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Ashok Leyland bags order for 500 electric buses from Chennai MTC

While 400 of these 12-m ultra-low floor electric buses will be non-AC, 100 buses will be equipped with air conditioning as well




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Proper road infrastructure, skilled workforce among key challenges for logistics industry: experts

These challenges are pushing logistics firms to balance cost management, workforce, and technology investment to maintain competitiveness




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Air India suspends ten cabin crew as room sharing rule triggers a row

Crew union seeks labour ministry intervention to stall the move 




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IAF to outsource some MRO facilities to industry for the first time

About 80 cases of outsourcing certain MRO facilities are at various stages of approvals




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Armed forces move to scrap mobility contract, Uber says “ready to discuss our data-security practices”

Concerns about data security practices prompt the move




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DHL Express focuses on Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Energy as key growth drivers

In life sciences, rising fields like cell research, biopharma, and clinical trials require specialized supply chains for safe handling and delivery. Meanwhile, the expanding clean energy sector calls for dedicated logistics to manage battery swapping, storage, transport, and disposal




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Odisha start-up launches fully made-in-India, autonomous logistics drone service

Air Orca is fully designed, developed and manufactured in India by Odisha-based start-up Bon V Aero and is equipped to serve as a first responder in post-disaster scenarios




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Faced with revenue headwinds, airlines go extra mile to win customers

These initiatives come amid increased capacity and intensified competition in the Indian skies




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Lacklustre response to VOC Port Project: High cost the reason?

Only two bidders showed interest in the RFQ, and both were rejected and the entire process needs to start afresh in the project




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Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for drug trials to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia




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SpiceJet to start operating flights to US

The airline has been designated ‘Indian scheduled carrier’




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Procter & Gamble commissions its first in-house solar plant in India at its Hyderabad site

Spread over 16,000 sq. mt, it has a capacity of 1MW




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His experiments in music

Musician Arun Varghese is keyed up about his work as a composer and sound designer





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Rhythm rendezvous

Chi Udaka brings together Indian classical dances and Japanese music at The Hindu November Fest.




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...Let the music begin

Expect a blend of classical, folk, pop, rock and Bollywood at The Hindu November Fest’s 12th edition.




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Custodians of heritage

The performances at Delhi Classical Music Festival and Uttaradhikar festival by Raza Foundation reaffirmed our belief in the efficacy of guru-shishya parampara.




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Bridging two genres of music

Sudha Ranjith hopes to make a mark as a classical singer and also keep singing for films.




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An equal music

Resonanz String Quartet enthralled music buffs in the capital city with a brief but melodic concert.




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Robust voice and traditional style

Sastri’s sonorous voice carried manodharmam aspects of raga, neraval and swara kalpana well.




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‘Music is about finding who you are’

Noted sitar exponent Purbayan Chatterjee talks about his inspirations and experiments.




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When the ustads meet

The scions of hoary legacies, Ustad Rashid Khan and Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, will perform at the opening concert of The Hindu November Fest on November 17




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Big on music

Eric Martin, frontman of American rock band Mr. Big, who was in the city recently, tells DEEPA ALEXANDER how he found music and how India found him




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Music, movement and magic

What does Chi Udaka bring to The Hindu November Fest? Here’s what show co-creators Ian Cleworth and Anandavalli and Shakuhachi Grand Master Riley Lee say




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Musical tribute to a maestro

The Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival featured artists from across the country.




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The Hindu November fest to offer a magical fusion of music




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Turning his lens on musicians

Rajiv Menon talks about how ragas and legends of Carnatic music have inspired him as a filmmaker. Renuka Suryanarayan writes.




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Music that’s worth every Benny

The hit singer talks about how tunes have ruled his life




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On August 15, Carnegie Hall echoed with Eastern and Western musical notes

Festival of India@75 brought together stalwart musicians to celebrate the freedom of musical expression




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How T.V. Sankaranarayanan’s music combined style and substance

T.V. Sankaranarayanan, who passed away recently, held aloft the Madurai Mani Iyer bani and great musical values




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Friday Review Music Season Quiz #1

Here is the first of the Music Season quiz:




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Music on the streets of Mylapore: Why Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is celebrating an age-old tradition

How Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is taking the veedhi bhajan tradition to the younger generation




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Musician Nadaka on the geet-taar, a string instrument he crafted, and his fascination for Indian classical music

Nadaka says the geet-taar, with its integration of four instruments, helps him play the nuances and micro-tones of Carnatic music.




