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Actor Vidyullekha Raman looks forward to her upcoming films

After completing 11 years in the industry with 75 films, Vidyullekha Raman says now is the best time for actors as the spotlight is on author-backed roles




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Women’s Day 2024: Experience safe travel in India through women-only travel groups

Step into the world of women-only travel groups, where like-minded adventurers come together to build lasting connections, and embark on unforgettable journeys




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Women who drive SUVs in Thiruvananthapuram form a group to explore new paths of adventure

The women want to go on offroading trips and on long-distance drives




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Holiday bookings up this summer vacation, with some impact from upcoming Lok Sabha elections

There is an increase of 30-40% in domestic travel, and 15% in international travel bookings




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A suitcase full of clouds | Stocking up on chubitchi brew and smoked pork in Iewduh, Shillong

When a restaurant owner from Chennai made space in her suitcase for Khasi delicacies, smoked meats, and some local liquor




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The travel trend for 2024: Destination Dupes

Skip popular tourist hotspots for lesser known travel destinations that are unexpected, more affordable and every bit as delightful for an unforgettable holiday minus the crowds



  • Life & Style

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Puducherry District Court upholds eviction proceedings against Cercle de Pondicherry




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Lt. Governor urges industry associations to set up SC/ST cell to assist socially marginalised sections to start ventures




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AIADMK demands setting up of CBI unit in Puducherry




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Electricity Department to disconnect power supply to 22 plastic-manufacturing units




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CPI(M) urges L-G to revive supply of essentials via PDS outlets




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Hindu Munnani workers stage protest over encroachment of govt. land by a religious group




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Special camps for voter roll revision in Villupuram




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Hear the Isolated Vocals of Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush in “Don’t Give Up”: The Power of Perseverance

Just by chance, could you use a song about perseverance and overcoming adversity? Something to give you a little encouragement and reassurance? Then we submit to you “Don’t Give Up,” featuring the isolated vocals of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. When he released the song on his 1986 album So, Gabriel told NME: “The catalyst […]




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How Upside-Down Models Revolutionized Architecture, Making Possible St. Paul’s Cathedral, Sagrada Família & More

For 142 years now, Sagrada Família has been growing toward the sky. Or at least that’s what it seems to be doing, as its ongoing construction realizes ever more fully a host of forms that look and feel not quite of this earth. It makes a kind of sense to learn that, in designing the […]




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Lightweight flexible self-powered photo-supercapacitors with good stability through photoelectrochemical deposition of tellurium on PPy–V2O5 films as a new visible light active dual photoelectrode

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03090G, Paper
Mohamad Mohsen Momeni, Hossein Mohammadzadeh Aydisheh, Byeong-Kyu Lee, Ali Naderi
Lightweight flexible solid-state photosupercapacitors (FSSPC) with two identical Te@PPy–V2O5 photoelectrodes showed good performance and maintained functionality under different bending angles. They also demonstrated stability from −10 °C to 50 °C.
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Enhanced magnetic properties and spin–phonon coupling in Ni-substituted α-Cu2V2O7: the role of bond length, bond angles, and distorted polyhedral structures

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17519-17532
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02838D, Paper
A. Das, A. Banerjee, A. Tayal, S. Bandyopadhyay
Ni-Doped Cu2V2O7 exhibits enhanced magnetic hysteresis, zero-field exchange bias, and strong spin–phonon coupling, making it a promising candidate for spintronics applications.
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Superior energy storage performance and transparency in (K0.5Na0.5)(Nb0.97Ta0.03)O3-based ceramics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17439-17447
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03682D, Paper
Wenjing Bi, Ying Li, Juan Du, Jingwen Sun, Zhe Wang, Wenna Chao, Jigong Hao, Peng Fu, Peng Li, Wei Li
Strongly relaxed ferroelectric KNN-based ceramics with nano-domains are developed, and synergistic enhancement with a large Wrec and good transparency is realized.
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Cuprous-based layered single-crystalline scintillators for X-ray detection and imaging

