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Trudeau warns US tariffs on Canada would ‘hurt American workers’

The Canadian leader appealed in his comments directly to the interests of Donald Trump, whose strategy throughout his election campaign was to win over blue-collar workers




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Trump, Putin speak over phone, discuss ending war in Ukraine: Report

‘The two men discussed the goal of peace on the European continent’




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UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution

About 77% of the heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere now comes from the G20 rich nations, many of whom are now cutting back on their pollution, something that is not happening in most poor nations or China




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‘Harry Belafonte was the greatest’: Usha Uthup

Usha Uthup’s exit songs are often a tribute to the late American singer who inspired her career



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The Many, Confusing File System APIs

There are many APIs that interact with the file system, and figuring out what they all do can be deeply frustrating. Don’t give up! I’m here to help.




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AI Ethical Framework: AI Usage Questions

How we deploy AI in our work and product development may hold as much weight in shaping the risks and ethics as the specific models we choose.



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Vinicius, Mbappe on target as Madrid crush plucky Espanyol

The comprehensive victory was Madrid's 38th consecutive La Liga game without defeat, their last loss in the competition coming just under a year ago, against Atletico Madrid in September 2023




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Thomas Tuchel appointment: A German in charge of England? Nationality matters less than it used to in international football

Thomas Tuchel taking charge of England shows that, increasingly, even the top countries in the sport are abandoning the long-held belief that the national team must be led by one of their own.




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Vinicius hat-trick saves Real Madrid in Champions League, Villa go top

Real Madrid beats Borussia Dortmund 5-2 with Vinicius Junior’s hat-trick, while Aston Villa stays unbeaten in Champions League




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Vinicius favourite for Ballon d'Or in post-Messi/Ronaldo era

The men's shortlist for the 2023/24 edition of the prestigious individual award is the first since 2003 to feature neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo




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Jewellery retailers fear a lacklustre Akshaya Tritiya this year due to soaring gold prices

Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on May 10 this year, is considered auspicious to buy gold



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Gold prices surge on Iran-Israel tension and US rate cut hopes

Analysts anticipate continued volatility in gold prices, fluctuating between ₹71,000 and ₹75,000 in the near term



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RBI’s gold holdings now exceed India’s annual demand for the precious metals

Central bank embarks on gold buying spree, adds 25 tonnes to forex reserves



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Customs detains Shashi Tharoor’s aide in alleged gold smuggling case

Customs officials detain Shiv Kumar Prasad for allegedly receiving 500-gram gold chain from passenger Dharmendra Dubey at IGI airport




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Gold prices unchanged as market awaits US economic reports

Investors are particularly focused on upcoming job data and key economic indicators to assess the health of the U.S. economy and its potential impact on future Fed decisions



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Gold rush grips Asia despite near-record prices

Gold demand has also been boosted due to lower confidence in other investment options, such as real estate and equities, analysts say



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Budget 2024: To boost domestic production, Kerala gold trade seek basic customs duty reduction 

The recent increase in import duty from 7.5 to 15 per cent has significantly impacted production costs



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Gold eases, investors seek more cues on US Fed's rate path

UIS dollar rose on safety bids after an attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, which raised his odds of winning



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Budget 2024: Customs duty on gold, silver cut to 6%

Telecom equipment faces hike in basic customs duty to 15 per cent




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Budget 2024: Domestic gold prices drop 5% after cut in Customs duty

Import levy cut to 6% from 11%, AIDC pruned to 1%; move may curb smuggling



  • Gold & Silver

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Gold prices climb amid US recession concerns and rate cut bets

Spot gold rose 0.14% to $2,446.83 per ounce, while US gold futures increased by 0.8% to $2,488.50. 



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Gold industry forms self-regulatory body to ensure transparency, boost trust

The Association for Gold Excellence and Standards will frame good practices to be followed by the entire value chain of the industry, including bullion, jewellery manufacturers and retailers



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SRO will ensure industry gains consumers’ trust: WGC India chief

‘The code of conduct will be different for each segment of players across the value chain’




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Gold purification: Provide small and medium refineries licences, says industry association

Merchants’ association urges Centre to review decision on mandatory hallmarking and HUIC certification for purifying old ornaments



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Gold hits all-time high in August as import duties drop and USD weakens

The rise was primarily driven by a drop in the US dollar and lower 10-year Treasury yields due to potential Federal Reserve rate cuts.



