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Is Uttar Pradesh’s decision to suspend 35 labour laws legal? Experts believe it could be challenged

The list of laws proposed to be suspended contains Centrals laws. Suspending them would require the President’s approval.




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Maharashtra universities final year/semester exams in July; remaining students to be promoted

The state government has decided not to conduct exams for 1st and 2nd year and lower semester students due to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Coronavirus: Two Indians flown back from Gulf to Kerala test positive

The Centre said it will now only test severe cases of the disease before releasing patients.




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Listen: Hindustani melodies in which the crow acts as a messenger for lovers

A Punjabi couplet attributed to Sufi spiritual leader Baba Farid has found its way through many translated versions into qawwali and thumri-dadra renditions.




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Samit Basu’s new novel looks at how reality is shaped and what humans can do about it

‘Chosen Spirits’ is neither simple dystopic science-fiction nor straightforward political satire, but a call for freedom in an age of puppy adoption shows.




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CBSE pending board exam dates revealed; to be conducted from July 1 to 15

HRD Minister said that the CBSE will conduct the pending 12th exams and 10th exams for Northeast Delhi students during these dates.




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BCCI considers fielding two separate teams for matches on same day post coronavirus: Report

The board has reportedly run the idea with the coaching staff.




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What does the end of India’s Covid-19 lockdown mean for you?

The lockdown has not ‘killed’ the virus and was never going to. We will have to learn to live with Covid-19, possibly until 2022.




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Vanessa Bryant sues LA County sheriff for taking unauthorised photographs of Kobe’s crash site

Vanessa is seeking damages in the wake of revelations that eight sheriff’s department deputies took graphic photos of the scene and shared them with others.




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‘We must learn to live with the coronavirus,’ says health ministry

The ministry said it was possible that with adherence to physical distancing norms and aggressive containment, India may never hit the peak.




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Watch: This TikTok user travels to exotic locations to brew his morning coffee

No wonder Falke Omdal, a 29-year-old photographer, has garnered a million views for his TikTok videos.




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Remembering beloved movie stars: Be kind and rewind, but be open-eyed too

Perhaps one should be able to speak of the ills or even just the shortcomings along with the good and the superlatives.




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Orissa court order on testing migrants highlights needless judicial intervention in Covid-19 crisis

While courts have an important role in ensuring that the rights of citizens are protected, it is essential that they avoid adjudicating on policy matters.




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Coronavirus: Cases in India will peak by July end, but will get better, says WHO envoy

David Nabarro said India has managed to keep the virus ‘reasonably well located in specific places’ by imposing timely restrictions.




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Football: Some players are still recovering from coronavirus, says AC Milan president Scaroni

The Lombardy club returned to individual training this week and are expecting Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic to return in the coming days.




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UFC to go ahead with it’s schedule despite one of the fighter testing positive for coronavirus

The organisers said Brazilian Ronaldo Souza, who was to fight Uriah Hall on the undercard, will not take part in the event.




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Evanescence’s Amy Lee on their new album: ‘Good if some songs go off the rails a little bit’

The 38-year-old singer-pianist discussed the goth-rock band’s early days and their upcoming album ‘The Bitter Truth’.




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Covid-19: Karnataka allows restaurants, pubs, bars to sell liquor but only as takeaway

The establishments will be allowed to sell liquor from 9 am to 7 pm.




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Watch: This malinois dog plays hide-and-seek with a child, and even follows the rules

The dog even peeks while counting!




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How to not be mentally distressed during the lockdown: Read Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’

‘However strange your experience, other people have had it too,’ wrote Woolf in this 1926 essay.




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Covid-19: Bengal not allowing trains reach state is injustice to migrant workers, says Amit Shah

In his letter to Mamata Banerjee’s state government, the Union home minister said that this may further create hardship for the labourers.




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Indian companies are contributing lavishly to PM-CARES – even amid layoffs and pay cuts

The quasi-private relief fund does not stand up to scrutiny.




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NBA’s restart plan amidst coronavirus includes daily testing of players, limited locations: Reports

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver explained the plan in a conference call open to all NBA players.




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Coronavirus: Only severe cases need to be tested before discharge, says Centre in revised guidelines

Other categories of patients – including very mild, mild, pre-symptomatic and moderate cases – need not be tested before discharge, it added.




