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Renowned sculptor Jasuben Shilpi passes away in Gujarat




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TGSRTC Karimnagar region to operate special buses to Arunachala Hill in Tamil Nadu on November 13




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Hyderabad man loses ₹1.73 lakh trying to get 0% interest loan on insurance policy worth ₹10 lakh




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Ponnam criticises BJP leader Laxman’s comments on caste census




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District Consumer Commission dismisses complaint against Google Pay due to lack of evidence




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Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau nabbed 165 cyber criminals involved in 795 cases in last six months

45% fraudsters are either graduates or post-graduates; indulge in crime due to peer pressure and for easy money, says data




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Livingstone rises to the occasion as England levels ODI series against West Indies

England finished its successful run chase on 329-5 in the second one-day international with 15 balls remaining




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World Test Championship standing: India loses top spot to Australia, slips to second

India lost to New Zealand by 25 runs in the third and final Test in Mumbai resutling in a 0-3 whitewash, their first in a home Test series since South Africa's 2-0 win in 1999-2000




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Women’s ODI rankings: Harmanpreet Kaur rises to ninth, Smriti Mandhana remains fourth

India are placed in third position in the ICC Women’s Championship standings with 25 points while New Zealand are sixth with 20 from 21.




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WPL franchises retain core for 2025 edition 

Some of their oversees retentions include legendary Lanning, South African Marizanne Kapp, Southern Stars' Jess Jonassen, Alice Capsey and Annabel Sutherland.




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Free coaching classes for TNPSC job aspirants




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Ek Mulaqat: Saying it with verses

Deepti Naval talks to Chitra Swaminathan about why the play ‘Ek Mulaqat’ is close to her heart.



  • History & Culture

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Lovely lotuses blossomed by the sun

Ramanuja’s interpretations of the Sanskrit verses proved that he had the potential of being a good commentator.



  • History & Culture

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Newly synthesized sulfonamide derivatives explored for DNA binding, enzyme inhibitory, and cytotoxicity activities: a mixed computational and experimental analyses

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35047-35063
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06412G, Paper
Open Access
Nasima Arshad, Yasir Mehmood, Hammad Ismail, Fouzia Perveen, Aneela Javed, Pervaiz Ali Channar, Aamer Saeed, Sadia Naseem, Fatima Naseer
This work reports synthesis, characterization, DNA, enzyme binding and cytotoxicity activity of three 4-((3-arylthiazolo[3,4-d]isoxazol-5-yl)amino)benzene sulfonamide derivatives with a thaizaole(3,4-d)isoxazole-based fused ring heterocyclic system.
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Assessment of optimized FRET substrates as universal corona- and picornavirus main protease substrates for screening assays

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35438-35446
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06573E, Paper
Open Access
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Conrad Fischer, Tayla J. Van Oers, Marco J. van Belkum, Tess Lamer, Aaron Romney, Pu Chen, M. Joanne Lemieux, John C. Vederas
A short FRET peptide was identified as a universal substrate for selected coronavirus Mpros. Kinetic parameters, buffer stability and Z'-assay suggest this substrate as an excellent target for CoV-Mpro HT inhibitor screening assay development.
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Syntheses of optically active monapterin, 7,8-dihydromonapterin, and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydromonapterin from L-xylose

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35644-35649
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07179D, Paper
Open Access
Arun K. Ghosh, Ashish Sharma, Satish Nagam, Clay Fuqua
Monapterin, 7,8-dihydromonapterin, and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydromonapterin are synthesized in optically active forms using L-xylose as the starting material.
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Synthesis and in vitro assessment of gold nanoparticles conjugated with extracts, sterols and pure compounds derived from marine sponges from the Indian and Pacific Oceans

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36115-36131
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04068F, Paper
Open Access
Avin Ramanjooloo, Devesh Bekah, Samson A. Adeyemi, Philemon Ubanako, Lindokuhle Ngema, Yahya E. Choonara, David E. Williams, Elena A. Polishchuk, Raymond J. Andersen, Archana Bhaw-Luximon
The synthesis of gold nanoparticles using extracts, sterols and pure compounds from marine sponges.
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Bisphenol A (BPA) toxicity assessment and insights into current remediation strategies

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35128-35162
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05628K, Review Article
Open Access
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Joshua O. Ighalo, Setyo Budi Kurniawan, Banlambhabok Khongthaw, Junaidah Buhari, P. K. Chauhan, Jordana Georgin, Dison Stracke Pfingsten Franco
To mitigate the toxic effects of BPA, there is a need to utilize hybrid remediation strategies for its removal from the aqueous environment.
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Bridge collapses in Bihar’s Kishanganj, fourth incident in State in eight days

A pillar of the bridge across the Mariya river could not withstand strong currents of the river whose water level rose due to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of Nepal, said officials




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BJP finalises road map to contest Maharashtra Assembly polls with Shiv Sena, NCP

The election for the 288-member State Assembly is scheduled for later this year




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Man marries five women, proposes 49 others; arrested in Odisha

The police recovered a car, a motorcycle, ₹2.10 lakh in cash, a pistol, some ammunition and two marriage agreement certificates from his possession




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Assam group opposes Meghalaya ban on cave worship, threatens road blockade

Meghalaya’s Tourism Minister justifies a ban by the local village council as a move against promoting a tourist spot as a religious site




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Rajasthan increases gratuity limit for government employees; no decision on UPS implementation

The State Cabinet, which considered the issue of bringing UPS for the government employees at its meeting, did not arrive at a final decision




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Race walker Suraj loses Paris ticket as World Athletics cancels results of Nationals

World body marks results of Indian meet as ‘invalid’)




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Jeswin Aldrin, Ankita Dhyani make Olympics cut, Indian athletics team strength rises to 30

The Indian athletics team will now have 30 members; the track and field competitions will begin on August 1




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Paris Olympics: Men’s 4x400m relay team narrowly misses berth in final

The Indian campaign in athletics ended with the exit of the relay teams.




