocatalytic system can quantitatively convert CO2 to formate and produce 0.4 M of formate solution without additional concentration enrichment.
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Spotting d-band centers of single-atom catalysts by oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18085-18092
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03763D, Edge Article
Open Access
Ruyu Xie, Kaitao Li, Rui Tian, Chao Lu
We have proposed an oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence probe for rapid spotting of the d-band centers of single-atom catalysts: the d-band centers closer to the Fermi level contributed to higher luminol ECL intensities.
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Is aromaticity loss necessary for transition-metal promoted arene–alkene cycloadditions?

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18093-18098
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05337K, Edge Article
Open Access
João V. Schober, Croix J. Laconsay, Judy I. Wu
Diene- and ene-like reactivity in transition metal coordinated arenes can be expected when there is a notable degree of aromaticity loss at the complexed arene.
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