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Key challenges faced by farmer producer companies in the agricultural ecosystem

Building genuine connections and understanding the intrinsic motivations of farmers can create a vibrant ecosystem




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Ginners call off stir as CCI asks farmers to bring raw cotton kapas to the nearest market yards

Cotton Corp assures to procure all fair-grade cotton from growers




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Nitin Gadkari: India’s road infrastructure set to outshine the US

Gadkari highlighted the significance of efficient highways, waterways, and railways in reducing logistics costs and stimulating economic growth.




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Gujarat HC issued another ‘arrest’ warrant against merchant vessel SW South Wind I

Farm Fresh petitions against hold up of its cargo in the organic rice export irregularities case




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IAF to outsource some MRO facilities to industry for the first time

About 80 cases of outsourcing certain MRO facilities are at various stages of approvals




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Vistara bids adieu with last flight to Singapore; integrated Air India takes to the skies

UK115 flight from Delhi to Singapore was the last flight of Vistara with the code 'UK' while UK986 from Mumbai to Delhi was the carrier's last domestic flight




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Lacklustre response to VOC Port Project: High cost the reason?

Only two bidders showed interest in the RFQ, and both were rejected and the entire process needs to start afresh in the project




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Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for drug trials to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia




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Akshay Kumar is the new face of Dabur Chyawanprash




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For the sake of record

Choirmaster Christopher Sherwood talks about his passion for collecting LP records and his love for music




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The melodies keep coming...

Vidya Sagar talks about the melodious music of Thoppil Joppan.




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What’s the raga?

The audience faced the challenge with gusto, reports Renuka Suryanarayan.




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The sound of tomorrow

A three-day festival organised by Pracheen Kala Kendra in Chandigarh saw fine vocal and sitar recitals.




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...Let the music begin

Expect a blend of classical, folk, pop, rock and Bollywood at The Hindu November Fest’s 12th edition.




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Looking beyond the summit

Sudha Ragunathan talks about reliving the M.S. magic during her recent concert tour of America and performing at the UN. Geetha Venkataramanan listens in.




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The sound of success

Tabla artist Pt. Subhankar Banerjee talks about what spurs his rhythm journey.




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The voice that binds

In a conversation with Meena Banerjee, Carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam talks about the meeting ground between Carnatic and Hindustani music, and the importance of audience.




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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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When the ustads meet

The scions of hoary legacies, Ustad Rashid Khan and Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, will perform at the opening concert of The Hindu November Fest on November 17




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No break for the ‘Breakup Song’ singer

Jonita Gandhi has a lot on her plate, from recording for movies to performing live gigs, but she looks forward to a time when she can write her own music




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Gently flow the notes

It’s Ustad Bismillah Khan’s birth centenary, and the shehnai is back in focus. The author talks about how the instrument has been an integral part of film music in the South




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Sisters take the stage

Akriti, Sukriti and Prakriti will perform on November 20 at The Hindu November Fest




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Playing the mridangam for Bharatanatyam

Vidwan Nellai D. Kannan details the techniques needed to accompany a dance performance




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Raising the baton

Berliner Philharmoniker’s, ‘Digital Concert Hall’, screened recently, revisited timeless Hollywood title tracks.




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Significance of the kriti

Radha Bhaskar talks about the various aspects of kriti




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The sound of silence

David Kilowsky on the bond between music and meditation.




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‘One should not take liberty in the name of novelty’

In a freewheeling conversation, Vidushi Ashwini Bhide Deshpande tells Manjari Sinha what makes her performance an emotional experience.




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The creamy layer

Vocalist Ramakrishna Murthy brought out the emotive layers of compositions at a recent performance in New Delhi.




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Amidst the heights of melody...

The 3rd Shimla Classical Music Festival saw some of the finest musicians showcasing commendable execution of intricate compositions.




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Connecting the dots

London-based Ikonika is in Bengaluru with a sonic palette which includes everything from house and grim to hip-hop, techno, synthpop and dubstep




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Hitting the right notes in her path

Soprano Ashwati Parameshwar traces her journey in music




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The Hindu November fest to offer a magical fusion of music




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The Hindu November Fest 2016 App




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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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A captivating Bharatanatyam performance on the shores of Visakhapatnam

Aayana Dance Company’s hour-long Bharatanatyam dance presentation captivates the audience in Visakhapatnam. The event was an initiative of Paramparaa Foundation




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Mahindra Kabira Festival: Celebrating diversity by the banks of the Ganga

The sixth edition of the Mahindra Kabira Festival underlined the relevance of Kabir in modern times




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Music on the streets of Mylapore: Why Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is celebrating an age-old tradition

How Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is taking the veedhi bhajan tradition to the younger generation




