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From agri waste to industrial raw material

altM is developing alternatives to mined materials and petrochemicals 




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New venture Zerofifty from ad veterans wants to simplify the agency model

ZeroFifty Mediaworks, set up by three ad veterans, wants to bring in Bandra vibes into the agency model




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India seeks $70 million from Climate Investment Funds

India looks to accelerate proposed ‘renewable energy integration programme’




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Why power from Sri Lanka is a better option than offshore wind

Wind industry sources estimate island nation has 65 GW onshore potential




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Keeping track of Scope-3 emissions from supply chains

Gurgaon-based startup OnlyGood FutureTech helps companies measure emissions generated by supply partners




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Navigating the flood of healthcare information, with a little help from AI

A global survey maps how willing, and equipped clinicians are in using artificial intelligence to support their work 




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Time to embrace ‘re-sign’ from resign

Rehiring your ex-colleagues is no longer an emotional decision but the most logical one




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GalaxEye: A multi-sensor peek at earth from outer space

Startup sets out to fill a crucial gap in satellite imagery for real-world applications




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Campaign to discourage open burning from Nov 6, 588 teams to be deployed: Delhi Minister Rai

Mr. Rai said 588 teams from different civic agencies, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), will be deployed to report open burning incidents across the national capital




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CVC has sought report from CPWD over CM House renovation: Delhi LoP




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29-year-old woman arrested from Delhi’s Shakurpur for human trafficking minor




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Lawyer sent to jail for 4 months from Delhi HC for ‘derogatory’ remarks against judges

The court directed the police to take Sanjeev Kumar into custody directly from the court and sent him to jail




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Three arrested for raping intellectually disabled research scholar from Odisha




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Delhi cop Nidhin Valsan’s inspiring journey from arresting cancer to Ironman finish line

Diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2021, IPS officer Nidhin Valsan resurrected himself by competing the Ironman triathlon and writing his memoir because he hopes to be a good influence on other cancer patients




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Learning from US gig economy debate

What are the implications for India in terms of non-formal employment, labour laws and social security?




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Straight from the heart

Isher Judge Ahluwalia’s memoirs are also a tale of India’s socio-economic reforms trajectory




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From diplomacy to Raisina Hill

Diplomat, Vice-Chancellor, policy wonk and Vice-President, the many hats that Hamid Ansari wore




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Booming Digital Stars: 11 Inspiring Journeys from India’s Creator Economy 

Lessons from the exciting success stories of social media influencers




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A natural farm from wasteland at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam

The Andhra University Avani Organics Gardening Hub in Visakhapatnam has grown into a thriving natural farm and is building a community of urban dwellers that is transforming a wasteland into a patch of green




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From beauty parlours to farming, prisoners in India’s jails are channeling their time into creative new outlets

Some trivia from prisons across the country




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Centre aims seven-fold jump in wheat procurement from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar this year

“Even as the ban on outbound shipments of wheat continues, “it will be a dream for us to export now”, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said.




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How can small-scale farmers benefit from trees on farms?

The adoption of agroforestry at scale in India by smallholders is currently stymied by ecological and socio-economic factors




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First International Dairy Federation Asia-Pacific summit in Kochi from June 26 to 28




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In Assam, banks suffer from ‘militancy hangover’: experts

The absence of bank linkage is affecting optimum production by 25 lakh small and marginal farmers in the State, they said




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Onam 2024: Flowers and vegetables from Vattiyoorkavu set an example

MLA VK Prasanth encourages Krishi Bhavan at Vattiyoorkavu to cultivate vegetables and flowers on a vacant plot owned by the government



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UAS Dharwad to host Krishi Mela from September 21

UAS Vice-Chancellor P. L. Patil said that the main objective of this year’s Krishi Mela is to provide information on various aspects of climate change to farmers




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Tata Housing raises $25 m from CDC




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Delay in handover of units from Goa to Daman leaves investors in limbo




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Delay over handover of industrial estate from Goa to Daman and Diu leaves investors




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Greenko raises $230 million from ADIA, GIC




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Most employees in India prefer to work from home

In terms of gender, women are motivated to work more for promotions while men seek to increase their influence at work.




