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Kolkata Mayor sparks controversy over ‘sexist’ remark on BJP candidate Rekha Patra

The BJP official page on X also posted the video of Mr. Hakim’s speech and wrote, “Calling a woman ‘maal’ is not just an insult to her but a slap in the face to all women and to the SC Poundra-Kshatriya community. This behavior from a minister is a disgrace to public office!” 




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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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The foul aftermath of the festivities 

Every year, Kolkata celebrates with high intensity for a couple of months — from Biswakarma puja to Durga puja, Diwali and then Chhath puja — unmindful of the environmental impact. Shrabana Chatterjee travels around the city to understand the gap between celebrating and polluting




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Veteran Bengali actor Manoj Mitra no more

The 85-year-old thespian was known for his performances as an actor, his work as a director, and as the author of several plays numbering in the hundreds




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Art festival to remind Kolkata of one of Bengal’s biggest mass movements

This year’s festival features nine events including walks, installations, talks and performances, presented at historic sites and archives across Kolkata




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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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Straightforward solid-phase modification of TiO2 with propylphosphonic acid via manual grinding and shaker mixing: enhancing modification degree by thermal control while improving atom economy

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10907-10920
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03330B, Paper
Open Access
Kaimin Zhang, Jinxin Wang, Nick Gys, Elien Derveaux, Nahal Ghanemnia, Wouter Marchal, Peter Adriaensens, Vera Meynen
The straightforward manual grinding method achieves controllable grafting of organophosphonic acid onto TiO2, demonstrating its atom economy and greenness.
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Postliminary treatment of food-waste digestate via combined hydrothermal carbonization and microbial fuel cell for bio-energy recovery: a comparative life cycle impact assessment

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04081C, Paper
Shraddha Yadav, Manikanta M. Doki, Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Brajesh K. Dubey
Multiple resource recovery from food-waste digestate by deploying hydrothermal carbonisation and microbial fuel cells. A green route for environmental sustainability and economic gains.
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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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In silico modeling enables greener analytical and preparative chromatographic methods

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04300F, Paper
Troy T. Handlovic, Daipayan Roy, Muhammad Qamar Farooq, Gabriel Mazzi Leme, Kevin Crossley, Imad A. Haidar Ahmad
Environmental impact of chromatographic separation at both analytical and preparative scale can be significantly reduced using In Silico Modeling.
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Green dipolar aprotic solvents for the dynamic polycondensation of high-performance polyimide membranes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04279D, Paper
Open Access
E. San José, M. R. de la Viuda, F. J. Carmona, C. Soto, L. Palacio, P. Prádanos, A. Hernández, A. Tena
Guidelines for the evaluation of green solvents were revisited and integrated into a decision diagram. GVL, Cyrene™, DMC, NOP, DEC, DMI, GBL, NBP, Rhodiasolv® PolarClean, and DMSO showed the potential to substitute hazardous polar aprotic solvents.
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Scaling up clean production of biomass-derived organic acids as a step towards the realization of dual carbon goals: a review

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11061-11082
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03829K, Tutorial Review
Zulfiqar Ali, Jiliang Ma, Runcang Sun
Biomass-derived organic acid for green and sustainable future.
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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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Regulatable selective synthesis of benzofurans and coumarins from aryl propargyl ethers via an electrochemical tandem cyclization reaction

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11216-11221
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03842H, Paper
Zhaoyue Feng, Xueyi Guan, Haiyang Ma, Yingsibing Fan, Ping Liu, Peipei Sun
A divergent protocol for the selective synthesis of benzofuran-2-carboxaldehydes and 3-organoselenyl-2H-coumarins from propargylic aryl ethers in the presence of dialkyl(aryl) diselenides under electrochemical reaction conditions was established.
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Catalytic synthesis of renewable lubricant base oils with methyl oleate and aromatics

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11249-11258
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03448A, Paper
Binbin Zhou, Nan Wang, Sibao Liu, Guozhu Liu
Aromatic-ester and cyclo-branched alkane renewable lubricant base oils were produced from methyl oleate and biomass-derived aromatics by alkylation and alkylation followed by hydrodeoxygenation (HDO).
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Visible light-induced strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11083-11105
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03193H, Tutorial Review
Qing-Bao Zhang, Feng Li, Bin Pan, Shanshan Zhang, Xiang-Guo Yue, Qiang Liu
This review aims to provide an overview on the recent visible light-mediated strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. Prospects for future development of (aza)bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes in this fascinating field are outlined.
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Catalytic C–N bond formation strategies for green amination of biomass-derived molecules

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11019-11060
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03182B, Critical Review
Yan Zhong, Feng Liu, Jingsha Li, Chunxian Guo
Recent advances in the amination of biomass-derived molecules to generate valuable nitrogenous chemicals by employing thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis strategies are reviewed.
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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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Economic and environmental sustainability of bio-based HMF production and recovery from lignocellulosic biomass

