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Vistara's Delhi-London flight diverted to Frankfurt after bomb threat on social media

Nearly 40 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats in the past few days which later turned out to be hoaxes




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Delhi Police registers eight FIRs over bomb threats to more than 90 flights; probe on

The affected flights include services from Akasa, Air India, IndiGo and Vistara, operating from Delhi to various domestic and international destinations, they said, adding the investigation is underway




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Adani Ports Q2 PAT up 39%, revenue up 6.3%

Adani Ports said in a statement it was well positioned to hit the upper end of the FY25 EBITDA guidance range of ₹17,000-18,000 crore




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Great Eastern Shipping to sell 19-year-old product tanker 

Following the sale, G E Shipping’s fleet will consist of 41 vessels with a total deadweight tonnage of 3.31 million, including 28 tankers and 13 dry bulk carriers.




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India could benefit from re-orientation of global supply chain away from China after Trump's victory: Report

The report highlighted the Trump’s plans include imposing a 60 per cent tariff on imports from China, as well as additional tariffs ranging from 10 per cent to 20 per cent on imports from other countries




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Kandla to become 390 MTPA capacity-port by 2030: Deendayal Port Authority chairman

Kandla port is looking to offer three oil jetties and a couple of cargo jetties to private players under the PPP mode




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Nestle buys vitamin maker Bountiful's main brands for $5.75-b

Deal excludes sports, active nutrition brands




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India's Mylab to ramp up Covid-19 test production to 100 mln units per week

Antigent tests said to produce more false negatives




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TCS net profit up 12.3% at ₹9,769 crore; revenue up 16.3%

From a pipeline perspective, the company crossed a total contract value of $7.6 billion this quarter




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Kannadasan's lyrics held a mirror to life

Kannadasan’s verses explored emotions with intimacy, depth and literary flair.




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Listen to the most hardcore version of 'Enter Sandman'

Listen to James Hetfield in full metal glory belting out the song with a tiny clarinet.




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India's net direct tax collections surge 15.4 pc to Rs 12.1 lakh crore in April-Nov




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Political stability boosts India's apparel appeal for exports




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India's solar product exports record over 20-fold jump to $2 bn in last 2 years




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India's IT spending to reach $160 bn in 2025: Report




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Substituent effect in determining the total structure of an all-alkynyl-protected Ag98 nanocluster for methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18161-18169
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04318A, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Xiaoqin Cui, Xuehuan Zhang, Ting Li, Sheng Zhu, Gaoyi Han, Huan Li
A sterically demanding ortho-CF3 substituent defines not only the arrangement of ligands on a Ag98(2-CF3PhCC)48Cl4 nanocluster (Ag98) but also the inter-cluster interactions. Ag98 shows excellent methanol tolerance in the oxygen reduction reaction.
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Probing water adsorption and stability under steam flow of Zr-based metal-organic frameworks using 91Zr solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04589K, Edge Article
Open Access
Athulya Nadol, Florian Venel, Raynald Giovine, Maeva Leloire, Christophe Volkringer, Thierry Loiseau, Christel Gervais, Caroline Mellot-Draznieks, Bertrand Doumert, Julien Trébosc, Olivier Lafon, Frédérique Pourpoint
The stability of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in the presence of water is crucial for a wide range of applications, including the production of freshwater, desiccation, humidity control, heat pumps/chillers and...
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13/09:44 EST Flood Warning Summary for Queensland




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13/09:43 EST Final Flood Warning for the Logan River




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13/09:26 EST Minor Flood Warning for the Bremer River and Warrill Creek




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Sin surcharge for others' sins

Mamata Banerjee's decision to impose surcharge on cigarettes is sin surcharge for other's sin




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Car walkers' club

Breed of morning walkers. They drive to park for walk, but what else they do?