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Covid-19: Over 1,000 migrant workers clash with police in Surat, demand to be sent home

The police have arrested over 60 people and another 60 have been detained.




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Sehwag would’ve crossed 10,000 Test runs if he played for another country, says Pakistan’s Latif

Despite Sehwag’s impressive records, Latif believes the former opener remained under the shadows of Tendulkar and Dravid in the Indian team.




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Coronavirus: Trinamool Congress hits back at Amit Shah, claims eight trains scheduled for migrants

The Union home minister had alleged that the state government was being unjust to migrant workers by not allowing ‘Sharmik’ special trains.




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Aurangabad train accident: MP government’s negligence led to deaths of 16 migrants, alleges Congress

The party said that the workers had applied to the state government for passes to return home, but the administration did not act on it.




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Coronavirus: Senior India hockey players to undergo online coaching course amid lockdown

The course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively.




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Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu moves SC against Madras High Court order to close liquor shops

On Friday, the Madras High Court noted that there was a ‘blatant violation’ of its guidelines regulating liquor sales and ordered only online sale.




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Pause, rewind, play: When the Tiger oozed class and confidence - a rare interview of MAK Pataudi

In this fascinating footage Pataudi, one of the greatest Indian captains, talks about how he became a leader, the accident that damaged his eye, and more.




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After the virus: What utopia will look like for the publishing industry in the US

All publishing will fight fascism. Autofiction will auto-destruct after reading. The author will be killed again so the text may live.




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Vizag gas leak: Protestors put bodies in front of LG Polymers gate, demand closure of plant

They also demanded the arrest of those responsible.




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Watch: Virat Kohli picks his favourite match other than 2011 ODI World Cup final win

The India captain picked the quarter-final win over Australia at the 2016 T20 World Cup, for the importance of the match and the atmosphere.




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No altruism: Watford chairman hits out at Premier League’s proposal to end season at neutral venues

Watford chairman Scott Duxbury said he was worried about the impact of a distorted nine-game mini-league.




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Coronavirus: Tamil Nadu to ease lockdown restrictions in non-containment areas from Monday

The state has registered a huge increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the last few days.




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Covid-19: Teachers to evaluate CBSE Class 10, 12 exam papers at home from Sunday, says Centre

The answer sheets will be delivered to the teachers’ homes from 3,000 schools designated as exam centres.




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He’s very down to earth: Chennaiyin FC midfielder Thapa recalls interaction with MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the co-owners of Chennaiyin FC, two-time winners of Indian Super League in 2015 and 2017-’18 season.




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[ASAP] Isomer-Selective Threshold Photoelectron Spectra of Phenylnitrene and Its Thermal Rearrangement Products

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01134




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[ASAP] Theoretical Study on the Reduction Mechanism of Np(VI) by Hydrazine Derivatives

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01504




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[ASAP] The Vagabond Fluorine Atom: Dissociative Photoionization of <italic toggle="yes">trans</italic>-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01804




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[ASAP] Hydration Structure and Hydrolysis of U(IV) and Np(IV) Ions: A Comparative Density Functional Study Using a Modified Continuum Solvation Approach

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11862




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[ASAP] Two-temperature Collisional-radiative Modeling of Partially Ionized O<sub>2</sub>–Ar Mixtures over 8000–10,000 K Behind Reflected Shock Waves

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00466




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[ASAP] Characterization of Conjugation Effects in the Series of Quinoxaline-2-ones by Means of Vibrational Raman Spectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01838




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[ASAP] Predicting Deprotonation Sites Using Alchemical Derivatives

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b09472




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[ASAP] Conformers of Allyl Isothiocyanate: A Combined Microwave Spectroscopy and Computational Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02059




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[ASAP] Reaction Mechanism of the Isomerization of Monoterpene Epoxides with Fe<sup>3+</sup> as Active Catalytic Specie: A Computational Approach

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b09622




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[ASAP] Reactivity Parameters and Substitution Effect in Organic Acids

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10258




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[ASAP] Acoustic Vibrations of Al Nanocrystals: Size, Shape, and Crystallinity Revealed by Single-Particle Transient Extinction Spectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01190




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[ASAP] Connecting Femtosecond Transient Absorption Microscopy with Spatially Coregistered Time Averaged Optical Imaging Modalities

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11996