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17587-17594
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03080J, Paper
Yuke Zhao, Danping Chen, Haitao Tang, Hailin Liu, Yong Liu, Yangyang Dang, Qianqian Lin
A new metal halide single crystal (C6H10N2)2Cu2I3(PO2)3 was demonstrated. The optical and X-ray properties of (C6H10N2)2Cu2I3(PO2)3 were fully characterized and evaluated, which demonstrated great potential for X-ray detection and imaging.
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Construction of oxygen-rich vacancy Bi3O4Br: Yb3+, Er3+ nanosheet for enhanced Photoreversible color switching and upconversion luminescence

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03981E, Paper
Xueting Zhao, Junhao Ma, Jindan Zha, Kuisui Huang, Chenghui Chai, Zhaoyi Yin, Zhiguo Song, Jianbei Qiu, Yongjin Li
Traditional inorganic photoreversible color-switching materials (PCSMs) usually exhibit slow color switching and single color switching characteristics, which severely restrict their use in information storage, anti-counterfeiting, and other applications. Herein, we...
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Silver-incorporated NiCo metal–organic frameworks with controlled morphology for enhanced cycling in flexible supercapacitor applications

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02970D, Paper
Chu Chu, Wenjing Zhang, Xuehua Yan, Yingnan Yan, Jianmei Pan, Zohreh Shahnavaz, Jamile Mohammadi Moradian
The specific capacitance of NCA15-MOF/NF was 1317 F g−1, which was significantly higher compared to the NCA0-MOF/NF. After 15 000 charge–discharge cycles, the NCA15-MOF/NF retained 89% of its initial specific capacitance.
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A metal–organic framework enhanced single network organohydrogel with superior low-temperature adaptability and UV-blocking capability towards human-motion sensing

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03148B, Paper
Ying Li, Zhongquan Yu, Jialuo Zhang, Enke Feng, Xiaoqin Li, Linan Cao, Zhiming Yang, Zhiqiang Wu
A UiO-66-NH2 nanoparticle reinforced organohydrogel with anti-freezing and UV-blocking properties was synthesized for sensing complex human movements and transmitting different messages even at subzero temperature.
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Three-Step Change in Uniaxial Negative Thermal Expansion by Switching Supramolecular Motion Modes in Ferromagnetically-Coupled Nickel Dithiolate Lattice

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03992K, Paper
Masato Haneda, Kiyonori Takahashi, Naohiro Hasuo, Rui-Kang Huang, Xue Chen, Jia-bing Wu, Shin-ichiro Noro, Takayoshi Nakamura
The wheel-axle-type supramolecule, ((+H3N-C2H4)2O)([18]crown-6)2, was introduced into the crystal as a counter cation of [Ni(dmit)2]. Within the crystal, [Ni(dmit)2] was arranged in a honeycomb-like structure and one-dimensional chains formed by...
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Colossal Dielectric Permittivity and Superparaelectricity in phenyl pyrimidine based liquid crystals

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03561E, Paper
YURI PANARIN, Wanhe Jiang, Neelam Yadav, Mudit Sahai, Yumin Tang, Xianbing Zeng, Olga Panarina, Georg H. Mehl, Jagdish K Vij
A set of polar rod-shaped liquid crystalline molecules with large dipole moments (µ > 10.4-14.8 D), their molecular structures based on the ferroelectric nematic prototype DIO, are designed, synthesized, and...
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Fez lights up, thanks to its household waste



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AllGreenup: the app that measures environmental impact and rewards environmental care

The platform connects users and companies within a sustainable context, promoting environmental care.



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The Day Akshay Became A Puppet

Whatever the fate of his movie may be at the box office, Akshay Kumar sure knows how to entertain his audiences.




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Anupam Kher On IFFI Row: Shameful!

'If the Holocaust was right, then the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits is also right.'




