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Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for generic heart medication 

The approved medication, therapeutically equivalent to Bausch Health’s Cardizem CD Extended-Release Capsules, is used to treat hypertension and manage chronic stable angina




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SCI shares gain 7% on robust Q2 net profit

Revenue rose to ₹ 1,491.23 crore, compared to ₹ 1,161.89 crore in the previous year




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Biocon shares gain 9 per cent after USFDA inspection of Bengaluru unit

The scope of the inspection covered six distinct biological units, including four drug substance manufacturing facilities and two drug product manufacturing plants




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Crude oil futures trade lower as China stimulus measure fails to boost market 

At 9.57 am on Tuesday, January Brent oil futures were at $71.77, down by 0.08 per cent, and December crude oil futures on WTI (West Texas Intermediate) were at $67.97, down by 0.10 per cent




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Rupee falls 2 paise to all-time low of 84.40 against US dollar in early trade

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 84.39 against the greenback, then fell further to an all-time low of 84.40, registering a fall of 2 paise over its previous close




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Negative IOD likely to emerge this month, says Australian weather agency

The weather event may affect India; no signs of La Nina evolving until Feb 2025




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Rupee drops lower, down 1 paisa at fresh all-time low of 84.39 against US dollar

Rupee pressured by continued foreign fund outflows and a firm dollar overseas




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Sensex, Nifty drop 1% on sustained foreign fund outflows, weak global trends

Sun Pharma, Infosys and ICICI Bank were the top gainers on the Sensex




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After inconclusive talks, Bengal Chief Secretary urges doctors to call off fast-unto-death

With junior doctors insisting to continue with their hunger strike till all their demands are met the stalemate is likely to continue. So far five doctors who began hunger strike on October 5 for a ten-point demand have been hospitalised after their health condition deteriorated




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Prime accused behind woman’s death in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar taken into seven-day police custody, SIT formed

The accused youth was arrested today based on a complaint filed by the victim’s family; he was allegedly in a relationship with the deceased victim




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Kolkata tram, suspended during Durga Puja, yet to resume; tram lovers feel it may never come back

Kolkata tram faces uncertain future as court delays decision on resuming services, sparking fears of permanent closure




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Bypolls are a litmus test for Trinamool Congress facing protests over R.G. Kar rape and murder

A section of Trinamool Congress leaders have challenged the doctors for an electoral battle. The Assembly seats going to polls are mostly in rural and semi urban areas, where the protests might not create an impact in favour of the Opposition.




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R.G. Kar victim’s parents accuse Trinamool Congress leader of hurrying cremation 

R.G. Kar victim’s parents said that they had gone to Tala Police Station to tell the police that they did not want their daughter’s body to be cremated that night




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Health-insurance premium: Sustained efforts by West Bengal forced Centre's likely decision to exempt GST: Mamata Banerjee

The Chief Minister of West Bengal said the Central Government appears to be "under pressure" to cut taxes to benefit common people




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Calcutta High Court stays suspension of 51 R.G. Kar doctors

An internal enquiry committee had suspended the doctors for promoting a threat culture and intimidation within the hospital premises. The court said that the suspension cannot go through without the State government’s or the Health Department’s approval.




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Relief for Kolkata’s anxious tram employees, enthusiasts as service resumes after long delay

Kolkata tram service, having just three routes with only two functional, resumes after Durga Puja suspension due to traffic congestion concerns




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Cyclonic storm Dana: Kolkata airport to suspend flight operations from 6 pm on October 24

The IMD said that the cyclone is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra port in neighbouring Odisha on October 25




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Protesting doctors hold convention at R.G. Kar Hospital with fresh call for justice

Doctors to decide future course of agitation after consultation with stakeholders




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West Bengal CPI(M) suspends ex-MLA over allegation of misbehaviour with woman journalist

The journalist claimed that he had made improper advances and touched her when she went to interview him at his residence




