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India’s purchase of silver dropped 38% in 2023, says Silver Institute

Demand for jewellery and silverware too dropped on higher domestic prices, says its 2024 Survey



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HZL is now the 3rd largest global silver producer, says the Silver Institute

The company produced 746 tonnes in 2023, LBMA recognises its Pantnagar refinery



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Quick commerce firms Swiggy Instamart and Zepto to deliver gold and silver coins in 10 minutes

Tata Digital’s Bigbasket has partnered with Tanishq and MMTC-PAMP to offer gold and silver coins and bars



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Malabar Gold achieves 50% cost reduction from automation as gold prices go through the roof

The high prices may detract price-sensitive customers away, but he pins his hopes on the digital-savvy new generation to invest more in the gold



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Gold prices surge on Iran-Israel tension and US rate cut hopes

Analysts anticipate continued volatility in gold prices, fluctuating between ₹71,000 and ₹75,000 in the near term



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Gold outperforms Nifty 50 over 2-year and 5-year periods

Data from PMS Bazaar indicates that from FY22-24, MCX Gold returned 14.05%, outperforming the Nifty’s 13.1%




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Silver futures decline to ₹93,662 per kg

Silver price falls as participants reduce bets, with global price at $31.35 per ounce




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Gold futures rise ₹4 to ₹73,135 per 10 gm

Gold price rises in futures trade due to fresh positions on firm spot demand, reaching ₹73,135 per 10 gram



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Silver futures rise on spot demand

Silver prices mainly rise due to fresh positions built up by participants on a positive domestic trend, say analysts



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IBJA reconstitutes board for 2024-29 with Prithviraj Kothari as national chief

Aspect Global Ventures’ Aksha Mohit Kamboj appointed the national vice-president



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Budget 2024: To boost domestic production, Kerala gold trade seek basic customs duty reduction 

The recent increase in import duty from 7.5 to 15 per cent has significantly impacted production costs



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Budget 2024: Customs duty on gold, silver cut to 6%

Telecom equipment faces hike in basic customs duty to 15 per cent




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Budget 2024: Domestic gold prices drop 5% after cut in Customs duty

Import levy cut to 6% from 11%, AIDC pruned to 1%; move may curb smuggling



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Budget 2024: Duty cut to lower gold prices. How will it impact jewellery stocks?

A drop in gold price can lead to increased jewellery demand, improving their revenue and profits Market experts believe the price of yellow metal could drop between ₹300 and ₹500 per gram going ahead



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Gold prices climb amid US recession concerns and rate cut bets

Spot gold rose 0.14% to $2,446.83 per ounce, while US gold futures increased by 0.8% to $2,488.50. 



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Gold futures slip on low demand

Analysts attribute the fall in gold prices to weak global cues



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Silver futures decline to ₹82,801 per kg after reduced bets

Globally, silver was trading 0.46% lower at $28.22 per ounce in New York



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Gold hits all-time high in August as import duties drop and USD weakens

The rise was primarily driven by a drop in the US dollar and lower 10-year Treasury yields due to potential Federal Reserve rate cuts.



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Bullion Cues: Gold set to break out

Silver probing a barrier




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Gold set to glitter more post US Fed rate cut 

A crisis accompanying the rate cut cycles had given the safe haven push for the yellow metal 




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Bullion Cues: Breaks out afresh

Retain the long positions 




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Silver poised to outperform gold, expected to hit ₹1.25 lakh/kg in 12-15 months: MOFSL

Silver has shown impressive growth in 2024, recording gains of over 40 per cent year-to-date and surpassing the ₹1,00,000 mark domestically



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India’s Q3 gold demand surges 18% as prices fall post duty cut

The value of gold demand also increased dramatically by 54% to ₹1.65 lakh crore.



