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Four temporary jails set up in Ludhiana to lodge COVID-19 curfew violators




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1,100 detained in Ludhiana for violating lockdown




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Two more people test positive for COVID-19 in Ludhiana




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NGO distributes food among needy in Ludhiana amid lockdown




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No relaxation in COVID-19 lockdown: Ludhiana DC




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With no labourers due to lockdown, farmers in Ludhiana call for govt's help




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COVID-19: Operations of food preparation establishments stopped in Ludhiana




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Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu visits Ludhiana mandi




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Home delivery services stopped in Ludhiana




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Punjab to go for plasma therapy of COVID-19 positive Ludhiana ACP




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High-velocity wind, rain flatten wheat crop in Punjab, Haryana




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Mandi official tests positive for COVID-19 in Ludhiana




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80-year-old mother of Canadian MP stuck in Punjab due to COVID-19 lockdown




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217 Canadians boarded Qatar Airways special flight, says Punjab Special Chief Secy




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Qatar Airways special flight with 243 Canadians on board departs from Amritsar




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Vegetable farmers bearing brunt of lockdown in Ludhiana




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Apologise for mismanaging pilgrims' return: Sukhbir to Amarinder




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With migrant labourers heading home and mandis closed in Ludhiana, vegetable farmers face problems




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Nanded returnees satisfied with arrangements made by Ludhiana district administration




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Migrants block road in Punjab's Ludhiana over unavailability of ration




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Ludhiana DM allows restaurants, eateries to open up for home delivery from 7 am to 7 pm




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Restaurants, eateries open for home delivery in Ludhiana




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Happy Mother's Day: Ayushmann Khurrana's dedication 'Ma' is the sweetest tribute to mothers

Ayushmann Khurrana unveiled his song 'Ma', a soothing tribute to all the mothers out there celebrating the day




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4,311 migrant workers in Wayanad register to go home

Most of them are from West Bengal




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Coronavirus | Fatalities dog Andhra Pradesh, Telangana battle against virus

Two expatriates test positive in Kerala; Karnataka focuses on Bengaluru cases




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RTC bus from Vizag delivers TB medicinesin Anantapur

While Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation(APSRTC) is transporting essential goods like rice, vegetables and fruits within the State, it has also




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Fire breaks out in cardboard factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana

A fire broke out in a cardboard factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana on Sunday morning, Delhi Fire Service officials said. However, no one is trapped or in




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HDFC Asset Management Company sees flat profit growth in march quarter

Fund house held sizeable market share in individual investors' segment




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'Thank you for creating mommy': Sara Ali Khan makes mother Amrita Singh & grandmother Rukhsana Sultana feel special

Sara Ali Khan shared a beautiful picture of Amrita Singh and Rukhsana Sultana holding her newborn self




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'Ye bewakoof kisi aur ko banana': Mohammed Shami recalls instance when MS Dhoni told him off over a bouncer

The incident took place back in 2014 during India's test match against New Zealand.




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Thousands of migrant workers enter Haryana from Punjab




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Haryana: 25 people, including man with defected leg, on long march to UP’s Mirzapur




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13 lakh registered migrants in Haryana have rejoined work, says Khattar




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Punjab and Haryana HC to hold 10 benches for hearing of urgent cases over video conferencing




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Plea in Punjab and Haryana HC seeks directions to health facilities to attend non-Covid cases




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28 cases take Haryana's corona tally to 675

The Covid-19 count of Haryana on Saturday reached 675 as 28 new cases, which includes 25 from the national capital region (NCR) were reported. A 22-year-old TB patient also succumbed to Covid-19 in Panipat taking death toll to 9 in the state.




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Low-dose X-ray structure analysis of cytochrome c oxidase utilizing high-energy X-rays

To investigate the effect of high-energy X-rays on site-specific radiation-damage, low-dose diffraction data were collected from radiation-sensitive crystals of the metal enzyme cytochrome c oxidase. Data were collected at the Structural Biology I beamline (BL41XU) at SPring-8, using 30 keV X-rays and a highly sensitive pixel array detector equipped with a cadmium telluride sensor. The experimental setup of continuous sample translation using multiple crystals allowed the average diffraction weighted dose per data set to be reduced to 58 kGy, and the resulting data revealed a ligand structure featuring an identical bond length to that in the damage-free structure determined using an X-ray free-electron laser. However, precise analysis of the residual density around the ligand structure refined with the synchrotron data showed the possibility of a small level of specific damage, which might have resulted from the accumulated dose of 58 kGy per data set. Further investigation of the photon-energy dependence of specific damage, as assessed by variations in UV-vis absorption spectra, was conducted using an on-line spectrometer at various energies ranging from 10 to 30 keV. No evidence was found for specific radiation damage being energy dependent.




