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At Design for Change, we let children find creative solutions: Kiran Bir Sethi

Change for Social Transformation — Design for Change




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Women in just 32% of districts have achieved work-life balance: IIMA study

The study conducted in 705 districts emphasised the need for men’s participation in sharing household responsibilities to achieve work-life balance for both genders




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National Consumer Helpline facilitates ₹1 crore refund to students from coaching centres

NCH received 16,276 grievances from students in 2023-2024, up from 5,351 in 2022-2023 and 4,815 in 2021-2022




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IIM Sambalpur to introduce AI-enabled teaching

The authorities of IIM, Sambalpur announced the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) as faculty during a programme commemorating its 10th Foundation Day




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India will ‘commission a nuclear power reactor every year’: NPCIL chief

An interview with B.C. Pathak on India’s nuclear power plans and strategy




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BJP’s goal is to have only one government: Chidambaram

The Congress veteran says the BJP espouses a ‘militant, extreme, right-wing Hinduism’ which is also working in its favour in Hindi-speaking States while Hinduism is essentially ‘more inclusive’



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BJP campaign based on fearmongering: Sachin Pilot

Congress general secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh says that the change in tone and tenor of BJP leaders after the first two phases of polling shows things are not going their way; he says that there is little energy and enthusiasm in the BJP vote base to re-elect the same government to power



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Congress should explain why Rahul is not fighting from Amethi; it is their cowardice: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav

Mr. Yadav says the BJP’s strength lies in its collective leadership and that Congress leaders have no ideology



  • Lok Sabha Elections

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‘My money is where my mouth is,’ says Ruchir Sharma, author of What Went Wrong With Capitalism

Leading financial analyst and investor Ruchir Sharma on what ails capitalism and the possible cures




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Stress regulation via surface micro-etching and reconstruction for enhancing triple-cation perovskite solar cells with an efficiency of 25.54%

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04248D, Paper
Yang Ding, Erming Feng, Siyuan Lu, Jianhui Chang, Caoyu Long, Sichao Tong, Hengyue Li, Junliang Yang
A surface micro-etching and reconstruction strategy is developed to regulate the stresses in a perovskite film, achieving a benign transition from tensile stress to compressive stress.
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Interplay of intercalation dynamics and lithium plating in monolithic and architectured graphite anodes during fast charging

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8702-8721
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02211D, Paper
Open Access
Aleksandar S. Mijailovic, Seth Waag-Swift, Guanyi Wang, Bingyao Zhou, Mei Luo, Wenquan Lu, Qingliu Wu, Brian W. Sheldon
Fast charging of high-capacity anodes is challenging due to lithium plating reactions, which lead to poor cycling performance and safety concerns.
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Achieving high performance triboelectric nanogenerators simultaneously with high-voltage and high-charge energy cycle

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8734-8744
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02447H, Paper
Open Access
Yikui Gao, Jiaqi Liu, Linglin Zhou, Lixia He, Di Liu, Peiyuan Yang, Bingzhe Jin, Zhong Lin Wang, Jie Wang
This work achieves a high-voltage and high-charge energy cycle for TENGs, as well as lossless energy transmission between TENGs and PMCs.
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Advancing high-efficiency, stretchable organic solar cells: novel liquid metal electrode architecture

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8915-8925
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03406F, Paper
Seungbok Lee, Sungjun Oh, Seungseok Han, Dongchan Lee, Jihyung Lee, Yonghwi Kim, Hoe-Yeon Jeong, Jin-Woo Lee, Min-Ho Lee, Wu Bin Ying, Seonju Jeong, Seungjae Lee, Junho Kim, Yun Hoo Kim, Bumjoon J. Kim, Eun-chae Jeon, Taek-Soo Kim, Shinuk Cho, Jung-Yong Lee
Highly efficient and stretchable organic solar cells were developed with a novel liquid metal top electrode. Metallic interlayers enabled its fabrication via thermal evaporation, achieving 14.6% PCE and 70% PCE retention under 63% strain.
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Towards efficient and stable organic solar cells: fixing the morphology problem in block copolymer active layers with synergistic strategies supported by interpretable machine learning

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8954-8965
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03168G, Paper
Yu Cui, Qunping Fan, Hao Feng, Tao Li, Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk, Wei Ma, Han Yan
Interpretable machine learning identifies the causal structure–property relationships and key control factors in block copolymer organic solar cells with excellent power conversion efficiency and thermal stability.
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T.N. govt. circular declares November 14-20 as Children’s Week

As November 14 is celebrated as National Children’s Day and November 20 as World Children’s Day across the world, the Social Welfare Department requests all Anganwadis in Tamil Nadu to organise events to celebrate the week




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Hospital in Coimbatore introduces machine for advanced radiation therapy




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Tiruchi Engagements for November 13, 2024




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Additional Chief Secretary holds review meeting at Bharathidasan University




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Ministerial staff urge Chief Secretary to ensure compliance with transfer policy norms

The staff body accuses Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms of failing to follow the norms for its own department, and of violating transfer policy norms prevailing in the government for more than 15 years in the matters of transfer, promotion, recruitment rules, regularisation of services, of an estimated 3,000 ministerial employees