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Heteroleptic mononuclear Cu(I) halide complexes containing carbazolyl substituted phenyl diphosphine and monophosphine: structures and photophysical and electroluminescent properties

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02469A, Paper
Zhun Chen, Wei Xu, Ruiqin Zhu, Li Liu, Xin-Xin Zhong, Fa-Bao Li, Guijiang Zhou, Hai-Mei Qin
Heteroleptic mononuclear Cu(I) halide complex 4 containing carbazolyl groups in diphosphine and monophosphine shows high PLQY (0.75) and a short decay lifetime (1.9 μs) with a high kr value of 3.95 × 105 s−1.
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Zn(II) coordination influences the secondary structure, but not antimicrobial activity of the N-terminal histatin 3 hydrolysis product

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02274B, Paper
Emilia Dzień, Joanna Wątły, Aleksandra Hecel, Aleksandra Mikołajczyk, Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz, Miquel Adrover, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, Alicia Domínguez-Martín, Magdalena Rowińska-Żyrek
Histatin 3 and 4 have greater activity against Gram(+) than Gram(−) bacteria, and Cu(II) or Zn(II) binding can moderately increase their antimicrobial activity. The N-terminal part of histatin 3 becomes α-helical upon Zn(II) binding.
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Construction of efficient Pb(II) carboxylate catalysts for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02958E, Paper
Janak ., Vijay Sarjerao Sapner, Bhaskar Ramchandra Sathe, Sadhika Khullar
The development of cost-effective and efficient electrocatalysts can solve the problem in the production of energy via water splitting reactions. In this work, we focused on two lead-based coordination polymers...
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Hydrate of neutral iron(III) complex based on pyruvic acid thiosemicarbazone ligand with abrupt spin-crossover with T1/2=340 K and wide hysteresis loop of 45 K

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02901A, Paper
Maxim Andreevich Blagov, Alexander V. Akimov, Anatoly S Lobach, Leokadiya Zorina, Sergey Simonov, Konstantin Zakharov, Alexander Vasiliev, Natalia Spitsyna
The hydrate of neutral iron(III) complex based on pyruvic acid thiosemicarbazone ligand [FeIII(Hthpy)(thpy)]·H2O (1) was synthesized and characterized using FT-IR spectroscopy, powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, dc magnetic measurements, EPR...
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The Bonding Situations in Ruthenium Chalcogenonitrosyl Compounds: A Physical Reasoning

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02680B, Paper
Richard Fragnani Cardoso, Vinícius Acir Glitz, Renato Luis Tame Parreira, Giovanni Finoto Caramori, Luis Henrique Silveira Lacerda
This research presents, for the first time, a comprehensive and rigorous investigation of ruthenium(II) chalcogenonitrosyl bonding situations in two sets of coordination compounds: [Ru(NE)Cl2(L_{OEt})] (1a-4a) and [Ru(NE)Cl2(L_{OEt})]- (1b-4b), where E...
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Chemistry of organometallic nucleic acid components: personal perspectives and prospects for the future

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02634A, Perspective
Mateusz Klarek, Konrad Kowalski
Article summarizes over 12 years of studies on organometallic nucleic acid components in our laboratory. It outlines synthetic chemistry, redox, photophysical and biological properties alike. It also shows directions for future development.
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One-pot facile synthesis of rod-like Bi2S3 particles in deep eutectic solvent and their ppb-level selective H2S gas detection

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT03006K, Communication
Reiko Furukawa, Takuya Hasegawa, Ayahisa Okawa, Shu Yin
Rod-like Bi2S3 particles were synthesized by one-pot reactions with choline chloride-based DESs, and showed sub-ppm level selective H2S gas detection. Acetamide-based DES yielded uniform particles with excellent gas sensitivity.
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Influence of weakly coordinating anions binding to the hexa-tert-butyl dysprosocenium cation

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02713B, Paper
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Sophie C. Corner, Gemma K. Gransbury, David P. Mills
We present the synthesis and characterisation of two dysprosium metallocene complexes with bound weakly coordinating anions. Despite their similarity these complexes exhibit vastly different effective energy barriers to magnetic reversal.
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The preparation of CuM/SiO2 (M=Bi, Mg, Mn) catalysts applied in ethynylation of formaldehyde for 1,4‑butynediol synthesis: the positive interface effect of CuO and Bi2O3