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Nagpur Enforcement Directorate attaches assets more than ₹500 crore from various locations

The attached movable and immovable assets valued at ₹503.16 crore is related to a bank fraud case




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TMC accuses Amit Shah of breaching model code of conduct in West Bengal ahead of bypolls

Home Minister Amit Shah made politically charged statements about “parivartan in 2026” and stopping “infiltrators” during a BSF event at the India-Bangladesh border to inaugurate a passenger terminal




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Protests erupt in parts of West Bengal over exclusion of names in Banglar Awas Yojana

Amidst the protests, a notification was issued by the State government suggesting that fresh verification will be made to look into the names of beneficiaries who have been excluded




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Stir seeking justice for murdered doctor in West Bengal undermined by split

While the WBJDF has been at loggerheads with the State government on multiple occasions, the WBJDA appears to be going soft on the administration




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Kolkata police arrest 601 for violations on Deepavali and Kali Puja; three dead in Howrah as house catches fire

The Kolkata Traffic Police registered cases against 841 people on charges such as rash driving and drunken driving. In an incident in Ward 110 of Patuli area, an adolescent boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion. In Howrah district, three people, including two children, died after a house where firecrackers had been stored caught fire.




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Canadian experimental films to be in focus at Kolkata-based film festival

The Emami Art Experimental Film Festival, held at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity, will put a spotlight on Canada’s unique contributions to experimental cinema




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West Bengal junior doctors bring out rally to demand justice for R.G. Kar victim

The protesting doctors have also come up with a gallery highlighting their protests for the past 90 days




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Trinamool moves ECI against State BJP president, misuse of Central forces

The Trinamool Congress delegation also expressed dissatisfaction that the Election Commissioners were not available to meet the party delegation at ECI headquarters




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Calcutta HC allows Hindutva group to protest alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh at rally in Kolkata

The development comes three months after Sheikh Hasina resigned as PM of Bangladesh and left the country, causing political turmoil in Bangladesh and creating ripples in the internal politics of West Bengal




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Feasibility and sustainability of emerging CCU pathways for formic acid production

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10982-10995
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02507E, Paper
Tesfalem Aregawi Atsbha, Ha-Jun Yoon, Ali Cherif, Chul-Jin Lee
The thermo-catalytic pathway can be a competitive alternative to the conventional pathway. CO2 source and electricity source highly affected the GWI for the thermo-catalytic pathway and electrochemical reduction pathway respectively.
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Solid phase peptide synthesis using side-chain unprotected arginine and histidine with Oxyma Pure/TBEC in green solvents

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10929-10939
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03209H, Paper
Open Access
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Tommaso Fantoni, Andrea Orlandin, Ilaria Di Stefano, Marco Macis, Alessandra Tolomelli, Antonio Ricci, Walter Cabri, Lucia Ferrazzano
Oxyma Pure/TBEC coupling protocol in green solid phase peptide synthesis (GSPPS) eliminates protective groups on Arg and His, enhancing atom economy and reducing impurities during cleavage. The technology was extended to side-chain-free Tyr and Trp.
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Evaluation on the recovery of lignin from basic [Ch][Lys] systems using low-cost alcohols as anti-solvents under acid-free conditions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10950-10959
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03898C, Paper
Yichen Liu, Wanting Zhao, Qizhen Luo, Jipeng Yan, Jian Sun
An acid-free, high efficiency, and mild method of precipitating and separating lignin from basic ionic liquids (BIL) such as choline lysinate ([Ch][Lys]) by using alchohols (such as tert-butanol) as anti--solvents.
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A sequential flow process of CO2 capture and conversion using cost-effective porous organic polymers

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10960-10968
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03494E, Paper
Open Access
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Zhongqi Wu, Zhong Li, Lei Hu, Samson Afewerki, Maria Strømme, Qian-Feng Zhang, Chao Xu
A sequential flow process utilizing cost-effective porous organic materials to capture CO2 and directly convert it into fine chemicals has been achieved, which could improve the practical applicability of CO2 capture and utilization technologies.
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Does enzymatic catalysis lead to more sustainable chemicals production? A life cycle sustainability assessment of isopropyl palmitate