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PM Modi a 'demanding' boss, have to be 'fully prepared' to hold discussions with him: EAM Jaishankar




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India's first-ever space exercise 'Antariksha Abhyas' begins




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'Namo buddhaya': Kiren Rijiju expresses gratitude on visit to Buddha memorial in Maharashtra's Nashik




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India warns 'least common denominator' model of UNSC reforms could derail major change




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India warns 'least common denominator' model of UNSC reforms could derail major change




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Dilbert 2.0 Creator Scott Adams Interviewed By Barron's

No Laughing Matter By JIM MCTAGUE
Cartoonist and blogger Scott Adams is outspoken about economics, politics and more -- but tight-lipped about Dilbert, hero to cubicle jockeys.

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE ECONOMY COULDN'T POSSIBLY get worse comes this disturbing news: Dilbert's mismanaged high-tech company is foundering, jeopardizing the lovable cartoon character's oppressive but steady job as an electrical engineer in a stuffy cubicle, where he's manufactured laughs about illogical and inhumane corporate managers for nearly 20 years.

Barron's won't divulge the climax of the current plot. During a recent interview, Dilbert's creator, Scott Adams, asked that we merely hint at what lies ahead for the cylinder-headed nerd with the upturned, clip-on tie. But read the daily Dilberts carefully over the next few days or weeks; clues abound and they don't point to a happy conclusion.

That's fitting because, as Adams notes in Dilbert 2.0, his $85, 576-page 20th-anniversary collection of 4,000 of his more than 8,000 cartoon strips (plus a DVD): "Dilbert is most popular when the workplace is at its worse." In fact, the strip, a window on workplace absurdity, took off during the downsizing binge of the early 1990s. In one memorable sequence from that period, Dilbert competes with a monkey to keep his engineering job. Dilbert wins, but his victory jig is short-circuited by his pointy-haired boss' decision to place the monkey on the upper-management fast track. Sounds like a telling commentary on the corporate world of 21st century's first decade, too.

Adams' current strips and very funny blog (http://www.dilbert.com/blog/), which often feature the cartoonist's insightful economic and stock-market commentaries, provide more hints about Dilbert's fate. A Dec. 12 blog argues that the recession is anything but temporary: "I think we are on the verge of a change as profound as the Industrial Revolution. Society will have to retool its expectations to meet the reality that there just won't be enough money to provide necessary services if we insist on consuming in an inefficient way."

One clue about Dilbert's fate appeared on Dec. 13 in newspapers around the world (Dilbert is published in 70 countries and 25 languages) in what turned out to be one of the most popular episodes in the strip's history: A financial adviser recommends that Dilbert's pointy-haired boss invest all of the company's funds in sick livestock. Don't buy just one sick cow, the adviser urges; buy an entire herd, because by aggregating sick cows, the risk goes away. "It's called math," the adviser adds, in a send-up of the asset-backed securitizations that have helped topple the global economy.

The financial adviser, by the way, is a malicious canine. In his blogs, Adams is equally unkind to real advisers and money managers. In his view, formed long before the disrobing of Bernie Madoff, they're always conniving to steal investors' money. Perhaps this depiction is payback: Adams lost a bundle following advice during the tech bubble, which also convinced him that investing in individual stocks and "professionally managed" funds is a losers' game. His advisers put half of his portfolio into WorldCom, Enron and other sure things and lost 40% of his invested cash, he says. He managed the other half and lost 20% in the tech wreck.

"Most of the investments I made in individual stocks went bad because managements were lying. They are the source of the information for the markets." His conclusion: "It is even dumber to pay an expert to talk to the liar for you and charge you 1% of your portfolio." Some folks who bought funds of funds that invested with Madoff surely would agree.

Read entire article: http://online.barrons.com/article/SB123094660981850775.html




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Bee & Me Named Publisher's Weekly Bestseller

Publisher’s Weekly’s Children’s Picture Book Bestsellers (2/16/09) features Bee & Me at #8

When a young boy discovers a bee trapped in his bedroom he hides for fear of being stung. But when the amiable bee frantically explains all that bees do, the boy comes to understand how good things come in different packages: "Bees make honey. That much we know. Bees also spread pollen, which makes all things grow."