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X-ray fluorescence analysis of metal distributions in cryogenic biological samples using large-acceptance-angle SDD detection and continuous scanning at the Hard X-ray Micro/Nano-Probe beamline P06 at PETRA III

A new Rococo 2 X-ray fluorescence detector was implemented into the cryogenic sample environment at the Hard X-ray Micro/Nano-Probe beamline P06 at PETRA III, DESY, Hamburg, Germany. A four sensor-field cloverleaf design is optimized for the investigation of planar samples and operates in a backscattering geometry resulting in a large solid angle of up to 1.1 steradian. The detector, coupled with the Xspress 3 pulse processor, enables measurements at high count rates of up to 106 counts per second per sensor. The measured energy resolution of ∼129 eV (Mn Kα at 10000 counts s−1) is only minimally impaired at the highest count rates. The resulting high detection sensitivity allows for an accurate determination of trace element distributions such as in thin frozen hydrated biological specimens. First proof-of-principle measurements using continuous-movement 2D scans of frozen hydrated HeLa cells as a model system are reported to demonstrate the potential of the new detection system.




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A semi-analytical approach for the characterization of ordered 3D nanostructures using grazing-incidence X-ray fluorescence

Following the recent demonstration of grazing-incidence X-ray fluorescence (GIXRF)-based characterization of the 3D atomic distribution of different elements and dimensional parameters of periodic nanoscale structures, this work presents a new computational scheme for the simulation of the angular-dependent fluorescence intensities from such periodic 2D and 3D nanoscale structures. The computational scheme is based on the dynamical diffraction theory in many-beam approximation, which allows a semi-analytical solution to the Sherman equation to be derived in a linear-algebraic form. The computational scheme has been used to analyze recently published GIXRF data measured on 2D Si3N4 lamellar gratings, as well as on periodically structured 3D Cr nanopillars. Both the dimensional and structural parameters of these nanostructures have been reconstructed by fitting numerical simulations to the experimental GIXRF data. Obtained results show good agreement with nominal parameters used in the manufacturing of the structures, as well as with reconstructed parameters based on the previously published finite-element-method simulations, in the case of the Si3N4 grating.




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EXAFS and XANES analysis of oxides at the nanoscale

This work presents a discussion of the possibilities offered by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to study the local structure of nanomaterials. The current state of the art for the interpretation of extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), including an advanced approach based on the use of classical molecular dynamics, is described and exemplified in the case of NiO nanoparticles. In addition, the limits and possibilities of X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) in determining several effects associated with the nanocrystalline nature of materials are also discussed in connection with the development of ZnO-based dilute magnetic semiconductors and iron oxide nanoparticles.




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Binding site asymmetry in human transthyretin: insights from a joint neutron and X-ray crystallographic analysis using perdeuterated protein

A neutron crystallographic study of perdeuterated transthyretin reveals important aspects of the structure relating to its stability and its propensity to form fibrils, as well as evidence of a single water molecule that affects the symmetry of the two binding pockets.




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In-depth analysis of subclass-specific conformational preferences of IgG antibodies

An extended analysis of structural ensembles obtained from small-angle X-ray scattering data reveals subclass-specific conformational preferences of IgG antibodies, which are largely determined by the hinge-region structure.






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Solution structure and assembly of β-amylase 2 from Arabidopsis thaliana

Solution structure of β-amylase 2 from Arabidopsis thaliana shows the role of the conserved N-terminus in enzyme tetramer formation.




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Industrial cryo-EM facility setup and management

The setup and operation of an industrial cryo-EM laboratory is described.




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Structural and thermodynamic analysis of interactions between death-associated protein kinase 1 and anthraquinones

Death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1) was found to form a complex with purpurin and the crystal structure of the complex was determined. Purpurin may be a good lead compound for for the discovery of inhibitors of DAPK1.




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Bond-valence analyses of the crystal structures of FeMo/V cofactors in FeMo/V proteins

The bond-valence method was performed on 51 crystal data sets from nitrogenase proteins, indicating the presence of molybdenum(III) in FeMo cofactors and vanadium(III) with more reduced iron complements in FeV cofactors.




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Structural basis of carbohydrate binding in domain C of a type I pullulanase from Paenibacillus barengoltzii




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Bis[benzyl 2-(heptan-4-yl­idene)hydrazine-1-carboxyl­ate]bis­(thio­cyanato)­cobalt(II)

The title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C15H22N2O2)2] or C32H44CoN6O4S2, was prepared from cobalt(II) nitrate, benzyl carbazate and ammonium thio­cyanate in the presence of 4-hepta­none. The compound crystallizes with two centrosymmetric complexes in which the cobalt(II) atoms have a trans-CoO2N4 octa­hedral coordination geometry. In the crystal, N—H⋯S, C—H⋯S and C—H⋯.π contacts stack the complex mol­ecules along the b-axis direction.