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Ahead of COP29, India to emphasise Paris Agreement red lines on climate finance

India is expected to stick to its stance of getting developed countries to increase climate finance, with a highly placed official saying, “We are flexible and open to different kinds of finance.” The official told The Hindu, “A key concern is that developed countries are trying to include developing countries (China and India) using new terms such as ‘major economies’ in a bid to get them to be part of NCQG.”




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India to focus on climate finance, accountability, protection for vulnerable communities at COP29

India’s COP29 strategy emphasises climate finance, accountability, and protection for vulnerable communities, urging developed nations to fulfill climate pledges




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T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

To give better access to women for screening of cancer, the Health Department is taking their programmes to work sites and also encouraging women to come in for annual check-ups




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You can use text-wrap: balance; on icons

The CSS text-wrap property is (rightfully) widely assumed to be used strictly for text elements. But Terrence Eden posted an article on his blog that shows how it can also be used to balance the way other types of elements wrap, including icons.


You can use text-wrap: balance; on icons originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.




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Popping Comments With CSS Anchor Positioning and View-Driven Animations

The State of CSS 2024 survey wrapped up and the results are interesting, as always. Even though each section is worth analyzing, we are usually most hyped about the section on the most used CSS features. And if you …


Popping Comments With CSS Anchor Positioning and View-Driven Animations originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.




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Anchoreum: A New Game for Learning Anchor Positioning

You've played Flexbox Froggy before, right? Or maybe Grid Garden? They're both absolute musts for learning the basics of modern CSS layout using Flexbox and CSS Grid. Thomas Park made those and he's back with another game: Anchoreum.


Anchoreum: A New Game for Learning Anchor Positioning originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.




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US weather agency lowers chances of La Nina’s emergence

Cuts prospects to 60%, says a weak even may last till March 2025




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China's finance minister says room for more economic stimulus but offers no plan

Lan's remarks left the door open for such a plan in the future but he did not divulge what is under consideration




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Chance for La Nina to emerge has decreased, says Australia’s BoM

5 climate models point to ENSO-neutral conditions until February 2025




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PM Narendra Modi to meet Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez in Vadodara to boost bilateral ties

Bilateral trade between India and Spain has increased from $6.77 billion in 2021-22 to $7.24 billion in 2023-24




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Myanmar's civil war reshaped in past year with coordinated offensive by powerful resistance groups

Today it is increasingly on the back foot, with the loss of dozens of outposts, bases and strategic cities that even its leaders concede will be challenging to regain




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US puts 19 Indian entities on sanctions list for ‘enabling’ Russia’s war against Ukraine

Sanctions pose challenges for Indian companies navigating international trade compliance with limited resources




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"Sanctioned companies not in violation of Indian law," says MEA after US sanctions 19 Indian companies

The sanctions announced by the U.S. State Department targets 19 Indian companies and two individuals accused of allegedly supplying materials and technology to Russia to support its military amid the ongoing war in Ukraine




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Trump victory gives Modi chance to reset India’s image with the West

Analysts and officials believe that the US under Trump will continue a years-long effort to cultivate India as a strategic partner against a more assertive Beijing, an effort that has won India big new investments from US companies like Apple Inc




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World Bank in talks to help finance $28 billion Turkish energy upgrade, Anadolu reports

Humberto Lopez was quoted on Saturday as saying the World Bank was in talks with Turkey's ministry of energy about the matter



  • Money & Banking

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Manchester City's Rodri 'out for season' after ACL injury: reports

Rodri's loss would be a huge blow to City's hopes of winning a fifth consecutive Premier League title and ambitions of reclaiming the Champions League.




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Raphael Varane, former France and Real Madrid defender, announces retirement

Raphael Varane won the FIFA World Cup with France in 2018 and helped Real Madrid to four Champions League titles and three Spanish league trophies




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Tottenham beat 10-man Manchester United to up pressure on Ten Hag

Tottenham should have added to their lead long before United were reduced to 10 men when captain Fernandes was shown a straight red card on 42 minutes.