The subject of honeybees' mysterious dwindling population throughout the world has been a growing concern in the news in recent years. Bee & Me brings the critical importance of bees to light for young children through the innovative, full color process of ANIMOTION™ in an engaging story of friendship and understanding. Bee & Me will charm readers while providing valuable information about how important bees are to sustainable agriculture. Bee & Me is sure to fascinate, entertain and engage readers of all ages.

Coming soon: Baby Turtle's Tale

This is something to "sea" and read. Full-color ani-motion technology comes alive and propels Baby Turtle's Tale, a lovely and touching story about a baby sea turtle hatching and making his way in the underwater world.

Elle McGuinness, the author of the well-received Bee & Me, takes us on the sea turtle's adventures from the beach to the reunion with his family on the coral reef.

Baby Turtle's Tale will appeal to young readers interested in preserving the environment and helping the plight of endangered species like sea turtles.

Features an educational appendix of fun and interesting facts about sea turtles




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The Art and Soul of Baking a 2009 IACP Cookbook Awards Winner

The Art and Soul of Baking is a 2009 IACP Cookbook Awards Winner

Winners were announced at the 2009 International Association of Culinary Professionals Conference (IACP) International in Denver on April 4.

Art and Soul of Baking won in the cookbook/baking category!

Sur La Table teamed with pastry chef and baking teacher Cindy Mushet to bring you the ultimate guide to baking. Beautiful photographs and more than 250 easy-to-follow recipes lead you into a world of alluring aromas and light, flaky pastries. Illustrated asides take you step by step through important techniques, from carmelizing sugar to working with croissant dough. Plus, you'll find invaluable information on over 100 ingredients and 50 baker's tools. A true pleasure for anyone who loves to bake.

The cookbook is also nominated for a 2009 James Beard Foundation Award.



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The 'ugly Indian' syndrome



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'Spirit'ual Kerala



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Regulatory, policy reforms crucial for future of India's pharma R&D: Report

Inadequate capacity for drug regulation, need for advanced testing facilities, lack of strong framework for monitoring quality compliance among policy challenges, says report




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Need clear laws, standard operating procedures to protect workers, manufacturers' interests: GTRI

Amid the ongoing Samsung workers’ strike in Tamil Nadu, economic think tank GTRI suggests seven-step strategy to foster a more stable industrial environment in the country




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Govt plans to issue ALMM for PV cells to push India's green energy transition

The 2019 ALMM order (List-I) specified models and manufacturers of solar PV modules, whereas List-II will identify and include models and manufacturers of solar PV cells




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BMW F 900 GS Series launched




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Vijay's maiden political entry was successful: Tamil megastar Rajinikanth




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TN: Yellow alert in 19 districts for the next two days




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Special puja at Kamala Harris' ancestral village for her win in US Prez polls




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'Sad & dejected': Pall of gloom over Kamala Harris's ancestral village in TN after electoral defeat




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Barring heavy rain, Cyclone Dana's impact nominal in West Bengal




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Bengal Governor launches self-defence course 'Abhaya Plus' for girls




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'Nation is proud of you': West Bengal Guv to GRSE on laying keels of two NGOPVS




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Work for revival of Kolkata's iconic Adi Ganga to start from January




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How to identify hidden signs of your child's depression and how to go about it

This article will highlight common signs of depression in children and offer practical steps for parents to ensure their child gets the support needed to overcome these challenges.




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Monkeypox in India: 6 dos and don'ts that you must follow

By following these do's and don'ts, you can protect yourself and others from Mpox while maintaining your health and well-being.




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PCOS and PCOD: What's the difference? Symptoms, causes, treatment, prevention

While you can't fully prevent PCOD or PCOS, early detection and healthy lifestyle choices can help manage symptoms.




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'I have not worked out': This is how Vidya Balan achieved drastic weight loss without exercising

Despite numerous diets and rigorous workouts, she frequently found that the weight would return.




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'I gain weight as body...' Arjun Kapoor reveals being diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease

Hashimoto's disease can lead to hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid, causing symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, dry skin, and slowed heart rate.