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India well positioned to capitalise on new growth opportunities: Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman said that India is looking towards boosting domestic capacities, and building resilience against external shocks




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Centre re-starts retail sale of pulses as prices rise ahead of festivals

Direct interventions through retail sale of basic food items such as rice, atta, dal and onion have helped maintain a stable price regime, Union Consumer Affairs and Food Minister Pralhad Joshi said




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Jet fuel sees 3.3% hike; commercial LPG rates rise by ₹62

This is the fourth straight monthly hike in commercial LPG prices; Commercial LPG now costs ₹1,754.50 per 19-kg cylinder in Mumbai, ₹1,911.50 in Kolkata and ₹1,964.50 in Chennai




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At nearly 5-year high, 42.2% vegetable price rise propelled October retail inflation past 6.2% 

“High food inflation in October, 2024 is mainly due to increase in inflation of vegetables, fruits and oils and fats,” the National Statistical Office said




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IIT-Madras incubated Yotuh Energy raises ₹1.53-crore funding

The clean tech start-up specialises in electrifying vehicle refrigeration systems for mid-mile and last-mile cold chain logistics




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Jaro Education has filed for an IPO, plans to raise ₹570 crore to fuel growth and expansion

The IPO will consist of a fresh issue of up to ₹Rs 170 crore and an offer for sale of ₹Rs 400 crore by the promoter selling shareholder: -- Sanjay Namdeo Salunkhe




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Veranda Learning, UTS launch Digital Marketing, Business Analytics courses; shares rise

Set to start in January 2025, these programs aim to equip Indian professionals with essential skills in digital marketing and data analysis.




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Communalism and a tendency to polarise voters are in the BJP’s DNA: Venugopal

“You cannot feed the people with communal sentiments indefinitely,” the Congress leader said in an interview to The Hindu, where he also dismissed concerns about factionalism within the party




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William Dalrymple: India had a much larger footprint in the world than even Indians realise

In his new book, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World, the writer and historian explores India’s philosophical, religious and scientific influence on Eurasia




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I was raised by one family, but I think it represents so many of our families: Priyanka Mattoo, author of Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones

Priyanka Mattoo on her journey across countries, and why she sees herself as the ‘megaphone’ for a culture




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XRDMatch: a semi-supervised learning framework to efficiently discover room temperature lithium superionic conductors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02970D, Paper
Zheng Wan, Zhenying Chen, Hao Chen, Yizhi Jiang, Jinhuan Zhang, Yidong Wang, Jindong Wang, Hao Sun, Zhongjie Zhu, Jinhui Zhu, Linyi Yang, Wei Ye, Shikun Zhang, Xing Xie, Yue Zhang, Xiaodong Zhuang, Xiao He, Jinrong Yang
We propose XRDMatch, a semi-supervised learning framework that integrates consistency regularization and pseudo-labeling. Using X-ray diffraction patterns as descriptors, it effectively addresses data scarcity by leveraging abundant unlabeled data.
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Public hearing on Brane Enterprises on Nov. 17




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University rankings and academic metrics that raise eyebrows

The 2025 ranking of India’s top research institution and the assessment of other institutions raise questions about the objectivity and the credibility of the agency’s ranking system




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Rising STEM research demands revitalised education

With large sums of money being announced for initiatives such as quantum computing, cybersecurity, or artificial intelligence, it is essential to find students who are skilled; it is a struggle now




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​Solemn promise: On restoring Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir  

There can be no further delay in restoring Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir




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UnifyApps raises $20 million in Series A funding to deliver AI agents across enterprise

Iconiq Growth has invested in companies like Airbnb, Uber and Snowflake. ICONIQ Growth General Partner Matt Jacobson has joined UnifyApps’ board of directors as part of the new funding




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India’s steel exports rise 11% in October; imports moderate for the first time this fiscal

Indian steel exports rose to 0.44 million tonnes in October, while imports moderated for the first time this year to 0.98 million tonnes as India tightened import norms




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HUL, fintech SRO raise concerns over Trai’s new rules for transactional messages

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in a consultation paper issued in September, has suggested that users will have the option to opt out of receiving transactional messages




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Bhanzu secures $16.5M Series B led by Epiq Capital; poised for US expansion

Bhanzu CEO: The U.S. math education market has significant potential, but it is dominated by large, billion-dollar companies that have not innovated their curricula or effectively embraced technology




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Ramco Cements raises ₹376 cr via sale of non-core assets, repays ₹326 cr debt in October

Q2 net profit declines 74 per cent % year-on-year due to drop in prices




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Jubilant FoodWorks net profit dips, revenues rise 43 per cent

Consolidated revenue from operations jumped 42.8 per cent to ₹1,954.72 crore  




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Beyond flavor: the versatile roles of eugenol in health and disease

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10567-10581
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO02428A, Review Article
Yujie Lao, Jingya Guo, Jingjing Fang, Ruixuan Geng, Mengjie Li, Yige Qin, Jiayi Wu, Seong-Gook Kang, Kunlun Huang, Tao Tong
Emerging evidence highlights that eugenol exhibits significant biological activities across various conditions, suggesting it is a promising nutritional supplement with both flavoring properties and therapeutic potential.
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Acute supplementation with a curcuminoid-based formulation fails to enhance resting or exercise-induced NRF2 activity in males and females

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10782-10794
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO02681K, Paper
Open Access
Josh Thorley, Abrar Alhebshi, Ana Rodriguez-Mateos, Zicheng Zhang, Stephen J. Bailey, Neil R. W. Martin, Nicolette C. Bishop, Tom Clifford
Supplementation with a curcuminoid-based formulation for four days did not augment nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells at rest and after strenuous plyometric exercise.
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Interaction of oat bran and exercise training improved exercise adaptability via alleviating oxidative stress and promoting energy homeostasis