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FPIs take out ₹58,711 crore from equities in October on geopolitical crisis, strong Chinese stocks

The outflow came following a nine-month high investment of ₹57,724 crore in September




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Hyundai Motor India’s IPO sees muted response from retail investors, issue subscribed 2.37 times

The IPO received lowest retail subscription among some of the big IPOs that had hit the Indian capital markets




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BJP protecting SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch from answering to PAC: Congress

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said Ms. Buch was being protected from giving answers to Parliament, from resigning as SEBI chief and from an investigation into her alleged links with the Adani Group companies. Ms. Buch had skipped the PAC meeting citing personal reasons




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State Planning Commission in Tamil Nadu flags sector-wise impact from heat wave, calls for measures

Heat stress is repeatedly causing disruptions in ecological and economic systems, SPC report titled ‘Beating The Heat-Tamil Nadu Heat Mitigation Strategy’ said.




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Five-day special educator training programme to start from November 11

The initiative is being organised by Chennai Volunteers, a social initiative of the Giving Matters Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Portobello Institute, Ireland




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Perumal Murugan’s Maadhorupaagan translated into French from Tamil

Major challenge in translating the book has been to find a way to avoid using past perfects en masse, says Leticia Ibanez




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A macroscopic magneto-optical response resulting from local effects in ferronematic liquid crystals

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8363-8372
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00577E, Paper
Xiangshen Meng, Xiaowei Li, Jian Li, Yueqiang Lin, Xiaodong Liu, Zhenghong He
The dynamic rotational behavior of composite chains under a rotating magnetic field was observed. The birefringence and dichroism variations in FNLCs mainly stem from the magnetic response of the composite chains, indicating local effects.
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Effective patchiness from critical points of a coarse-grained protein model with explicit shape and charge anisotropy

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8455-8467
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00867G, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Jens Weimar, Frank Hirschmann, Martin Oettel
Critical points of an anisotropic, coarse-grained protein model are used to detemine an “effective patchiness” by comparison to the Kern–Frenkel patchy model.
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Random field reconstruction of three-phase polymer structures with anisotropy from 2D-small-angle scattering data

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8493-8504
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00721B, Paper
Open Access
Stephen Kronenberger, Nitant Gupta, Benjamin Gould, Colin Peterson, Arthi Jayaraman
We present a computational method to analyze 2D small-angle scattering data from three-phase soft materials systems with structural anisotropy and output representative real-space structures of the three phases.
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Hydrophobic fouling-resistant electrospun nanofiber membranes from poly(vinylidene fluoride)/polyampholyte blends

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8654-8662
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00817K, Paper
Anuja S. Jayasekara, Luca Mazzaferro, Ryan O’Hara, Ayse Asatekin, Peggy Cebe
This study reports the fabrication of non-woven fibrous membranes from electrospinning blended solutions of PVDF with a random polyampholyte amphiphilic copolymer (r-PAC) in N,N-dimethylformamide and methanol.
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Hydrogel-based 3D fabrication of multiple replicas with varying sizes and materials from a single template via iterative shrinking

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00835A, Paper
Eunseok Heo, Hye Been Koo, Jun Chang Yang, In Cho, Hyun-Hee Lee, Yong-Jin Yoon, Steve Park, Jae-Byum Chang
3D printing technologies have been widely used for the rapid prototyping of 3D structures, but their application in a broader context has been hampered by their low printing throughput. For...
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Co-assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Gold Nanorods: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Modelling

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00871E, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Jiaxin Hou, William W Sampson, Ahu Gumrah Dumanli
A coarse-grained molecular dynamics model is developed to explore the co-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and gold nanorods (AuNRs) under sedimentation conditions with varying vol- umetric concentration and particle-size ratios....
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Reversible pH-responsive supramolecular aggregates from viologen based amphiphiles – A molecular design perspective

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00695J, Paper
Redhills L. Narendran, Archita Patnaik
pH responsive self-assembled supramolecular systems in water hold tremendous promise spanning across the various realms of science and technology. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of benzyl viologen (BV)...
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CSS Keyframes: From Static to Dynamic Designs

Web designers often seek tools that can bring static elements to life, and CSS keyframes are a great ally for this task. Keyframes enable us to animate elements over a certain duration, providing our designs with a dynamic feel. Below, …




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Threads from Bengal

Rang Mahal brings to the city the creations of 250 weavers from Nadia




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Hybrid from the highstreet

Do you have treggings in your closet yet? A. SHRIKUMAR tells you why you should own a pair or more of these comfortably trendy pants




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From the artist’s den




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The style file from the Lakme Fashion Week that got us talking

Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI 2023 showcased gender-agnostic styles, recycled accessories and modern Indian draping techniques – we explore what will influence your wardrobe this year



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From techno-inspired rave bags to pants that depict neurons, this Chennai-based gender neutral fashion label’s creations are conversation starters

Brimming with cut outs, panels, thread piping and embroidery, Biskit’s new collection explores the human mind



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