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E.P. Jayarajan’s ‘autobiography’ row: publishing house remains tight lipped, refuses to clear the air

Jayarajan claims that circulating excerpts from his ‘autobiography’ are baseless nonsense and asserts that he had not granted publishing rights for his autobiography to any establishment




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Panel to look into ‘disruption’ of Kerala School Sports & Games




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Wayanad bypoll turns out to be a reunion for landslides survivors

Their tearful reunion touches many, as they witness the heartbreak of lost connections. We celebrated the previous election, but many who participated then are no longer with us, says a survivor. District administration designated three polling stations for the survivors, two at Neelicappu and one at Meppadi




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Thiruvananthapuram Zoo welcomes new species from Shivamogga

Arrival of hyenas, jackals, marsh crocodiles, and palm civets raise species count to 94




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Meenachil river basin project in for revival




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Wayanad records voter turnout of 64.72%

Good polling was reported at the landslides-affected region in Chooral Mala and tribes-populated areas in the district.




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‘Sea ranching’ launched off Thiruvananthapuram as follow-up to artificial reef project

Minister of State for Fisheries George Kurian launches project; 10 lakh pompano, cobia fingerlings to be deposited in 10 selected locations




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KFON to depend on Supplyco database to provide Internet connection to BPL families




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Waqf Board can initiate criminal proceedings in post-2013 Waqf land encroachment cases

A Single Judge of the Kerala High Court quashed the proceedings against two people in an alleged pre-2013 land encroachment case on Tuesday by noting that such acts were made punishable only through an amendment to the Waqf Act in 2013, the accused were in possession of the property even before the introduction of the amendment, and no penal acts could be given retrospective operation




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Kollam’s first Keralagro outlet inaugurated

Agricultural products reach Keralagro stores with FSSAI certification and currently over 3,000 value-added products are being manufactured through 10,76 Krishibhavans in the State




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PDA will defeat BJP in bypolls, says Akhilesh

Welcoming the Supreme Court’s direction on bulldozer ‘justice’, the SP chief says from now onwards, the bulldozer will remain parked in garage forever




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One-fourth of people living with diabetes in India, Lancet study estimates

Of the 82.8 crore, India's share formed over a quarter (21.2 crore). Another 14.8 crore were in China, while 4.2 crore, 3.6 crore and 2.2 crore lived in the US, Pakistan and Brazil, respectively, the researchers found




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Rate cut unlikely even in February, inflation to dip January onwards: SBI research

The report adds that inflation is likely to average around 4.8 per cent to 4.9 per cent for financial year 2025, higher than the RBI target of 4.5 per cent




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Tata Power Renewable Energy unveils 126 MW Omkareshwar floating solar project, setting new global standards

With this project, TPREL’s total renewable capacity reaches 10.9 GW, reinforcing its position in India’s journey towards a greener energy future.




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MRPL honoured for excellence in AI-driven process efficiency

The award was presented at the 27th Energy Technology Meet in Bengaluru.




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Cambodia to deploy over 16,000 security forces for water festival this week




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Bangladesh includes 1,000 threatened species in 'Red List of Plants'




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Africa's elephant population declines by 70 per cent over past 50 years: study




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Africa's policymakers, educators seek ways to end learning poverty on continent




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Coast Guard Chief S Paramesh calls on India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, discusses maritime security




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Decline in Austria's fruit farming linked to climate change




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Alix Didier Fils-Aime sworn in as new Haiti PM, as gunfire hits US flight




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Germany to hold snap elections on February 23 as coalition crumbles under economic strain




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India, Russia discuss economic cooperation, facilitating mobility of talent and skills




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Indian Embassy in Kathmandu calls on diaspora to sign-up for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention of January




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South Africa expects G20 summit to strengthen multilateralism




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WFP seeks fund to help over 1 million food-insecure Kenyans




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Four-day Africa Tech Festival 2024 kicks off in Cape Town




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Government efficiency 'czar' Musk to cut a lot of waste in US govt: Mark Mobius




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South Korea, US, Japan to hold 2nd trilateral Freedom Edge exercise this week




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Carpet fibres used by Australian researchers to make stronger concrete




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Principal Secretary to PM highlights mitigating risks associated with glacial lakes to ensure safer future




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Gujarat CM approves Rs 254 Crore for multiple development projects across 14 towns




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Swiggy-backed Rapido sees net loss at Rs 371 crore in FY24




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Andhra CM puts brakes on proposal for uranium exploration




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AP govt signs MoU worth Rs 65,000 cr with Reliance Industries for investment in CBG projects




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Former Kerala Minister M.T. Padma passes away




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Affordable generics will stay relevant amid a premiumisation trend: Bhushan Akshikar

GSK will keep its existing portfolios while entering areas like oncology, said company officials at its centenary celebrations




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‘Unfortunate that Congress failed to rein in its rebel candidates…effect could be felt in 7-8 seats’: NCP leader Jayant Patil




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Genetic mutation may help people stop craving sugary foods: Study




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[LINK] A new design for Mark Boulton

Words to tattoo on your knuckles:

Over the past couple of years, my blog hasn’t felt my own, to a degree. It’s felt like I’ve been writ­ing for an audi­ence, post­ing stuff for oth­ers rather than myself. That’s arse-backwards. A blog should be about per­sonal expres­sion. The moment you start think­ing, and writ­ing, to please oth­ers then it’s a bind; it feels less like a per­sonal exer­cise and more of a job.

