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Centre to provide 15,000 women self help groups with drones that can be rented out for agricultural purposes

The scheme will help in infusing advanced technology in agriculture for improved efficiency, enhance crop yield and reduced cost of operation for the benefit of farmers




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Open sale of hazardous pesticides continues to impact the health of farmers in Maharashtra

In 2017, reports of pesticide poisoning emerging from Maharashtra drew global criticism against India’s pesticide regulation policies, yet not much appears to have changed since then




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Fertilizer subsidies to come down, Mandaviya says

The Minister said the Centre increased subsidy to protect farmers interest, and added that it is likely to come down




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Research paper warns against nationwide switch to natural farming without proper studies

It can hamper national food production, say authors, who cite contrasting results from two studies




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SC notice to Centre on plea alleging overuse of pesticides on crops and food items




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Chittoor farmers worried about frequent crop-raiding by jumbos

A herd of 16 elephants raided the paddy and tomato fields at Irikipenta village of Somala mandal on Saturday




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‘Dairy dilemma’ engulfs women farmers in CM Chandrababu Naidu’s constituency Kuppam with sudden fall in milk price

Recently, the dairy industry has experienced a decrease of ₹5 per liter in the milk price, causing concern among the predominantly women farmers involved in the sector. 




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Scientists found a bacteria tricked a wasp to get rid of its males

A new study reports Wolbachia may have taken it a bit too far, after scientists found it manipulated the evolution of Encarsia formosa wasps




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Karnataka’s urban farmers champion millets to create cookies, idly mixes, pasta

Meet the farmers retailing value-added products with millets such as cookies, idly mixes, pasta, and more




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After snails, farmers in Idukki battling spotted locust infestation; experts say change in climate pattern could be a cause

Plantations of over 70 farmers severely affected by the spotted locust infestation at Konnathady and Vathikudy panchayats






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Kohli surpasses Dravid's run record!

Virat Kohli surpassed Rahul Dravid to become the second highest run-scorer for India in international cricket.




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Zomato’s losses widen in FY16




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Business confidence dips to 5-month low in May





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At $73 m, Nikesh Arora is among world’s highest-paid execs




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Mahindra rides on higher demand, Q4 net up 14 per cent




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How Facebook can decide the price of your house




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‘I didn’t expect to become famous again’

Budhia Singh is eagerly awaiting the response to the film about his life




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Sensex, Nifty close higher amid buying in heavyweight stocks, firm global cues

The sensex rose 144.31 points to settle at 81,611.41 and Nifty increased 16.50 points to close at 24,998.45




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Markets fall in early trade amid foreign fund outflows

The BSE Sensex went down by 240.75 points to 81,579.37 in early trade. The NSE Nifty declined 62.7 points to 24,994.65




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Stock markets close lower for 2nd day amid foreign fund outflows

HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints and State Bank of India were the gainers




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Markets fall after rising in opening trade amid unabated foreign fund outflows

From the 30 Sensex firms, Infosys, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma and Tata Consultancy Services were the biggest gainers




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Sensex, Nifty fall for 3rd day amid foreign fund exodus

Intense selling in realty, auto, consumer discretionary and consumer durable stocks also dragged the markets lower




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UltraTech Cement Q2 profit reports consolidated net profit ₹825 crore

On standalone basis, UltraTech Cement's profit from the domestic market was down 34.71% to ₹796.89 crore in the September quarter




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Markets rebound in early trade amid buying in blue-chip stocks

Equity market indices rebound with blue-chip stocks, fund inflows; Sensex climbs 239.33 points, Nifty up by 72.95 points




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IndusInd Bank shares plunge 17%; Mcap erodes by ₹15,572 crore amid disappointing earnings

Total income rose to ₹14,871 crore in the quarter under review, from ₹13,530 crore in the same period a year ago, IndusInd Bank said in a regulatory filing




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Sensex, Nifty tank nearly 1% amid sharp fall in IndusInd Bank, foreign fund outflows

The BSE Sensex plummeted 662.87 points or 0.83% to settle at 79,402.29. The NSE Nifty tanked 218.60 points or 0.90% to 24,180.80




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Markets fall in early trade amid unabated foreign fund outflows

The BSE Sensex declined 326.58 points to 78,455.66 in early trade




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U.S. Stock market: Wall Street rallies on Election Day as economy remains solid

U.S. stocks rally on election day, with S&P 500 and Dow Jones climbing, despite uncertainty over results




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New bridge to come up across Palar River at Sevilimedu




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Indu Makkal Katchi youth wing president Omkar Balaji questioned for remarks on Nakkheeran Gopal

The Coimbatore police question IMK youth wing leader for threatening to “chop off editor’s tongue”, sparking legal action and protests




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Panchayat, aided schools in Tiruchi district bag awards for excellence in teaching, better enrolment

The schools are assessed based on including basic infrastructure, quality of education and teaching practices, technology-enabled teaching, development of the school, and activities done by students




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Saidapet-Teynampet elevated corridor project: Highways Dept. removes footpaths on Anna Salai to construct flyover

The removal of the footpaths will help increase the width of the carriageway at points where lanes on either side of the median will be barricaded




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How free bus ride shapes women’s experience of public spaces

In Chennai, Bangalore, and Delhi that offer access to free transport, there is a visible change in the public space. The pink slip is not a cure-all for the deep-rooted patriarchy, but they are important steps towards reshaping urban spaces into more inclusive environments




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Absence of bund around deepened pond worries residents of Morais Garden Extension in Tiruchi

The pond at Runway Nagar, Kottapattu, which was deepened a few months ago, is now filled with water after recent rain. Residents are worried that it may overflow and the stagnant water might become a haven for snakes and insects.