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Gold set to glitter more post US Fed rate cut 

A crisis accompanying the rate cut cycles had given the safe haven push for the yellow metal 




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Gold may sustain its current rally to top $3,000/oz, say analysts

US Fed rate cut, weak dollar and rising geopolitical tension to aid the precious metal’s surge



  • Gold & Silver

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Industry in China

Abstract: China’s diverse industrial sector is the driving force of the nation’s post-1978 economic “miracle.” While conditions will change in the coming decades as nations in South and Southeast Asia and Africa with lower cost labor and land make inroads, China remains a vibrant manufacturing sector that must be credited with both the nation’s

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Solvent-dependent Ln(III) clusters assembled by immobilization of CO2 in the air: zero-field single-molecule magnets and magnetic refrigerant materials

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02310B, Paper
Cai-Ming Liu, Xiang Hao, Zhao-Bo Hu, He-Rui Wen
The automatic fixation of CO2 in the air plays a key role in the construction of Dy(III) single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and Gd(III) magnetic refrigeration molecular materials using Ln(III)Cl3 (Ln =...
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Oxaphosphiranes: isolable phosphorus-containing epoxide rings

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02915A, Paper
Open Access
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Niklas Volk, Antonio García Alcaraz, Selvakumar Balasubramaniam, Jannik Heumann, Gregor Schnakenburg, Arturo Espinosa Ferao, Rainer Streubel
A new efficient protocol for the synthesis of isolable oxaphosphiranes based on easy decomplexation is described. Theoretical studies unveil a singlet carbene-like FMO situation at phosphorus explaining the reactions with oxidants, acids and bases.
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Development of Polyoxometalate-loaded MOF for Heterogeneous Catalysis and Enhanced Dye Adsorption

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02645D, Paper
Ketan Maru, Sarita Kalla, Ritambhara Jangir
The study focuses here on the enhancement of MIL-117 functionality by incorporating well-known polyoxometalate (POM); tetrabutylammonium octamolybdate [(n-C4H9)4N]4[Mo8O26]. Using an encapsulation method with conventional heating, Mo8O264- anions were first time...
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Morphology-dependent Li+ ion dynamics in X-ray amorphous and crystalline Li3PS4 prepared by solvent-assisted synthesis

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02636E, Paper
Open Access
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Jonas Spychala, Christoph Mandl, Katharina Hogrefe, H. Martin R. Wilkening, Bernhard Gadermaier
Ionic conductivity of Li3PS4 if synthesized by a solvent-assisted method strongly depends on overall and surface morphology. Amorphous Li3PS4 shows a rather high conductivity which is only slightly enhanced when going to the (nano-)crystalline form.
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Stable homogeneous silver(I) catalysts for the highly efficient cycloaddition of azides onto terminal alkynes in water

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02825B, Communication
Meysam Kakavand, Anna Kozakiewicz, Abdollah Neshat
To develop stable and efficient silver(I) catalysts and evaluate the role of sulfur and phosphorus donor ligands in the catalytic cycloaddition of selected organic azides and alkynes (AAC), a series...
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Co-doping regulation on Ni-based electrocatalysts to adjust the selectivity of oxygen reduction reaction for Zn–air batteries and H2O2 production

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17819-17828
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01625D, Paper
Songhan Hu, Kai Wang, Xinxin Xu, Qiang Wang
Two Ni-based electrocatalysts with different ORR selectivity were synthesized from a NiMOF, which show promising prospects in Zn–air batteries and H2O2 production.
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Construction of oxygen-rich vacancies and heterojunctions coupled with different morphologies of CeO2/mesoporous TiO2 framework structures for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17963-17975
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02014F, Paper
Morigejile Liu, Guangmei Jiang, Zaiwang Zhao, Ying Shi, Siqin Zhao
Construction of oxygen-rich vacancies and heterojunction-coupled CeO2/mesoporous TiO2 framework structures with different morphologies and efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance.
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Coinage metal(I) clusters supported by a 1,10-phenanthroline-phosphine: orange-to-NIR phosphorescence, metallophilic interactions and enhanced cytotoxicity