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04514A, Paper
Open Access
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Pieter Nachtergaele, Ozan Kocak, Yblin Roman Escobar, Jordy Motte, Dries Gabriels, Leopold Mottet, Jo Dewulf
A methodology is presented for assessing the life cycle sustainability of enzymatic catalysis for chemicals production. For IPP, lower environmental impacts, but higher costs and social risks were found for switching to enzymatic catalysis.
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Continuous-flow Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates with Polymer-supported Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquid (Im-PSIL) Catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04499A, Communication
Open Access
Zhibo Yu, Haruro Ishitani, Shu Kobayashi
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas emitted through human activities, represents a valuable carbon source for chemical production. However, maximizing its efficiency requires novel methods for CO2 conversion that...
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Green synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidine using a CuI-incorporated CoFe2O4 nano-catalyst in aqueous medium

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04033C, Paper
Samrat Charaimuria, Prodeep Phukan
A magnetically separable nanocatalyst has been developed by the incorporation of CuI on the functionalized surface of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles for the synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidines in aqueous medium at ambient temperature.
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Engineering in situ: N-doped porous carbon-confined FeF3 for efficient lithium storage

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04097J, Paper
Open Access
Jinlong Hu, Weijun Xu, Lingzhi Zhang
Achieving N-doped porous carbon-confined FeF3 with enhanced lithium storage performance via an innovative in situ engineering approach.
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Crystalline/amorphous c-NiMo/a-NiMoOx nanoarrays for urea-assisted energy-saving H2 production in alkaline seawater

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05042H, Paper
Dongxue Guo, Yi Ping, Chuanjiao Wang, Changan Hou, Danhong Wang
Electrocatalytic seawater splitting is regarded as the most effective method for producing green hydrogen (H2), but it faces issues of high energy consumption and harmful chlorine evolution side reactions. Replacing...
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High Efficiency Leaching of Valuable Metals from Waste Lithium-ion ternary Batteries under Mild Conditions Using Green Deep Eutectic Solvents

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04373A, Paper
Bo Li, Zhengfu Zhang, Chengping Li, Jinsong Wang, Rundong Wan, Jiangzhao Chen, Ying Liu, Yuejing Bin, xiaoping yang, Chongjun Bao, Shaohua Ju
Recently, the production and demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has increased owing to increasing number of electric vehicles and products. This surge has considerably increased spent LIBs, leading to environmental...
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Multi-task Rhodium-Catalyzed Remote C(sp3)–H Functionalization Reactions of Acyclic Dienes to Yield Benzene-fused Heterocycles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04927F, Paper
Yuta Sato, Momoko Nagafuchi, Masaharu Takatsuki, Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Makoto Sako, Mitsuhiro Arisawa
Remote C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions are environmentally benign methods for not only acyclic molecules but also cyclic molecules. However, previous reports' products have been limited to aliphatic five-membered ring structures....
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Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11164-11176
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02757D, Paper
Ajaysing S. Nimbalkar, Kyung-Ryul Oh, Do-Young Hong, Byung Gyu Park, Maeum Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Ali Awad, Pravin P. Upare, Seung Ju Han, Young Kyu Hwang
A bimetallic NiSn/ZnO catalyst converts biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol into 1,2-PDO continuously, yielding 91.0% over 400 hours.
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Catalyst free PET and PEF polyesters using a new traceless oxalate chain extender

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11182-11195
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02791D, Paper
Open Access
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Kevin van der Maas, Daniel H. Weinland, Robert-Jan van Putten, Bing Wang, Gert-Jan M. Gruter
When producing PET the metal catalyst (typically Sb) remains in the polymer. This raises concerns as our food and the air we breathe is contaminated with PET microplastics. Here we report the production of metal-free PET using a small amount of DGO.
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Toward safer and more sustainable by design biocatalytic amide-bond coupling