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11340-11350
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04270K, Paper
Yuyao Jia, Shraddha Maitra, Lavanya Kudli, Jeremy S. Guest, Vijay Singh
Transforming waste stream of biorefinery into high-value bioproducts.
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Formaldehyde dehydrogenase SzFaldDH: an indispensable bridge for relaying CO2 bioactivation and conversion

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03745F, Communication
Boxia Guo, Xiuling Ji, Yaju Xue, Yuhong Huang
A novel formaldehyde dehydrogenase with outstanding reductive activity and kinetic properties was discovered for CO2 bioactivation and conversion.
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Utilize rather than create: transforming phthalonitrile resin into N-rich hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitor materials

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04103H, Paper
Yi Li, Qiancheng Liu, Qian Zhang, Xiaoxiao Li, Yang Yang, Pan Wang, Kui Li, Ying Li, Fei Zhong, Qi Liu, Yun Zheng, Xulin Yang, Peng Zhao
The “utilize rather than create” strategy employs the reaction product (RPH) as the precursor and the by-product (KCl) as the template for the synthesis of N-rich hierarchical porous carbon for high performance supercapacitor materials.
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Bio-derived solvent-based automated dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for pretreatment of diamide insecticides in environmental water samples

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04467C, Paper
Jin Liu, Yuxin Wang, Rui Song, Yukun Yang, Li Li, Xu Jing
The automatic dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction based on bio-derived solvents achieved great environmental greenness, high-throughput operation, and low human error compared to the present sample pretreatment methods for diamide insecticides.
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EtOH-mediated cascade C(sp3)–H alkylation via aromatization-driven [1,6]-hydride transfer: green and divergent synthesis of spirocyclic azepino[4,3,2-cd]indoles

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04534C, Paper
Yao-Bin Shen, Qian-Hao Zhuang, Xiao-Lin Wang, Xiao-De An, Bin Qiu, Tiesheng Shi, Jian Xiao
Unprecedented EtOH-mediated cascade C(sp3)–H alkylation reactions of 4-dialkylamino-indole-3-carbaldehydes have been realized for the green and divergent synthesis of spirocyclic azepino[4,3,2-cd]indole derivatives.
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CO2 switchable solvents for sustainable dissolution, modification, and processing of cellulose materials: a critical review

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04032E, Critical Review
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Peter McNeice, Ben L. Feringa
CO2 switchable solvents provide a convenient and environmental method to dissolve and process cellulose.
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Mechanoenzymatic Hydrolysis of Cotton to Cellulose Nanocrystals

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05113K, Paper
Open Access
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Sandra Kaabel, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Eero Kontturi, Mauri A. Kostiainen
Solid-state mechanoenzymatic approaches for the production of cellulose nanocrystals from cotton were examined using three commercially available cellulase systems from Trichoderma reesei, Aspergillus niger and a Cellic CTec2 cellulase blend....
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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week




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No country for small films

Every low-budget film this year has flopped




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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week




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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week





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Dharmam Thalai Kaakkum (1963)

Star cast: M.G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, M.R. Radha, M.V. Rajamma, S.A. Asokan ‘Gemini’ Chandra, V.K.Ramasami, ‘Gemini’ Balu




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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week




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No takers for Tamil remakes?

Last week, we looked at imports into Tamil cinema. This week, we look at exports




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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week




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Hitman

Songs you must listen to this week




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"This is the best time for new-age cinema in Kannada"

Debutant film director Raghu Shastry on his maiden venture Run Antony




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A carnival in Macau

Veteran festival programmer and film producer Marco Mueller wants to make Macau more than just a casino haven




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Cross-border cinema

A rich crop of films from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh was showcased at the London Indian Film Festival




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'Magizhchi' at the box-office

Kabali has had the biggest-ever opening for a Tamil film




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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week




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Full Marx

Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo will soon be seen in 4K quality. Here’s a look at some of their most tireless routines




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Making the cut

As a film’s success depends heavily on its teaser and trailer, editing them has become an art in itself




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Hitman: Songs you must listen to this week

Here are some songs you must listen to this week.




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The piracy nightmare

A look at the losses to the film industry thanks to smartphones, camcorders and hi-tech projectors




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Encounter with a master

How I chanced upon a meeting with Korean director Kim Ki-duk




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How Rang De Basanti created a challenging storyboard for future filmmakers

Rang De Basanti set a trend in filmmaking with its unconventional narrative style




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Virat-AB like Batman-Superman, says Chris Gayle



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‘They are Batman and Superman’



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Supergiants prevail in a rain-hit match

Dhoni’s men score 76 for one in 11 overs, well ahead of the D/L requirement of 57, when play is called off.



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Daredevils face Sunrisers in do-or-die IPL match

The Sunrisers, on the other hand, are virtually through to the play-offs and they are on top of the table with 16 points from 12 games.



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