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Udhayanidhi Stalin responds to Palaniswami’s challenge




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Stalin, Udhayanidhi congratulate winners of Chennai Grand Masters 2024




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Hindu Succession Act supports daughters but lets down widows and mothers, says Madras High Court

The loss to one section of women has been overlooked in the euphoria over the gain to another section, says Justice N. Seshasayee




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Organic/inorganic heterostructures templated by interfacial instability-driven BCP colloids in deformable emulsion droplets

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8174-8180
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00921E, Communication
Yuqing Song, Nan Yan, Lingli Wan, Jingjing Li, Ye Gao
Core–shell colloids are self-assembled in emulsion droplets driven by interfacial instability, which serve as excellent scaffolds for designing organic/inorganic heterostructures.
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Revisiting the density profile of the fuzzy sphere model for microgel colloids

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8181-8184
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01045K, Communication
Open Access
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Frank Scheffold
Microgel density profiles evaluated with the complementary error function and the popular fuzzy sphere model are not compatible with each other.
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Co-encapsulation of organic polymers and inorganic superparamagnetic iron oxide colloidal crystals requires matched diffusion time scales

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8312-8325
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00935E, Paper
Open Access
Brian K. Wilson, Robert K. Prud’homme
Composite nanoparticles co-encapsulate organic materials with inorganic primary colloids. Producing “stoichiometric NPs”, where all NPs contain organic and inorganic species at similar ratios, requires matched diffusion-aggregation time scale.
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Geometrical impacts of platonic particles on nematic liquid crystal dynamics

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00870G, Paper
Stiven Villada-Gil, Monirosadat Sadati, Juan D. Ospina-Correa, Daniel A. Olaya-Muñoz, Juan P. Hernández-Ortiz, José A. Martínez-González
In this work, we studied the defect dynamics of platonic-like colloidal particles immersed in a nematic liquid crystal under flow conditions, analyzing the behavior of disclinations for each of these polyhedra.
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Long range signature of liquid's inertia in nanoscale drainage flows

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01006J, Paper
Nathan Bigan, Mathieu Lizée, Marc Pascual, Antoine Niguès, Lydéric Bocquet, Alessandro Siria
In confinement, liquid flows are governed by a complex interplay of molecular, viscous and elastic forces.
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Microrheology of gemini surfactants at interfaces and in solutions in the dilute and semidilute regimes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00860J, Paper
Mayssa Medfai, Antonio Stocco, Christophe Blanc, Maurizio Nobili, Martin In
The interface of semidilute Gemini surfactant solutions remains fluid and is less viscous than the bulk. Depletion of the viscosity near the interface plays a key role in microrheology.
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A macroscopic magneto-optical response resulting from local effects in ferronematic liquid crystals

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8363-8372
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00577E, Paper
Xiangshen Meng, Xiaowei Li, Jian Li, Yueqiang Lin, Xiaodong Liu, Zhenghong He
The dynamic rotational behavior of composite chains under a rotating magnetic field was observed. The birefringence and dichroism variations in FNLCs mainly stem from the magnetic response of the composite chains, indicating local effects.
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Emulsifying mechanisms of phospholipids in high-pressure homogenization of perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8373-8384
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00828F, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Larissa J. Lubitz, Harden Rieger, Gero Leneweit
An optimized PFC/W emulsion contains 1 mM lipid per 1% (v/v) dispersed phase for an emulsifying monolayer; higher ratios result in triple layers. Low viscosity ratios ηD/ηC ≤ 5 and low PFC volume fractions lead to smaller monodisperse droplets.
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Nanoconfinement effects on the dynamics of an ionic liquid-based electrolyte probed by multinuclear NMR

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8436-8445
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01058B, Paper
Open Access
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Andrei Filippov, Maiia Rudakova, Victor P. Archipov, Faiz Ullah Shah
Diffusivity is controlled by exchange of ions between “narrow” and “large” pores that results in an abnormal temperature variation. Li+ ions are solvated inside the porous glasses and their diffusivity remains slower as compared to the organic ions.
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The surface diffusivity of nanoparticles physically adsorbed at a solid–liquid interface

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8446-8454
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00992D, Paper
Troy Singletary, Nima Iranmanesh, Carlos E. Colosqui
This work proposes an analytical model considering the effects of hydrodynamic drag and energy barriers induced by liquid solvation forces to predict the in-plane translational diffusivity of a nanoparticle physically adsorbed on a wetted surface.
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