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Ads ooze Diwali fervour

Ads this month are full of festive flavour - the Pujo hangover continues even as Diwali sentiments blast off.




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₹200-crore decentralised green hydrogen scheme 

Decentralised use of green hydrogen could include cooking, off-grid electricity generation




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Attempts to douse Alipur warehouse fire continue on second day




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Delhi riots case: HC dismisses plea by Khalid Saifi against attempt to murder charge

Mr. Saifi submitted that once the offences under the Arms Act were dropped against him and neither any weapon was recovered nor the alleged gunshot was attributed to him, the charge of attempt to murder could not be framed




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Delhi HC dismisses plea by Khalid Saifi against attempt to murder charge




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Air quality 'very poor' in Delhi

Delhi’s air quality remains “very poor” with some areas in the “severe” category, despite a slight improvement




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Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor', AQI at 367

The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 18.0 degrees Celsius, 3.7 notches warmer than usual.




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Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' on November 8

Meanwhile, a thick layer of morning mist and smog blanketed the city as the minimum temperature dropped to 18.1 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees above normal; AQI stood at 387




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Provide medical aid to jailed separatist leader Yasin Malik: Delhi HC to Tihar jail

In his plea before the high court, Malik claimed to be a patient of “serious cardiac and kidney ailments”, currently facing a “life and death situation”




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Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’, layer of smog over city for ninth day post-Diwali

Delhi’s air quality reaches severe levels, blamed on stubble-burning, Diwali fireworks, and low wind speed




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Delhi air quality ‘very poor’ on November 10

The National Capital wakes up to toxic air with AQI at 334, ‘very poor’ air quality due to stubble-burning, Diwali fireworks, and low wind speed




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Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ on November 11

Delhi’s air quality persists in the ‘very poor’ category more than a week post-Deepavali




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Rare California Island to be Activated for Armed Forces Day, First Time in 53 Years

On Armed Forces Day, May 1971, 53 years ago, two amateur operators working as WZ6SNI, activated San Nicolas Island, IOTA NA-066. At 61 miles, San Nicolas is the most remote of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California and is owned by the US Navy.

Now, weather permitting, Will Costello, WC6DX, has been authorized to be active from San Nicolas Island November 8 - 12, 2024. He is tak...




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Can India arrest income inequality?

Thomas Piketty’s prescriptions are too radical. Dattopant Thengadi’s vision is more useful for us




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A deep look into China’s realities

Ananth Krishnan shines a light on the different sides of China that largely remain hidden from Indian citizens




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The speculator and the industrialist

A book outlines how speculation can be constructive and lead to the creation of an industrial empire




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Dealing with career dilemmas

Corporate honcho Shiv Shivakumar’s book sheds fresh light




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International conference to recommend policies to address gender inequality at farms

“The conference aims to promote the sharing of cutting-edge knowledge on gender and inclusion in agri-food systems.”




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T.N. CM Stalin announces naming of Thanjavur Agricultural College after late scientist M.S. Swaminathan

In an announcement made in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the CM, praising the renowned agricultural scientist’s contributions, also said a student award would be instituted under his name




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SAT pulls up Sebi for lack of uniformity in penalising market players




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Quality of farm loans by Indian banks won’t weaken: Moody’s




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Decks cleared for Adani’s coal project in Australia: Envoy




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Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar’s contribution to modern Tamil drama remembered

SASTRA’s the School of Arts, Sciences, Humanities and Education, in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, organises seminar on the celebrated playwright in Thanjavur




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Hindu Tamil Thisai journalist Kalyanasundaram dies at 50




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Carnatic vocalists pay homage to Muthuswamy Dikshithar




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Udhayanidhi Stalin responds to Palaniswami’s challenge




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Stalin, Udhayanidhi congratulate winners of Chennai Grand Masters 2024




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Litigant withdraws PIL seeking revival of 2001 flyover construction scam case against T.N. CM Stalin

The Madras High Court also permits him to withdraw ₹1 lakh deposited in April this year to prove his bona fide intention




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Stalin urges Jaishankar to secure release of T.N. fishermen in Sri Lankan Navy’s custody

In his letter, Mr. Stalin sought immediate diplomatic efforts to prevent such arrests




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T.N. CM Stalin inaugurates new buildings for rural local bodies




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Chain stretching in brushes favors sequence recognition for nucleobase-functionalized flexible precise oligomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8303-8311
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00866A, Paper
Kseniia Grafskaia, Qian Qin, Jie Li, Delphine Magnin, David Dellemme, Mathieu Surin, Karine Glinel, Alain M. Jonas
Flexible oligomers having precise sequences of nucleobases do not specifically recognize surface-grafted target chains at low grafting density. Moderately higher grafting densities promote sequence-specific recognition thanks to chain stretching.
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Optimality and cooperativity in superselective surface binding by multivalent DNA nanostars

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8515-8523
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00704B, Paper
Open Access
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Christine Linne, Eva Heemskerk, Jos W. Zwanikken, Daniela J. Kraft, Liedewij Laan
Our study shows that DNA nanostars with three binding sites (ligands) can (1) bind superselectively to surfaces based on receptor density, and (2) that interactions between ligands affect the optimum number of ligands required for superselectivity.
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Strain rate controls alignment in growing bacterial monolayers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8468-8479
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00625A, Paper
Blake Langeslay, Gabriel Juarez
A model of cell alignment in confined growing bacterial monolayers connecting net monolayer deformation to the behavior of individual cells.
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Liquid crystalline collagen assemblies as substrates for directed alignment of human Schwann cells