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Ten Hag demands Manchester United’s response in Europa League

The record 20-time English champions are off to their joint-worst start in the Premier League era, collecting just seven points from six games and scoring a mere five goals




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France defeats Belgium, Germany beats Netherlands in Nations League

On his debut for Germany, Jamie Leweling scored in the side’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands; Kolo Muani nets a brace for France in the absence of Kylian Mbappe




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Ancelotti says Mbappé ''not affected'' by reports of investigation in Sweden

I do not pay attention to speculations that come from outside the team. The player is not affected in the least, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti amid allegations of rape against Kylian Mbappé




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Three Indian footballers selected for training at Old Trafford in Manchester

PC Lalchhuanawma (Mizoram), Shreejal Kisku (Bhubaneswar), and Mohd Ayan (Lucknow) were selected to visit the Old Trafford alongside Nepal’s Bhakta Bahadur Pariyar and Chanason Chaiyatham from Bangkok




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Erik ten Hag fired as Manchester United fire manager after troubled start to season

Erik Ten Hag, who was hired in 2022, paid the price for leading United to just three wins in nine league games in the opening months of the campaign. Ruud van Nistelrooy was named interim coach.




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League Cup: Man United routs Leicester days after firing Ten Hag; Tottenham eliminates Manchester City

Liverpool continued its title defense with a 3-2 win over Brighton; Newcastle beat Chelsea 2-0




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Real Madrid, Manchester City humiliated in Champions League; Liverpool enjoys Alonso’s return

Defending champion Madrid was humbled 3-1 at home by AC Milan; City lost 4-1 at Sporting Lisbon




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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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The role of bullion in the event of a financial crisis 

Precious metals offer liquidity and act as hedges against economic instability, while real estate provides tangible assets with income-generating potentia



  • Gold & Silver

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Govt to decide on Sovereign Gold Bond issuance for next fiscal

No plan to stop the issuance of Sovereign Green Bonds, says a Senior official




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Sovereign Gold Bonds: Secondary market thrives amidst drought in primary issuances

Recent data reveals a significant increase in trading volume, with retail holdings growing 63 per cent year-on-year. 



  • Gold & Silver

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Recent advances in discrete Cu complexes for enhanced chemodynamic therapy

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02380C, Frontier
Zhao-Guo Hong, Liangliang Zhang, Hong Liang, Fu-Ping Huang
Since the concept of metal ion stimulation-mediated chemodynamic therapy was proposed by Bu and Shi 's group in 2016, increasing attention has been directed toward fabricate efficient, safe and stable...
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Triple-shelled Ni@MnO/C hollow spheres with enhanced performance for rechargeable zinc-ion capacitors

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02303J, Paper
Tao Xiang, Zaiting Qu, Daohong Zhang, Chenglong Hu, Zhen Chen, Qiufan Wang
Ni/MnO@C nanospheres with different core–shell structures are obtained by using Ni3Mn-MOFs as templates, exhibiting excellent electrochemical properties as cathodes in zinc-ion storage.
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Titanosiloxanes Consisting of Tetrahedrally Coordinated Ti Cores and Branched Siloxane Cages

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02848A, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Shohei Saito, Kenta Kawamura, Naoto Sato, Takamichi Matsuno, Hiroaki Wada, Kazuyuki Kuroda, Atsushi Shimojima
Well-defined titanosiloxane molecules with tetrahedrally coordinated Ti centers are synthesized by using mono-silanol functionalized siloxane cages as building blocks. The Ti sites are modified with the OSi(OSi)3 units, which is...
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Development of Polyoxometalate-loaded MOF for Heterogeneous Catalysis and Enhanced Dye Adsorption

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02645D, Paper
Ketan Maru, Sarita Kalla, Ritambhara Jangir
The study focuses here on the enhancement of MIL-117 functionality by incorporating well-known polyoxometalate (POM); tetrabutylammonium octamolybdate [(n-C4H9)4N]4[Mo8O26]. Using an encapsulation method with conventional heating, Mo8O264- anions were first time...
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Fe/Fe3C particles encapsulated in hollow carbon nanoboxes for high performance zinc–air batteries

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02396J, Paper
Chuyun Huang, Wenyuan Zhang, Xuezhi Hu, Shiliang Fei, Fhulufhelo Nemangwele, Nnditshedzeni Eric Maluta, Yangsen Hu, Hui Lv, Pei Hu, Zhuo Peng
Zinc–air batteries are recognized for their environmental friendliness and high energy density; however, the slow kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the air electrode hinder their commercial viability.
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Ionic-liquid Functionalized Metal-organic Framework and Its High Performance Solid Electrolyte for Lithium-ion Conduction