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,18027-18036
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02642J, Paper
Alexander V. Artem'ev, Maria P. Davydova, Lyubov S. Klyushova, Evgeniy H. Sadykov, Mariana I. Rakhmanova, Taisiya S. Sukhikh
Based on 2-(diphenylphosphino)-1,10-phenanthroline, a series of small metal(I) clusters, exhibiting orange to NIR phosphorescence and strong dose-dependent cytotoxicity.
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An acidity-triggered aggregation nanoplatform based on degradable mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for precise drug delivery and phototherapy of focal bacterial infection

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17893-17901
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02111H, Paper
Yunhan Huang, Wei Guo, Xinyu Wang, Jingrui Chang, Bo Lu
An acidity-triggered aggregation antibacterial nanoplatform based on biodegradable mesoporous organic silica nanoparticles, is reported. It enables precise drug release and spatial accuracy for photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy.
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Gold nanoparticle-decorated amorphous carbon for oxidative cyclization of anthranilamide and aryl alcohols

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17976-17988
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02355B, Paper
The Thai Nguyen, Huyen-Tran Thi Nguyen, Thu Anh Nguyen, Khuong Quoc Vo, Phuong Hoang Tran
Various 2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones were produced in moderate-to-good yields (44–80%) via the oxidative cyclization of anthranilamide and benzyl alcohols using gold nanoparticle-decorated amorphous carbon as an efficient catalyst.
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Synthesis of organo-uranium(II) species in the gas-phase using reactions between [UH]+ and nitriles

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02508C, Paper
Justin G. Terhorst, Theodore A. Corcovilos, Samuel J. Lenze, Michael J. van Stipdonk
A series of gas-phase, σ-bonded [U–R]+ species (R = CH3, C2H3, C2H5, C3H7, or C5H6) can be generated by using preparative tandem mass spectrometry (PTMSn) via ion-molecule reactions between [UH]+ and neutral nitriles.
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Asymmetric triply bridged lanthanide binuclear clusters with distinctly different magnetic behaviors

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02652G, Communication
Yue Yang, Yu-Xia Wang, Yu-Zhe Lei, Peng Cheng
Isomorphic binuclear clusters Gd and Dy with antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic couplings are separately exhibiting single-molecule magnetic behavior and strong magnetocaloric entropy.
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Recent Advances in Syntheses and Emerging Applications of 2D Borophene based Nanomaterials with a Focus on Supercapacitors

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02573C, Frontier
Prashanta Pal, Mahasweta Nandi
Two dimensional (2D) nanosheet of boron i.e. borophene, triggered interest in progressive research as a result of the vast field of opportunities to explore, from its innovative synthetic techniques to...
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Study of CanUO2(CO3)3(4–2n)– complexes using CE-ICP-MS with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) capillaries

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02781G, Paper
Ruopei Sun, Erwan Dupuis, Jean Aupiais, Pascal Reiller
The formation constants of CanUO2(CO3)3(4–2n)– complexes have been determined directly using capillary electrophoresis coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (CE-ICP-MS) in 0.1 M NaCl and at room temperature. Instead...
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Moving house and memories

When life’s imprints tumble out of closets and into oblivion




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Of coruscating celluloid

The cameras back then captured raw, real, and unadulterated images




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A tussle with white shoes

Soon after the school reopens, the pair turns brown in the slush and mud




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Talking about menopause

Media explore gender disparity largely, but it has failed to explicitly probe this transformative stage in a woman’s life




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A lie and its deleterious effects

Lying often results in guilt, anxiety, or the fear of being caught




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Celebrate menopause

Recognise it as the beginning of a new chapter in a woman’s life




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Tracking proton therapy with acoustic waves

Katia Parodi describes an innovative technique for improving ion-beam therapy




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Cheluvarayaswamy accuses HDK of collecting ₹1,000 cr. from steel industries to fund elections; JD(S) terms it a strategy to divert attention from ‘excise scam’

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress government of collecting ₹700 crore from excise sources to fund the Maharashtra elections, it was the turn of N. Cheluvarayaswamy