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00534A, Paper
Open Access
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Homa Ghaiedi, Luis Carlos Pinzon Herrera, Saja Alshafeay, Leonard Harris, Jorge Almodovar, Karthik Nayani
Collagen is a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and well-oriented domains of collagen are important for mimicking the local cell environment in vitro. Here, we demonstrate macroscopic alignment on collagen in 2-D substrates and 3-D hydrogels.
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Banana DNA derivatives as homeotropic alignment layers in optical devices

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8561-8569
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00322E, Paper
Rafał Węgłowski, Anna Spadło, Dorota Węgłowska
In this study, DNA extracted from bananas was functionalized and used as a homeotropic alignment layer for liquid crystals.
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Revealing microscale bulk structures in polymer–carbon nanocomposites using spin-echo SANS

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8663-8674
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00578C, Paper
Open Access
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L. V. Tiihonen, M. P. Weir, A. J. Parnell, S. C. Boothroyd, D. W. Johnson, R. M. Dalgliesh, M. Bleuel, C. P. Duif, W. G. Bouwman, R. L. Thompson, K. S. Coleman, N. Clarke, W. A. Hamilton, A. L. Washington, S. R. Parnell
Spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering (SESANS) revealed structure in polymer–carbon nanocomposites over multiple length scales with unprecedented range (10 nm–16 μm). Data from two SESANS instruments and other methods were analysed with SasView.
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Tuning collective actuation of active solids by optimizing activity localization

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8570-8580
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00868E, Paper
Davi Lazzari, Olivier Dauchot, Carolina Brito
Active solids, more specifically elastic lattices embedded with polar active units, exhibit collective actuation when the elasto-active feedback, generically present in such systems, exceeds some critical value.
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Entropically and enthalpically driven self-assembly of a naphthalimide-based luminescent organic π-amphiphile in water

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8684-8691
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00986J, Paper
Sk Mursed Ali, Sujauddin Sk, Shuvajyoti Sarkar, Sayani Das, Nayim Sepay, Mijanur Rahaman Molla
Entropically and enthalpically favourable vesicular self-assembly of a naphthalimide based water soluble luminescent organic dipolar building block is reported.
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Biomimetic mineralization of positively charged silica nanoparticles templated by thermoresponsive protein micelles: applications to electrostatic assembly of hierarchical and composite superstructures

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00907J, Paper
Nada Y. Naser, William C. Wixson, Helen Larson, Brandi M. Cossairt, Lilo D. Pozzo, François Baneyx
Exploiting the ability of a solid-binding elastin-like peptide to micellize, we mineralize monodisperse silica nanoparticles whose positive surface charge enables one-step electrostatic assembly of various mono- and bi-material superstructures.
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Self-consistent electrostatic formalism of bulk electrolytes based on the asymmetric treatment of the short- and long-range ion interactions

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01174K, Paper
Sahin Buyukdagli
Internal energy of monovalent electrolytes (left) and dimensionless screening parameter of multivalent electrolytes (right).
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A generalized model for predicting different morphologies of bacterial swarming on a porous solid surface

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01072H, Paper
Uttam Kumar, Pushpavanam Subramaniam
In this study, we develop a comprehensive two-phase model to analyze the dynamics of bacterial swarming on porous substrates. The two distinct phases under consideration are the cell and aqueous...
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The Italian job

Seasoned designer Rajesh Pratap Singh tells us how his fashion sensibilities were honed in Arezzo




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Onam weaves for 2022 comes alive with blooms and Kerala-themed motifs

Designers dress up the traditional cream-and-gold Kerala cotton with hand-painted motifs, embroidery, cut work and more




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Uniqlo turns three in the India market; launches second edition of its collaboration with Italian luxury fashion house Marni

Headquartered in Tokyo, the Japanese apparel brand focusses on technology and sustainability, and its latest collection of fleece jackets is made of recycled PET bottles



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This Chennai-based startup customises your sneakers so you can put your personality on them

Pastels, bling, or bold colours, whatever be your taste, K-kix, a sneaker customisation platform from Chennai can do it for you



  • Life & Style

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Editorial. TRAI rules can ring in better telecom service quality

The changes promise a better user experience, with faster load times for web pages and smoother live streams




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CoinDCX integrates decentralised custody inside its app

This feature allows users to move their holdings from CoinDCX’s custody to a decentralised decentralized wallet, meaning their assets will be stored directly on the blockchain



  • Money & Banking

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Poundmaker's Lodge : A Healing Place / directed by: Alanis Obomsawin ; produced by: Andy Thomson, Alanis Obomsawin, Marrin Canell, Robert Verrall ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2013




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At Home : The Wound Inside / directed by: Darryl Nepinak ; produced by: Brendon Sawatzky, Alicia Smith, David Christensen ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2012




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Vizianagaram MLC election: A.P. High Court sets aside disqualification of Raghu Raju; election to local bodies hangs in balance

As per the earlier schedule, the election will take place on November 28 and counting is scheduled for December 1.