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02756F, Paper
Xiang Kun Cui, Yu Ding, Li Feng, Li Ming Chen, Yang Mei Hu, Hui Chen, Chong-Qing Wan
Herein, we report a new type solid-state electrolyte based on MOF matrix and Li+ ionic liquid. By covalent bonding the Li+ ionic liquids (MIMS·LiTFSI) on the stable UiO-67 framework, the...
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Advances in metal–organic frameworks for optically selective alkaline phosphatase activity monitoring: a perspective

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17742-17755
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01727G, Perspective
Eduarda Andrade, Filipe A. Almeida Paz, Flávio Figueira
MOFs can play three essential roles in ALP monitoring: they can serve as fluorescent probes, function in oxidation or peroxidation mechanisms, or combine both processes.
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Construction of oxygen-rich vacancies and heterojunctions coupled with different morphologies of CeO2/mesoporous TiO2 framework structures for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17963-17975
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02014F, Paper
Morigejile Liu, Guangmei Jiang, Zaiwang Zhao, Ying Shi, Siqin Zhao
Construction of oxygen-rich vacancies and heterojunction-coupled CeO2/mesoporous TiO2 framework structures with different morphologies and efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance.
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Asymmetric magnetic nanosnowman loaded with AgPd nanocage toward NIR-enhanced catalytic activity

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17864-17879
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02425G, Paper
Jie Jin, Haoran Li, Hongfa Wang, Qunling Fang, Yunqi Xu, Weili Kong, Xia Chen, Ken Cham-Fai Leung, Hailong Wang, Shouhu Xuan
An asymmetric Fe3O4@AgPd/PDA nanosnowman embedded with an AgPd nanocage shows significantly enhanced catalytic activity under near-infrared (NIR) light.
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Optimizing synergistic effects: creating oxygen vacancies in NiCoWO4via a solid-state grinding method for improved energy storage performance

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17948-17962
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02118E, Paper
Anandhavalli Jeevarathinam, Arun Annamalai, Ramya Ravichandran, Kumaresan Annamalai, Sundaravadivel Elumalai
We disclose, for the first time we report the synthesis of an oxygen vacancy-enriched NiCoWO4 electrode by a simple solid state grinding method using NaBH4 as a mild reducing agent without any solvents.
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Coinage metal(I) clusters supported by a 1,10-phenanthroline-phosphine: orange-to-NIR phosphorescence, metallophilic interactions and enhanced cytotoxicity

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,18027-18036
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02642J, Paper
Alexander V. Artem'ev, Maria P. Davydova, Lyubov S. Klyushova, Evgeniy H. Sadykov, Mariana I. Rakhmanova, Taisiya S. Sukhikh
Based on 2-(diphenylphosphino)-1,10-phenanthroline, a series of small metal(I) clusters, exhibiting orange to NIR phosphorescence and strong dose-dependent cytotoxicity.
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Cationic first-row transition metal saccharinate complexes with tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine: synthesis, structures and anticancer studies

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02258K, Paper
Ceyda Icsel, Seyma Aydinlik, Muhittin Aygun, Veysel T. Yilmaz
Highly cytotoxic dinuclear oxo-bridged Fe(III) saccharinate complex with tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine induces excessive ROS generation, mitochondrial and DNA damage in HT29 colon cancer cells.
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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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Alleviating hypoxia by integrating MnO2 with metal-organic frameworks coated upconversion nanocomposites for enhanced photodynamic therapy in vitro

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02605E, Paper
Junxun Zhou, Mengyue Jiang, Qiangqiang Zhang, Yuan Jiang, Haifang Wang, Lining Sun
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) requires the participation of abundant oxygen while the hypoxic tumor microenvironment limits the efficacy of PDT. Here, upconversion luminescent nanocomposites coated with metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized...
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Anchored to beliefs




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Many facets of intolerance




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A trip to Panchmarhi

A college tour to the picturesque destination breaks the ice




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NanoRaman: correlated tip-enhanced optical spectroscopy and scanning-probe microscopy

Register now: 8 March 2018
A webinar sponsored by HORIBA Scientific




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Enhancing radiotherapy with MRI

Bas Raaymakers describes how MRI can help target tumours with improved accuracy




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Art camp in support of cancer patients in Mysuru soon




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Medical malpractice destroys profession’s nobility, says BLDE Vice-Chancellor