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Why Is Babul Supriyo Upset?

'I have made a new rule: When I'm having my morning tea, a guy keeps the harmonium on my bed.''So while I'm writing what my plan for the day is, that harmonium is in front of me and I do riyaz of 40-50 minutes.'




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'Salman Was Chupchap'

It was a day with a difference for industry icons Salim-Javed, who transformed Hindi cinema in the 1970s with films like Zanjeer, Sholay, Deewar and Don, when their families got together to hail them on stage.




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Medicine wheels of the Plains and Rocky Mountains / an update[d] compendium (Reeves and Kennedy) and edited collection of works by John Brumley, Ted Birmie, Rebecca Kallevig, Barry Dau, Trevor Peck, and Dean Wetzel ; overall editors, Brian O. K. Reeves, M

xxv, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. + 1 folded map




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Get retinafied and support kids in need!

Up to and including Monday December 1, 100% of sales of my Retina Web ebook will go to Donors Choose projects in Ferguson, MO. These kids need our help! Thank you! Get your copy now!




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TN sets up swine flu call centre

Call 044-24350496, 044-24334811, 9444340496, 9361482899 and 104 for information related to swine flu and fever, diagnostic centres and treatment from government hospitals




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10,000 U.S.-supported civilians needed to fight Ebola: United Nations




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Malaria: people with blood group A more vulnerable to severe disease




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Private set-up gets a thumbs up from doctors

Despite economic security, stability, doctors don't prefer corporate hospitals




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Losing ground in the war on superbugs

Rising drug resistance has left Indian doctors struggling to treat complex infections.



  • Policy & Issues

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Supramolecular gels: a versatile crystallization toolbox

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,10604-10619
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00271G, Review Article
Open Access
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Rafael Contreras-Montoya, Luis Álvarez de Cienfuegos, José A. Gavira, Jonathan W. Steed
Supramolecular gels are unique materials formed through the self-assembly of low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs). Their versatility has allowed the expansion of gel crystallization processes, giving a new impetus to this field.
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Supramolecular and molecular capsules, cages and containers

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,10380-10408
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00761A, Tutorial Review
Open Access
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Cameron J. T. Cox, Jessica Hale, Paulina Molinska, James E. M. Lewis
Supramolecular and molecular capsules are a diverse class of host systems exhibiting a range of properties and characteristics with applications in sensing, separations, storage, transport, reactivity modulation and biomedicine.
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Metal–support interactions in metal oxide-supported atomic, cluster, and nanoparticle catalysis

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,10450-10490
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00527A, Review Article
Open Access
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Denis Leybo, Ubong J. Etim, Matteo Monai, Simon R. Bare, Ziyi Zhong, Charlotte Vogt
Metal–support interactions (MSI) impact catalyst activity, stability, and selectivity. This review critically evaluates recent findings, theoretical advances, and MSI tuning strategies, offering new perspectives for future research in the field.
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Reactive oxygen species-mediated organic long-persistent luminophores light up biomedicine: from two-component separated nano-systems to integrated uni-luminophores

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,11207-11227
DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00443D, Review Article
Zhe Li, Hongwen Liu, Xiao-Bing Zhang
An overview of the recent advances in reactive oxygen species-mediated organic long-persistent luminophores, including their history, working mechanisms, design strategies, and biomedical applications.
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It’s a start-up hostel

Travelling entrepreneurs and techies have an environment-friendly and trendy place to stay in the city, finds out Swetha Akshita




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An app to spruce up your home

A reliable cleaning service is just a tap away. By Nandhini Sundar




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Modular kitchen studio opened in Tiruppur




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Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on illegal demolitions on November 13

While reserving the case for judgment, Bench promised to protect even convicted criminals from state-sponsored punitive demolition of their legal private property




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Bangladeshi youth linked to banned outfit arrested in Tiruppur without valid documents




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Coimbatore round up




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Tiruppur city police nab gang with weapons, thwart robberies