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02616K, Paper
Jiali Chen, Guihua Yang, Feng Gao, Rui Wang
The ethynylation of formaldehyde reaction catalyzed by Cu-based catalysts is an important synthesis method for 1,4-butynediol relating to high value-added chemicals. In this work, a series of CuM/SiO2 ( M=Bi,...
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Ruthenium, copper and ruthenium–copper complexes of an unsymmetrical phosphino pyridyl 1,8-naphthyridine PNNN ligand

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,18037-18046
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02755H, Paper
Jingyun Wu, Michael A. Stevens, Michael G. Gardiner, Annie L. Colebatch
A new unsymmetrical dinucleating PNNN ligand is reported, the versatility of which is demonstrated by formation of heterobimetallic, homobimetallic and monometallic complexes.
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Structure modification and luminescence regulation in new violet light excitable Sr(2−y)BayY4La4(SiO4)6O2:xEu2+ phosphors via cation substitution

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17989-18002
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02195A, Paper
Jie Zhang, Langping Dong, Feng Wang, Jingshan Hou, Yongzheng Fang
A series of violet light excitable Sr(2−y)BayY4La4(SiO4)6O2:xEu2+ phosphors with tunable luminescence for high-quality white LEDs was developed through cation regulation.
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Neutral mononuclear indium(III) photosensitizers for CO2 photoreduction

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17772-17776
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02595D, Communication
Zaichao Zhang, Li-Zhi Fu, Piao He, Xiao-Yi Yi
Neutral mononuclear indium(III) complexes (In-1–In-3) containing 2,6-di(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)pyridine and substituted dipyridylpyrrole pincer ligands are employed as photosensitizers in photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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Detailed mechanism of DNA/RNA nucleobase substituting bridging ligand in diruthenium (II,III) and dirhodium (II,II) tetraacetato paddlewheel complexes: Protonation of the leaving acetate is crucial

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02621G, Paper
Open Access
Iogann Tolbatov, Tiziano Marzo, Paolo Umari, Diego La Mendola, Alessandro Marrone
Paddlewheel complexes of bimetallic scaffolds are emerging metallic agents in the bioinorganic chemistry landscape. In the most commonly employed construct, these complexes are decorated by carboxylate moiety, prompting their possible...
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Fourth wave scare: Covid-19 cases in Asia surpass 100 million, India, Japan, South Korea worst-hit

The highly contagious but less deadly BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has pushed the figures to greater highs in recent weeks in South Korea, China and Vietnam.




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Media invited but not welcomed!



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Cooked unapproved layouts




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The incredible matutinal drink

A cup of morning ‘South Indian coffee’ is the only pick-me-up than one needs




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Talking about menopause

Media explore gender disparity largely, but it has failed to explicitly probe this transformative stage in a woman’s life




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Tipping cuts both ways

It is a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t




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A women-only conversation, but for all

Why do we descend to the misogynistic use of ‘girlish’ and ‘womanly’ as labels to demean some of the complex disciplines?




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Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan kicks up another row with ‘racist’ remark about Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy

The Housing Minister is already facing flak for the wakf controversy that has snowballed into a big issue in Karnataka




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BJP MLA B.P. Yatnal walks out of event after crowd objects to political speech over mention of Waqf land row

Mr. Yatnal raised the issue of waqf during an Allammaprabhu temple event




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Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board directs students from unauthorised schools not to register for SSLC exam this year




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I apologise if my remark about H.D. Kumaraswamy has hurt JD(S) workers: Karnataka Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan

Housing Minister’s remarks about colour of skin of Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy had drawn criticism from BJP and JD(S)




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Manager makes away with cash from banking institute

Case filed with Belur police




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Sandur bypolls: Ballari Deputy Commissioner appeals to voters to exercise franchise




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Farmers in Yadgir district sow groundnut as major crop for rabi season