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‘Jacquemus’: Viral sensation Tesher’s latest single nods to Brazil, Bollywood and summertime

Infused with influences from Brazilian Baile Funk, Bollywood and hints of other regional Indian musical influences, Tesher says he wanted to create a song that would sound familiar to people across cultures 




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85% industry leaders call for major investments in quantum computing: Report




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Market capitalization of privately listed companies surged 6.4 times, PSUs grew 5 times over last 10 years: Motilal Oswal




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Collective effort needed to meet USD 2 trillion export target by 2030: Piyush Goyal




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Ludo platform Zupee hits record 100 million users, 6.6 billion gameplays




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Ludo platform Zupee hits record 100 million users, 6.6 billion gameplays




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Centre directs officials to speed up resolution of industrial disputes cases




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Japan to push for biofuel-compatible new cars by 2030s




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A critical factor in reactive oxygen species (ROS) studies: the need to understand the chemistry of the solvent used: the case of DMSO

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17843-17851
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05038J, Edge Article
Open Access
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Shubham Bansal, Binghe Wang
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play critical roles in normal physiological processes including cellular signaling and immune responses.
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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
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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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A facile self-saturation process enabling the stable cycling of a small molecule menaquinone cathode in aqueous zinc batteries

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17971-17978
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04685D, Edge Article
Open Access
Shuo Li, Guoli Zhang, Qianrui Li, Tianshun He, Xiaoqi Sun
A facile self-saturation strategy, realized by the introduction of a hydrophobic methyl group on naphthoquinone, is demonstrated to suppress the dissolution of small molecule cathode materials and achieve stable cycling in aqueous zinc cells.
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Porous liquids: an integrated platform for gas storage and catalysis

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17720-17738
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04288C, Perspective
Open Access
Errui Li, Kevin M. Siniard, Zhenzhen Yang, Sheng Dai
In this perspective, recent discoveries in the integration of gas storage and catalysis by leveraging PL platforms have been summarized, highlighting the unique features different from those of traditional homogeneous or heterogeneous procedures.
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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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Selective lignin depolymerization via transfer hydrogenolysis using Pd/hydrotalcite catalysts: model compounds to whole biomass

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03942D, Edge Article
Open Access
Darren Dolan, Rebekah Brucato, Christopher William Reid, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson, Adelina M Voutchkova-Kostal
Cleavage of lignin ether bonds via transfer hydrogenolysis is a promising route to valorize lignin, but processes that use mild reaction conditions and exploit renewable hydrogen donor solvents (rather than...
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Enantioselective dearomative formal (3+3) cycloadditions of bicyclobutanes with aromatic azomethine imines: access to fused 2,3-diazabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06334A, Edge Article
Open Access
Xue-Chun Yang, Feng Wu, Wen-Biao Wu, Xu Zhang, Jian-Jun Feng
We present the first enantioselective dearomative (3+3) cycloadditions of bicyclobutanes (BCBs) utilizing a chiral Lewis acid catalyst and bidentate chelating BCB substrates.
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M12L24 nanospheres as supramolecular templates for the controlled synthesis of Ir-nanoclusters and their use in the chemo-selective hydrogenation of nitro styrene

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06324D, Edge Article
Open Access
Lotte L. Metz, Rens Ham, Eduard Bobylev, Kelly J. H. Brouwer, Alfons van Blaaderen, Rim van de Poll, Victor Drozhzhin, Emiel J. M. Hensen, Joost N. H. Reek
Controlled preparation of ultrafine metal nanoclusters (<2 nm) is challenging, yet important as the properties of these clusters are inherently linked to their size and local microenvironment. In the present...
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Analysis of the cryptic biosynthetic gene cluster encoding the RiPP curacozole reveals a phenylalanine-specific peptide hydroxylase

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02262A, Edge Article
Open Access
Samantha Hollands, Julia Tasch, David J. Simon, Dimah Wassouf, Isobel Barber, Arne Gessner, Andreas Bechthold, David L. Zechel
The noncanonical biosynthesis of curacozole by Streptomyces curacoi is shown to be dependent on the bldA-encoded Leu-tRNAUUA. The minimal biosynthetic gene cluster is defined, and the functions of key biosynthetic enzymes are established in vitro.
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