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Neeraj Chopra finishes second in Diamond League final, misses crown by 1 cm

Grenada’s Peters, a two-time world champion, produced his best of the day in his opening attempt




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U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines

An agency review of the available data determined that oral phenylephrine, a major component of popular products such as Benadryl, Advil and Tylenols was not effective against nasal congestion




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Assessing India’s tuberculosis burden: Data

India accounted for 26% of global TB cases and 26% of global TB deaths in 2023




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Britain to become first G7 country to end coal power as last plant closes

It will end over 140 years of coal power in Britain




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Kamala Harris discusses abortion and more on popular podcast as Democrats ramp up interviews

Harris has been criticized for not doing more media interviews




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Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 9 people

Authorities raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruption that last week




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Ten Hag future up in the air after Man United draws at Villa; Tottenham collapses in 3-2 loss

United heads into the two-week international break on a five-match winless run in all competitions and languishing in 14th place in the league, having won just two of its opening seven games this campaign




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Messi scores hat trick as Argentina outclasses Bolivia in South American World Cup qualifying

Lionel Messi shines with a hat trick and two assists in its 6-0 home win as Argentina dominates in World Cup qualifying match




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Cristiano Ronaldo misses late penalty as Al-Nassr eliminated from Saudi Cup

Ronaldo, who is yet to win a major trophy since signing for Al-Nassr, had converted all 18 of his previous penalties for the club but this time shot over the bar




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Ancelotti calls for Real Madrid’s positive reaction after consecutive losses

Ancelotti's side sit second in the league standings with 24 points from 11 matches, nine points behind leaders Barcelona, who have played a game more




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Investors flock to Sovereign Gold Bonds despite price rises, FY24 sees record subscriptions

SGBs offer a hedge against gold price fluctuations, with investors receiving the ongoing market price at redemption



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RBI’s gold holding increases by 27.46 metric tonnes in FY24, reaching 822.10 metric tonnes mark

The report noted that the ratio of short-term debt to reserves has decreased, and foreign exchange reserves covering imports have increased to 11 months



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India’s import of gold, silver from UAE rises 210% to $10.7 billion in 2023-24: GTRI

`Concessional customs duty under the India-UAE CEPA must be revised’




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Bullion Cues: Glimpses of a rally

Traders may look to buy




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Gold eases, investors seek more cues on US Fed's rate path

UIS dollar rose on safety bids after an attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, which raised his odds of winning



  • Gold & Silver

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An octanuclear 3-phenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)pyrazolate/phenylsilsesquioxane complex: synthesis, unique structure, and catalytic activity

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02690J, Communication
Alexey Bilyachenko, Victor N Khrustalev, Zhibin Huang, Lidia S. Shul'pina, Pavel Dorovatovskii, Elena Shubina, Nikolay S. Ikonnikov, Nikolai N. Lobanov, Karim G. Rahimov, Di Sun
First metallasilsesquioxane bearing pyrazolylpyridine ligands, Cu8-based complex 1, adopts cage structure with two zigzag-like copper tetramers sandwiched by two cyclic Si5 silsesquioxane ligands. Four 3-phenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)pyrazolate ligands in 1 exhibit dual...
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Syntheses, structures and characterization of noncentrosymmetric MZnPO4 (M = K, NH4)

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02530J, Paper
Jiawei Zhao, Wei Wei, Meihui Chen, Yanna Chen, Donghai An
Two phosphates, KZnPO4 and NH4ZnPO4, were successfully synthesized, and both structures show a three-way skeleton of isolated PO4 and ZnO4 tetrahedra. And NCS KZnPO4 and NH4ZnPO4 can exhibit SHG responses of 0.4 × KDP and 1 × KDP.
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Syntheses and structures of dimesitylphosphinite complexes of alkali metals and their catalytic activity in hydrophosphorylation reactions

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02721C, Paper
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Benjamin E. Fener, Philipp Schüler, Phil Liebing, Helmar Görls, Matthias Westerhausen
The diarylphosphinite complexes of the alkali metals exhibit a broad structural variety. Especially for potassium dimesitylphosphinite, the heterocubane cage can be broken down into dimeric K2O2 units by adding oligodentate ether molecules.
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Recent Advances in Syntheses and Emerging Applications of 2D Borophene based Nanomaterials with a Focus on Supercapacitors

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02573C, Frontier
Prashanta Pal, Mahasweta Nandi
Two dimensional (2D) nanosheet of boron i.e. borophene, triggered interest in progressive research as a result of the vast field of opportunities to explore, from its innovative synthetic techniques to...
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Fourth wave scare: Covid-19 cases in Asia surpass 100 million, India, Japan, South Korea worst-hit

The highly contagious but less deadly BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has pushed the figures to greater highs in recent weeks in South Korea, China and Vietnam.




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BJP should sack BSY and Vijayendra from party posts over irregularities in purchases during pandemic, demands Congress




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Cheluvarayaswamy accuses HDK of collecting ₹1,000 cr. from steel industries to fund elections; JD(S) terms it a strategy to divert attention from ‘excise scam’

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress government of collecting ₹700 crore from excise sources to fund the Maharashtra elections, it was the turn of N. Cheluvarayaswamy




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KSRTC plans to launch Ashwamedha AC buses within 100-km radius of Bengaluru

In contrast to regular Ashwamedha buses, the AC version will be smaller, fully air-conditioned, and equipped with comfortable seating, and amenities like charging ports 




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Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board directs students from unauthorised schools not to register for SSLC exam this year