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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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Hockey: President Narinder Batra’s term extended till May 2021 after FIH postpones annual congress

The annual meeting was originally scheduled for October 28, 2020 but had to be postponed due to uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.




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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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Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates return to training as La Liga eyes restart

The players arrived alone for individual sessions and took to the three pitches without passing through the changing rooms.




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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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Equal pay lawsuit: US women's national football team files appeal after legal setback

The USWNT has said the women are being discriminated against because they are not getting paid as much money as the men on a per game basis.




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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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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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Against all odds: Natalia Partyka, the one-armed TT player, who inspires the world

Too often, people only see the hurdles. But Partyka only saw the possibilities.




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Watch: Bhogle on why Rohit replacing Kohli as India’s white-ball captain may not be a good idea

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s contrasting fortune as captains in the Indian Premier League has always raised doubts.




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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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Four years after bank defaulters flee India, SBI launches complaint against Delhi firm with CBI

The owners of Ram Dev International Limited are said to be missing since 2016 when an inspection was carried out by SBI.




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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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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: 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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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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‘I am perfectly healthy,’ says Amit Shah, dismissing rumours that he is ill

In the past few days, social media users had pointed to pictures of him looking weak and speculated that he was sick.




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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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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] Microscopic Analysis of Heterogeneous Nucleation of Nanoparticle Superstructures

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01844




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[ASAP] 3-Nitrene-2-formylthiophene and 3-Nitrene-2-formylfuran: Matrix Isolation, Conformation, and Rearrangement Reactions

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11638




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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] Approximating the Strength of the Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond in 2-Fluorophenol and Related Compounds: A New Application of a Classic Technique

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01641




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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] <italic toggle="yes">Ab Initio</italic> Kinetics of Methylamine Radical Thermal Decomposition and H-Abstraction from Monomethylhydrazine by H-Atom

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02389




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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] Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Mass-Selected Cu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub><italic toggle="yes">n</italic></sub><sup>+</sup> Clusters in the Gas Phase

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01813




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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




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[ASAP] Using Machine Learning to Predict the Dissociation Energy of Organic Carbonyls

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01280




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[ASAP] Heterogeneous Chemistry of CaCO<sub>3</sub> Aerosols with HNO<sub>3</sub> and HCl

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11691