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Syngenta signs MoUs with CSSRI and HAU on crop productivity, sustainable agriculture

MoUs aim to implement projects related to capacity building of rural youth in agriculture and allied sciences, safe use of crop protection chemicals and adoption of new technologies, among other things




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Maharashtra cashew board plans to expand area under the crop, promote organic farming

Plans promoting the State’s produce as unique brand, says director Patil




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Heavy rains lash Southern India; IMD forecasts more downpour for Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Reports indicate that this rainfall is expected to continue for the next 2-3 days,




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Can solar energy transform farms for sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation?

Time to follow ancient belief of sun and farm produce to help improve economics of agriculture




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Mandi prices indicate higher production in soyabean, groundnut

Production of rice, maize, bajra, ragi may be around last year’s levels




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Sluggish demand hit tea prices in Kochi auctions

Good liquoring teas were lower by ₹1 - ₹2 along with medium and plainer teas, witnessing a lot of withdrawals




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Farmers’ reliance on paddy and maize threaten pulses, oilseeds crops

The shifting from pulses and cash crops towards stable paddy and maize has thrown challenges before policy makers on how to align the crop pattern as per the country’s needs




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India’s cotton and pulses farmers shift to paddy, set to produce record 120 million tonnes rice

Area under paddy this year surged to record 43.37 million hectares (mh) from 40.73 mh year-ago.




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Government re-starts sales of rice, atta under ‘Bharat’ brand, raises prices

After flagging off the mobile vans of these cooperatives, carrying the items, Joshi said that the intervention would continue till the allocated stock gets exhausted




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Best Agrolife gets approval for patented herbicide ‘Shot Down’ and insecticide ‘Bestman’

These products are slated for launch in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.




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Chana prices crash as imports from Australia begin and sowing starts

Huge imports of yellow peas also weigh on prices




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Roadway Solutions India secures LOA for ring road and expressway projects

The Pune Ring Road project aims to enhance connectivity within the Pune metropolitan area, addressing the increasing traffic demands and contributing to regional economic development




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Bomb threat: Hyderabad-Chandigarh flight being checked

A series of bomb threats have been received by various airlines on domestic and international routes. Most threats were received through social media and most of them turned out to be hoaxes




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Air India, Singapore Airlines expand codeshare ties 

Duo to add 11 Indian and 40 international destinations in their first extensive expansion of arrangement since 2010




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Vande Bharat sleeper train set ready for testing by November 15

ICF is working on hydrogen-powered trains and prototypes for freight transport to enhance e-commerce deliveries




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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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Cabinet greenlights ₹6,800 crore railway projects in key allies-run States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar

Emphasises development over politics, with religious and trade significance




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Indian Railways renegotiates Vande Bharat order to 80 high-capacity trainsets; JV Kinet on-board

New order consists of 80 trainsets with a 24-coach configuration, instead of originally planned 16




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New terminal operating system and bunching of ships disrupt truck movements at Kattupalli and Ennore container terminals

While the issue with the of TOS has been addressedsorted out, the trailers are still facing delays in the scanning centre




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After AIX Connect merger, Air India Express sets sights on capacity and market share growth

The merger enhances operational synergies and marks a step forward in the parent company’s ambitious Vihaan transformation initiative




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Kandla Port plans new container terminal and multipurpose berth with ₹27,000 crore investment

Positioned strategically between Tuna Tekra and the entry point of Kandla, the proposed site could help vessels avoid an 11-kilometer trek through the creek, providing cost advantages




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India looks to alleviate container shortage amid Chinese front-loading and rising freight costs

Govt working on policy interventions and increased capacities to address global demand




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Why construction gear is less in demand

After double-digit sales growth for two years, construction equipment makers brace for a muted FY25




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India gears up to expand carbon-efficient coastal shipping services

Coastal Shipping Bill moots identifying newer routes for movement of additional cargo




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Railways eyes double-decker cargo liners and Vande cargo trains for faster, greener freight

The cargo liners will have a 46-seat capacity in the upper deck while lower deck will be for cargo loading with a capacity of up to 6 tonnes




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Mangaluru International Airport records highest-ever passenger and air traffic movements in October 2024

The airport logged 1,538 air traffic movements, significantly up from 1,433 in September 2024




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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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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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Seaplane service between Kochi and Idukki takes off

The service is be operated by a Switzerland-based private company and SpiceJet




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Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. - Disclosures under Reg. 31(1) and 31(2) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011




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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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Tech Mahindra partners with OxygenForIndia to deploy 3,000 oxygen concentrators and 40,000 oxygen cylinders

The OxygenForIndia campaign is aimed at providing oxygen cylinders to those in need




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Garland of ragas for M.S.

Musicians paid homage to M.S. Subbulakshmi in a series of concerts organised by the Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi in Thrissur.




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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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A band with the right mix

Indian Ocean on surviving two decades and rising above their lows




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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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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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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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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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AI agents can handle complex workflows more efficiently than traditional GenAI




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AI agents can handle complex workflows more efficiently than traditional GenAI




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Truly insightful: Gautam Adani hosts envoys from EU, Belgium, Denmark and Germany




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Spotting d-band centers of single-atom catalysts by oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18085-18092
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03763D, Edge Article
Open Access
Ruyu Xie, Kaitao Li, Rui Tian, Chao Lu
We have proposed an oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence probe for rapid spotting of the d-band centers of single-atom catalysts: the d-band centers closer to the Fermi level contributed to higher luminol ECL intensities.
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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
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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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On-demand controlled bidirectional DNAzyme path for ultra-sensitive heavy metal ion detection

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18170-18178
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04404E, Edge Article
Open Access
Jing Xu, Yujin Li, Futing Wang, Xinqi Luo, Wei Zhang, Yifan Lyu, Hongfen Yang, Ren Cai, Weihong Tan
A bidirectional self-powered biosensor is constructed for the quasi-simultaneous detection of Pb2+ and Hg2+ based on MoS2@CuS heterostructures as an accelerator and hybridization chain reaction as a signal amplification strategy.
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MR-TADF liquid crystals: towards self assembling host–guest mixtures showing narrowband emission from the mesophase

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18022-18030
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04429K, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Julius A. Knöller, Franziska Müller, Tomas Matulaitis, John M. dos Santos, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Eli Zysman-Colman, Sabine Laschat
We developed a MR-TADF based, columnar liquid crystalline host system and doped it with a MR-TADF guest. Efficient FRET allowed us to construct the first columnar liquid crystal with narrowband MR-TADF from the strongly aggregated mesophase.
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Reactivities of tertiary phosphines towards allenic, acetylenic, and vinylic Michael acceptors

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18111-18126
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04852K, Edge Article
Open Access
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Feng An, Jan Brossette, Harish Jangra, Yin Wei, Min Shi, Hendrik Zipse, Armin R. Ofial
Combined experimental and quantum-chemical studies were used to characterise the philicity/fugality features of tertiary phosphines and Michael acceptors in phospha-Michael reactions, which are key steps in phosphine-catalysed organic reactions.
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Enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction activity through defects and strain engineering in monolayer MoS2

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18127-18134
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04874A, Edge Article
Open Access
Renjith Nadarajan, Sraboni Dey, Arijit Kayal, Joy Mitra, Manikoth M. Shaijumon
The synergistic creation of vacancy defects, along with strain-induced active sites is shown to enhance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance of CVD-grown monolayer MoS2.
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