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11147-11163
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03665D, Paper
Open Access
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Elisabeth Söderberg, Kerstin von Borries, Ulf Norinder, Mark Petchey, Ganapathy Ranjani, Swapnil Chavan, Hanna Holmquist, Magnus Johansson, Ian Cotgreave, Martin A. Hayes, Peter Fantke, Per-Olof Syrén
We describe an exploratory approach to a concept of safer and more sustainable by design in biocatalytic amide bond synthesis.
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A spatially integrated electrochemical–thermal tandem reaction for continuous mild synthesis of propylene oxide

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11206-11215
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03455D, Paper
Yuefeng Qiu, Peng Jiang, Wenkai Ye, Jiahao Hu, Bin Zhang, Tuo Ji, Liwen Mu, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu, Jiahua Zhu
A spatially integrated electrochemical–thermal tandem reaction generates propylene oxide at 1 atm using hydrogen, oxygen, and propylene as feedstock.
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Photocatalytic acylation of lysine screened using a microfluidic-based chemical robotic system

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11238-11248
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03562C, Paper
Zhanfeng Hou, Chuan Wan, Heming Jiang, Yuena Wang, Yun Xing, Jinpeng Wang, Zhihong Liu, Xiaochun Guo, Yuhao An, Wei Han, Rui Wang, Xinhao Zhang, Feng Yin, Zigang Li
In our work, we contribute to the photoredox catalytic lysine acylation in proteins and peptides. The optimal reaction conditions were obtained using a high-throughput microfluidic-based chemical robotic system and GPR model.
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Selective electrosynthesis of aldehydes at industrially relevant current densities via tandem electrochemical–chemical catalysis

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11290-11302
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04536J, Paper
Ting Lin, Menglu Cai, Huijie Chen, Yiming Mo
A closed-loop tandem electrochemical–chemical catalysis system for aldehyde synthesis was developed, demonstrating a viable approach for the electrosynthesis of valuable intermediates under practical current densities with minimal waste electrolyte.
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Biomass-derived polyol esters as sustainable phase change materials for renewable energy storage

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11259-11271
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03460K, Paper
Open Access
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Magdalena Gwóźdź, Marta Markiewicz, Stefan Stolte, Anna Chrobok, David R. Turner, Karolina Matuszek, Alina Brzęczek-Szafran
Innovative thermal battery technology has the capability to revolutionize the renewable energy storage market.
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Correction: Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11364-11364
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC90117G, Correction
Open Access
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Ajaysing S. Nimbalkar, Kyung-Ryul Oh, Do-Young Hong, Byung Gyu Park, Maeum Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Ali Awad, Pravin P. Upare, Seung Ju Han, Young Kyu Hwang
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A green and sustainable multi-enzyme cascade for the biosynthesis of 1,3-propanediamine from crude glycerol in vitro

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03777D, Paper
Daocheng Liao, Shiming Tang, Ying Lin, Suiping Zheng
This paper designs a novel multi-enzyme cascade reaction capable of efficiently synthesizing 1,3-propanediamine from glycerol in vitro.
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Reusable Co-catalysts for general and selective α-alkylation of nitriles with alcohols

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11140-11146
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC04436J, Communication
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Zhuang Ma, Zechen Wu, Carsten Kreyenschulte, Stephan Bartling, Henrik Lund, Matthias Beller, Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh
A general cobalt-catalyzed α-alkylation of nitriles with alcohols is reported.
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Development of a highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogenation and dehalogenation system using a flow cell with a Pd tube cathode

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11328-11333
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04617J, Paper
Hiroaki Tajima, Hideki Ishii, Shinsuke Inagi, Toshio Fuchigami
A novel flow and circulation electrolytic system has been developed for the highly efficient cathodic hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds and dehalogenation of various aromatic halides.
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