A beautiful, thoughtful redesign from Mark Boulton (and a responsive one at that). Go go, read read.




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[LINK] Fluid Inconsistencies

Front-end developer Steffan Williams of Gridinator fame digs into some of the rendering inconsistencies across various browsers when dealing with percentage-based widths. Now, I don’t think this is a real problem for flexible, grid-based layouts or properly responsive designs. Some of these rounding issues won’t necessarily manifest themselves in your work, or at least not quite as noticeably.

I was, however, emphatically raising my fist in the air when I read this:

While I’m well aware that things don’t have to look the same in every browser, it just seems to strike me as odd that CSS3 features keep getting touted on the front of browser homepages, and yet something as fundamental as a percentage would be rendered incorrectly (or, rather, not as well as would be expected).

Emphasis mine. Much of the behavior Steffan notes was outlined by John Resig in 2008, nearly three years ago. There are some incredible inconsistencies at play here, and designers really shouldn’t have to shoulder the burden of working around them.

In short, some broad consensus between the different rendering engines needs to be reached—and if it comes at the expense of pushing the Next Hot Bleeding-Edge Experimental Sexy CSS3 Feature™ to market, I’m all for it.




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Electrochemical nitrate reduction for ammonia production: amorphous or crystalline oxidized copper catalyst?

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,8689-8693
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07506K, Communication
Quanxiao Peng, Dandan Xing, Liuqi Dong, Yuhan Fu, Jixue Lu, Xiaoyu Wang, Changhong Wang, Chunxian Guo
An amorphous oxidized copper (a-O–Cu) is designed to investigate for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. It is found that a-O–Cu has high capability for water dissociation and amorphous structure-enabled high catalytic activity.
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Initial SEI formation in LiBOB-, LiDFOB- and LiBF4-containing PEO electrolytes

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9184-9199
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07175H, Paper
Open Access
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Edvin K. W. Andersson, Liang-Ting Wu, Luca Bertoli, Yi-Chen Weng, Daniel Friesen, Kenza Elbouazzaoui, Sophia Bloch, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Erika Giangrisostomi, Daniel Brandell, Jonas Mindemark, Jyh-Chiang Jiang, Maria Hahlin
A limiting factor for solid polymer electrolyte (SPE)-based Li-batteries is the functionality of the electrolyte decomposition layer that is formed at the Li metal anode during battery operation.
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Non-equilibrium defect chemistry in oxygen-rich zinc oxide nano-tetrapods synthesized using atmospheric pressure microplasma

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9212-9231
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA06821H, Paper
Open Access
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Dilli babu Padmanaban, Paul Maguire, Davide Mariotti
We demonstrate the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoscale tetrapods (nTPs) using an atmospheric pressure microplasma with a metal wire as a sacrificial electrode.
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Rejuvenating manganese-based rechargeable batteries: fundamentals, status and promise

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,8617-8639
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00466C, Review Article
Weizhai Bao, Hao Shen, Yangyang Zhang, Chengfei Qian, Dingyu Cui, Jingjie Xia, He Liu, Cong Guo, Feng Yu, Jingfa Li, Kaiwen Sun
Energy storage devices with advanced rechargeable batteries are highly demanded by our modern society.
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Crystal reconstruction and defect healing enabled high-quality Sb2Se3 films for solar cell applications

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00734D, Paper
Qi Zhao, Bo Che, Haolin Wang, Xiaoqi Peng, Junjie Yang, Rongfeng Tang, Changfei Zhu, Tao Chen
A post-sulfurization technique has been developed to refine Sb2Se3 crystallization. This process enables high-quality Sb2Se3 with a smooth surface, large compact crystal grains and benign [hkl] growth orientation. It also mitigates the device VOC deficit, owing to the healed deep level defects.
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Porous carbon nitride rods as an efficient photoanode for water splitting and benzylamine oxidation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00237G, Paper
Sanjit Mondal, Gabriel Mark, Ayelet Tashakory, Michael Volokh, Menny Shalom
A polymeric carbon nitride layer with controlled directionality, morphology, and nitrogen defects serves as a photoanode to allow photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting and benzylamine oxidation.
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Introduction to functional framework materials

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,8613-8616
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA90056A, Editorial
Paolo Falcaro, Patricia Horcajada, Dan Li
This themed issue covers functional framework materials and their related applications.
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Correction: Superhydrophobic and mechanical properties enhanced the electrospinning film with a multiscale micro-nano structure for high-efficiency radiation cooling

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9241-9241
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA90062F, Correction
Open Access
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Lijing Kong, Puqing Sun, Jincheng Liu, Yongxing Lin, Chao Xiao, Chao Bao, Kang Zheng, Meng Xue, Xian Zhang, Xianglan Liu, Xingyou Tian
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