Food Funct., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03374D, Paper
Rui Dong, Hamad Rafique, Qianwen Niu, Xin Zeng, Maria Cristina Messia, Li Yuan, Lin Shi, Liang Zou, Lu Li, Xinzhong Hu
Interaction of oat bran (OB) diet and moderate intensity exercise training (MlET) reinforced the positive effect on skeletal muscle function.
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Correlation between vitamin D metabolic pathway-related gene polymorphisms and cardiovascular disease

Food Funct., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03234A, Review Article
Jiao Pang, Chunshuo Yang, Jiaqi Liu, Zhilin Wang, Xueshu Tao, Zhipeng Cao
Polymorphisms in key genes in the vitamin D metabolic pathway affect susceptibility to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and play potential roles in the pathogenesis of CVD.
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Immunomodulatory properties of hempseed oligopeptides in an LRRK2-associated Parkinson's disease animal model

Food Funct., 2024, 15,11115-11128
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03167A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Maria Torrecillas-Lopez, Fernando Rivero-Pino, Paula Trigo, Rocio Toscano-Sanchez, Teresa Gonzalez-de la Rosa, Alvaro Villanueva, M. Carmen Millan-Linares, Sergio Montserrat-de la Paz, Carmen M. Claro-Cala
Hemp protein hydrolysate is capable of alleviating neuroinflammation by reducing the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, which could have promising effects in Parkinson's disease.
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Up-regulation of myelin-associated glycoprotein is associated with the ameliorating effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on Alzheimer's disease progression in APP–PS1 transgenic mice

Food Funct., 2024, 15,11236-11251
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03355H, Paper
Yan Shao, Fei Li, Bo Zou, Yanling Jin, Xiaoyang Wang, Liting Wang, Youying Huang, Yu Xie, Wei Sun, Jing X. Kang, Kai Liu, Yi Huang, Wei Huang, Bin Wang
Our study showed that MAG upregulation might be the new regulatory mechanism for omega-3 PUFAs to exert AD protective effects, which is helpful for expanding our understanding of the health-promoting effects of omega-3 PUFAs.
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Iran and the October Surprise of 2024

With the Biden administration going soft on Netanyahu, Democrats’ hold on Arab-American vote seems to be slipping




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The rise and rise of online food delivery market

The online food delivery market in India is expected to outpace the growth of the food services market itself between 2023 and 2028





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Paradise Review

Prasanna Vithanage's Paradise leaves the audience to read between the lines and draw their own conclusions about the frailty of human nature, and how easily violence seizes the most unexpected prey, observes Deepa Gahlot.




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BLS International Services Q2 PAT rises 78% to ₹145.7 crore

The company’s revenue from operations increased 21% to ₹495 crore as compared with ₹407.7 crore in the same period last year.




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Kudamurutti riverbank along Konakarai Road raises a stench




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Remembering Suryakumari, the woman who immortalised ‘Ma Telugu Thalli ki’ with her voice

The neice of Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu brought much popularity to the song written by Sankarambadi Sundarachari




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BJP leaders slam Congress, accuse it of delivering false promises to garner votes

Former Union Minister Anurag Thakur takes a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi




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DRDO carries maiden test of land attack long range cruise missile

Complementing DRDO on the successful launch, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said this paves the way for future indigenous cruise missile development programmes




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Global carbon dioxide emissions set to rise 0.8% over 2023, India’s contribution to go up 4.6%

In 2023, the largest absolute contributions to global fossil CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions were from China (31%), followed by the United States with 13% and India taking up 8%




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NYT Praised Kaathal. What Did We Think?

'As I watched Mammootty 'try out' Mathew Devassy, I could hear from my theatre seat the ready-made appreciation of the liberal press, their applause for the great actor having flirted with queerness on screen.''But it is a flirtation and nothing more, for I could not detect in Devassy any hint of love, not for his homosexual lover, not for his wife,,' observes Sreehari Nair.




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First brown dwarf ever found throws up surprise three decades later

Brown dwarfs are neither a star nor a planet, but something in between




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Ancient meteorite was 'giant fertiliser bomb' for life on earth

The meteorite would have delivered a large amount of phosphorous, a nutrient for microbes crucial for the molecules central to storing and conveying genetic information.




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RRI team use quantum magnetometry to make more precise atomic clocks




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Glacial lakes rise as glaciers retreat




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RNA editing promises to go where DNA editing can’t

RNA editing is in its nascent stage, yet there are already at least 11 biotechnology companies worldwide developing RNA editing methods for a range of diseases




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Thyagaraja’s life dramatised

The musical drama presented the story of the vaggeyakara’s life.




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Rupee recovers from all-time low level, opens 25 paise higher at 83.84 against US dollar

Meanwhile, the dollar index gained 0.16 per cent to 102.85 points




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Rupee settles 4 paise lower at 83.96 against US dollar

Rupee weighed down by a firm dollar, geopolitical tensions in West Asia




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Rupee rises 8 paise to 83.89 against US dollar in early trade

Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.03 per cent lower at 103.17




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Rupee falls 2 paise to close at 83.97 against US dollar




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Rupee rises 2 paise to close at 83.95 against US dollar

Forex traders say a mixed-to-positive tone in the domestic market also supported rupee




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Rupee rises 11 paise to 83.84 against US dollar in early trade

Forex traders said the weakening of the American currency in the overseas market and retreating crude oil prices also supported investor sentiments