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ZBNF spells 'amogh' benefits for this farmer

But Amog Gurave’s experience shows that wider adoption requires measured steps, not a rapid govt push




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No man's land: Dalit women in Maharashtra take on patriarchy, casteist forces to claim cultivation rights




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How Covid-19 has disrupted shipping operations and seafarers' lives

Covid-19 has dealt a cruel blow to over two lakh seafarers and their families, by disrupting shipping operations and schedules. P Manoj reports




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Covid-19: A blessing in disguise




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A pair of hornbills consumes 90,000 fruits and 17,000 insects a year, reveals forest watcher




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99 cities recorded ‘poor’ air quality a day after Deepavali 

Ambala in Haryana recorded the highest AQI of 367 followed by Amritsar in Punjab at 350, while Delhi’s average AQI was 339; PM2.5 levels in Delhi reached values seen only in mid-winter months.




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UN summit approves fund to share benefits of nature's sequenced genetic data

The issue had been a bone of contention at the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) to the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)




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Ahead of COP29, rich countries expect private money to fill green funding gap | Analysis

At the COP16 negotiations in Colombia, countries failed to figure out how they would mobilise $200 billion a year in conservation funding by 2030




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Watch: Climate finance issues in COP29, rooftop farming in Chennai

Climate finance issues expected to come up at COP29 in Baku; floods in western and central Africa, and the Chennai Urban Farming Initiative




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2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

Scientists said 2024 will also be the first year in which the planet is more than 1.5C hotter than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale.




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Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty on UN climate conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan




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Gopi Thotakura to become 1st Indian space tourist to fly on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission

Gopi Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the mission




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ICMR releases revised 'Dietary Guidelines for Indians', urges avoiding protein supplements

Low intake of essential nutrients can disrupt metabolism and increase the risk of insulin resistance




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Stock to buy today: J.B. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (₹1,961.80): BUY

J.B. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals share price can rise to ₹2,100




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Stock to buy today: PNB Housing Finance (₹999.2)

The price action over the past couple of weeks indicates good buying interest




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Stock to buy today: Mahindra & Mahindra (₹2,979.25): BUY

Mahindra & Mahindra share price can rise to ₹3,200




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69th National Film Awards: ‘RRR’, ‘Pushpa - The Rise’ lead as Telugu films grab 10 awards; Allu Arjun is best actor

S.S. Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ bagged six awards, followed by ‘Pushpa - The Rise’, ‘Uppena’ and ‘Konda Polam’ at the 69th National Film Awards. Allu Arjun won the award for best actor, while ‘RRR’ was declared the best popular film for providing wholesome entertainment




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Domestic air passenger traffic rise 9% in November

IndiGo remained the country's largest domestic carrier but its market share declined to 61.8% in November from 62.6% in October.




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Karnataka to restart 3,800 bus routes suspended during COVID-19 pandemic

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy says besides restarting bus routes, 10,000 trips will be added




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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, meaning they can be downloaded directly from the museum’s website for non-commercial use. When you browse the Met collection and find an image that […]




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Discover Paul Éluard and Max Ernst’s Still-Bizarre Proto-Surrealist Book Les Malheurs des immortels (1922)

When the names of French poet Paul Éluard and German artist Max Ernst arise, one subject always follows: that of their years-long ménage à trois — or rather, “marriage à trois,” as a New York Times article by Annette Grant once put it. It started in 1921, Grant writes, when the Surrealist movement’s co-founder André Breton put […]




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Carl Jung Psychoanalyzes Hitler: “He’s the Unconscious of 78 Million Germans.” “Without the German People He’d Be Nothing” (1938)

Were you to google “Carl Jung and Nazism”—and I’m not suggesting that you do—you would find yourself hip-deep in the charges that Jung was an anti-Semite and a Nazi sympathizer. Many sites condemn or exonerate him; many others celebrate him as a blood and soil Aryan hero. It can be nauseatingly difficult at times to […]




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Superior energy storage performance and transparency in (K0.5Na0.5)(Nb0.97Ta0.03)O3-based ceramics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17439-17447
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03682D, Paper
Wenjing Bi, Ying Li, Juan Du, Jingwen Sun, Zhe Wang, Wenna Chao, Jigong Hao, Peng Fu, Peng Li, Wei Li
Strongly relaxed ferroelectric KNN-based ceramics with nano-domains are developed, and synergistic enhancement with a large Wrec and good transparency is realized.
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High-performance circularly polarized photodetectors based on chiral transfer of achiral poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03735A, Paper
Xiaocheng Wu, Junjie Liu, Yunhao Xu, Longzhen Qiu, Xiaohong Wang
High-performance circularly polarized photodetectors with photocurrent asymmetry factor (|gph|) as high as 0.58 were prepared by a blending-induced chiral transfer method.
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Greenglass: the enterprise that's saved more than 60,000 bottles from becoming trash

100% recycling extends the useful life of glass, fights the problem of household trash, supports recyclers and transforms bottles into modern drinking glasses.



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Isn't it good, Norwegian wood

The Oslo-based company Kebony uses patented technology to give softwood the attributes of tropical hardwoods, saving the rainforest one plank at a time



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Video: Sushant's final heroine bids him goodbye

'The fact that you get to spend the rest of your time by your mother's side, I know, gives you the only happiness you wanted in the world.'





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Kareena celebrates Saif's 50th birthday with a kiss!

Kareena Kapoor planned a birthday bash for husband Saif Ali Khan's 50th birthday on August 16, and the guests included Karisma Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu.






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Varun Dhawan's lovely Maldives holiday

After Taapsee Pannu, Neha Dhupia, Mandira Bedi and badminton star Saina Nehwal, it is Varun Dhawan's turn to head out to the Maldives.




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PIX: Elli AvrRam's HOT Maldives vacation

Maldives is certainly Bollywood's FAVOURITE destination, especially this time of the year.




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PIX: Sophie Choudry's bikini holiday

Yes, it's that time of the day to peep into yet another Maldives holiday!




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What's a pretty Daisy doing in the Maldives?

Like other Bollywood stars, Daisy Shah took a trip to the Maldives.





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Step Inside Guru Randhawa's Home

In the fifth season of Asian Paints' Where the Heart Is, we take you inside Guru Randhawa's home.






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Step Inside Aditi Rao Hydari's Home

In the fifth season of Asian Paints' Where the Heart Is, we take you inside Aditi Rao Hydari's home.





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WATCH! Guru Randhawa's Dating Tips

'I haven't tried Tinder yet because itne saare swipe right ko main kaise handle karoonga?'






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What's Devgn Doing With These Ladies?

Inspired by true incidents, Runway 34 revolves around Captain Vikrant Khanna, played by Ajay Devgn, whose flight takes a mysterious course after take-off from an international destination.





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'Bilkul naughty nahin hoon'

Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com brings us scenes from the Jug Jugg Jeeyo trailer launch.




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'Alia is the dal-chawal with tadka'

'One thing I really lack as an actor is angst. I'm not an angry person. I'm a very fun-loving, happy, detached guy.'




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What Vijay Deverakonda's Mom Calls Him

'=I love telling stories, and I love telling them to huger audiences and big auditoriums.;'And what better auditorium than India?'




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Like Kiara's Airport Fashion?

Alia meets Bhansali... Tara promotes Ek Villain Returns... Urvashi glams up...