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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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Donor-modified asymmetric N/B/O multi-resonance TADF emitters for high-performance deep-blue OLEDs with the BT.2020 color gamut

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18135-18145
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04896B, Edge Article
Open Access
Jing Jin, Zhaolong He, Di Liu, Yongqiang Mei, Jiahui Wang, Huihui Wan, Jiuyan Li
Spiro-acridine modified N/B/O type MR-TADF emitters realized deep blue fluorescence with an EQEmax of 20.5% and CIE (0.147, 0.048), which is state-of-the-art efficiency for N/B/O type deep-blue MR emitters with CIEy approaching the BT.2020 standard.
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Enhancing the performance of molecule-based piezoelectric sensors by optimizing their microstructures

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18060-18066
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05442C, Edge Article
Open Access
Zheng-Xiao Tang, Bin Wang, Zhi-Rui Li, Zhuo Huang, Hai-Xia Zhao, La-Sheng Long, Lan-Sun Zheng
A molecule-based ferroelectric [(CH3)3NCH2CH2Br][GaBr4] (1), with a d33 value of 331 pC N−1, was synthesized. The power density of the 1@S-PDMS piezoelectric sensor, featuring optimized microstructures, is up to 490 μW cm−2.
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Chemoenzymatic multistep retrosynthesis with transformer loops

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18031-18047
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02408G, Edge Article
Open Access
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David Kreutter, Jean-Louis Reymond
Integrating enzymatic reactions into computer-aided synthesis planning (CASP) should help devise more selective, economical, and greener synthetic routes.
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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
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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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Substituent effect in determining the total structure of an all-alkynyl-protected Ag98 nanocluster for methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18161-18169
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04318A, Edge Article
Open Access
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Xiaoqin Cui, Xuehuan Zhang, Ting Li, Sheng Zhu, Gaoyi Han, Huan Li
A sterically demanding ortho-CF3 substituent defines not only the arrangement of ligands on a Ag98(2-CF3PhCC)48Cl4 nanocluster (Ag98) but also the inter-cluster interactions. Ag98 shows excellent methanol tolerance in the oxygen reduction reaction.
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Automated electrosynthesis reaction mining with multimodal large language models (MLLMs)

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17881-17891
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04630G, Edge Article
Open Access
Shi Xuan Leong, Sergio Pablo-García, Zijian Zhang, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Leveraging multimodal large language models (MLLMs) to process multimodal data inputs and complex inter-modality data dependencies for automated (electro)chemical data mining from scientific literature.
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A facile self-saturation process enabling the stable cycling of a small molecule menaquinone cathode in aqueous zinc batteries

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17971-17978
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04685D, Edge Article
Open Access
Shuo Li, Guoli Zhang, Qianrui Li, Tianshun He, Xiaoqi Sun
A facile self-saturation strategy, realized by the introduction of a hydrophobic methyl group on naphthoquinone, is demonstrated to suppress the dissolution of small molecule cathode materials and achieve stable cycling in aqueous zinc cells.
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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
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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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Two in one: merging photoactivated chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy to fight cancer

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17760-17780
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04608K, Perspective
Open Access
Kirill M. Kuznetsov, Kevin Cariou, Gilles Gasser
Combining photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) into one single compound allows to achieve more efficient light-induced therapy.
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Unified enantiospecific synthesis of drimane meroterpenoids enabled by enzyme catalysis and transition metal catalysis

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06060A, Edge Article
Open Access
Yipeng You, Xue-Jie Zhang, Wen Xiao, Thittaya Kunthic, Zheng Xiang, Chen Xu
A unified synthetic strategy for drimane meroterpenoids was developed by combining heterologous biosynthesis, enzymatic oxidation, and transition metal catalysis. Six drimane meroterpenoids were synthesized in a concise and enantiospecific manner.
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Electrochemical trifluoromethylation of alkynes: the unique role of DMSO as a masking auxiliary

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06780K, Edge Article
Open Access
Jihoon Jang, Ho Seong Hwang, Haeryeong Jeong, Eun Jin Cho
An electrochemical trifluoromethylation method for terminal alkynes has been developed, facilitating the synthesis of CF3-alkynes with DMSO as a masking auxiliary.
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The Effect of gem-Difluorination on the Conformation and Properties of a Model Macrocyclic System

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05424E, Edge Article
Open Access
Laurent Knerr, Thomas Cogswell, Marie. Ahlqvist, Richard James Lewis, Anneli Nordqvist, Christian Sköld
Conformational control of drug candidates to engineer improved potency and ADME properties is an ongoing area of research. Macrocyclic rings tend to offer a greater degree of rigidity than non-cyclised...
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