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Mayor inspects Chathiram bus stand in Tiruchi




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NHAI begins repair work on Tiruchi-Padalur section




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More coaching centres for competitive exams to be opened in State, says Higher Education Minister




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Kochi International Marina gets a facelift

Stakeholders seek dredging, renovation of adjacent Bolgatty Palace Hotel




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Knowledge centres to facilitate coaching classes for TNPSC exam




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Lakshmi Swaminathan on how legendary architect Didi Contractor imagined spaces

‘Didi evocatively narrated her designs as stories as she drew. By living her ideals in day-to-day life, she introduced me to an elegantly simple lifestyle,’ says Didi’s student Lakshmi Swaminathan




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New Editor-in-Chief for Reaction Chemistry & Engineering

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE90011A, Editorial
Dionisios G. Vlachos, Maria Southall, Klavs F. Jensen
Executive Editor Maria Southall welcomes Dionisios Vlachos as the new Editor-in-Chief of Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and pays tribute to the leadership and many contributions of departing inaugural Editor-in-Chief Klavs Jensen.
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Development of an automated platform for monitoring microfluidic reactors through multi-reactor integration and online (chip-)LC/MS-detection

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4RE00004H, Paper
Open Access
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Hannes Westphal, Simon Schmidt, Sanjay Lama, Matthias Polack, Chris Weise, Toni Oestereich, Rico Warias, Tanja Gulder, Detlev Belder
Biocatalysis with packed-bed microreactors: a novel method combining microreactor technology, multi-reactor integration, and online (chip-)LC/MS analysis in a sequential automated workflow.
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Machine-learning assisted optimisation during heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation utilising a static mixer under continuous flow

React. Chem. Eng., 2024, 9,872-882
DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00570D, Paper
Open Access
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Thomas M. Kohl, Yan Zuo, Benjamin W. Muir, Christian H. Hornung, Anastasios Polyzos, Yutong Zhu, Xingdong Wang, David L. J. Alexander
Machine-learning assisted optimisation of a continuous photodegradation reaction, using a TiO2 coated catalytic static mixer successfully accounting for catalyst degradation.
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Enphase Energy to cut workforce by 17%; to focus manufacturing in the US, India and China

500 employees and contractors to be affected by the lay-offs




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Post US President elections, China may look at reducing steel exports: Tata Steel MD

oOur projects are moving at the right pace, says TV Narendran




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It’s a techie life: Blossoms of creativity

There are a growing number of techies who practise the art of vegetative propagation




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Novel selenium-enriched Pichia kudriavzevii as a dietary supplement to alleviate dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice by modulating the gut microbiota and host metabolism

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10698-10716
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO02598A, Paper
Huijuan Wang, Yue Chen, Zhouli Wang, Yahong Yuan, Tianli Yue
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) poses persistent challenges due to its chronic and recurrent nature, exacerbated by the unsatisfactory outcomes of the traditional treatment approaches.
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Dietary supplementation with novel selenium-enriched Pichia kudriavzevii regulates gut microbiota and host metabolism in mice

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10896-10912
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03633F, Paper
Huijuan Wang, Dan Shi, Yue Chen, Zhouli Wang, Yahong Yuan, Tianli Yue
Insufficient selenium intake can lead to serious health problems.
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Editorial. India needs a stable population, not more children

Southern States’ concerns need to be addressed by the Finance panel




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The angst over China’s slowdown

Though China’s growth has slowed in recent years, its dire consequences and impact on world economy are exaggerated




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US elections and economic ties with China

Tariff threat. Trump, if elected, has threatened to impose harsher tariffs on China. But that may hurt the US more




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China cloud looms over world’s solar journey

China controls over 80 per cent of global solar production. This dominance could hurt the world’s green energy agenda




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It’s soul searching time in Washington

Amidst the din on illegal migration, mass deportation and abortion, the Harris camp may have missed the economic angle




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India on road to achieving 500 GW of RE

Renewable energy is a sector where there is strong alignment and co-operation between the Centre and the States. Public sector units and the private sector must now deliver




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The Archies Review

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.




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Punjab sanctions nearly 22,000 residue management machines




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China, Russia must fight U.S. 'containment': security chief




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MLAs chip in to improve the bus stops in Tambaram Corporation

Tambaram MLA S.R. Raja allotted ₹15 lakh under the MLA Constituency Development Scheme for building a concrete bus shelter at Sanatorium on GST Road. Pallavaram MLA E. Karunanidhi allotted funds for building a new concrete bus shelter at Chromepet




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UAS-B’s Krishi Mela on theme ‘climate-smart digital farming’ to feature drones for coconut-plucking, AI-based farm machinery

The Krishi Mela will be held on the GKVK campus of UAS-B from November 14 to 17




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Study to predict fog conditions around Bengaluru airport achieves 75% success

JNCASR and BIAL are looking for a partner who can provide data to all stakeholders on a regular basis






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Marching Out of Time

Exhilarating fife and drum music that marked the routine of military troops during the 18th century and sent the patriots marching into battle.





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Inside the underground lab in China tasked with solving a physics mystery

China’s JUNO will soon start gathering data on neutrinos, a product of nuclear reactions, to help solve one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics