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Watch: Climate finance issues in COP29, rooftop farming in Chennai

Climate finance issues expected to come up at COP29 in Baku; floods in western and central Africa, and the Chennai Urban Farming Initiative




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Chhattisgarh tribal body finds irregularities in Hasdeo mining clearance

The Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Tribe Commission found that the clearance was obtained using forged documents




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Climate experts worry about Donald Trump’s re-election impact

Climate experts anxious about American commitment to carbon mitigation efforts, particularly the Trump campaign’s espousal for fracking and distrust of scientific consensus on the impacts of greenhouse gas warming




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Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty on UN climate conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan




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PM Modi, Environment Minister unlikely to attend U.N. climate summit in Baku

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh will lead the Indian delegation at the high-level segment on November 18-19




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The climate targets of the world’s major oil and gas companies

Direct comparisons of the oil companies’ climate plans are difficult as they emphasise different approaches to intensity-based targets




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ISRO reaches new milestone, successfully lands Pushpak reusable launch vehicle

ISRO conducted successful RLV-LEX-02 experiment demonstrating autonomous landing capabilities from high altitudes, marking progress in space technology




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Veddas of Sri Lanka have close genetic link with India: Study

The finding challenges the conventional isolation-by-distance model in genetic studies




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AstraZeneca admits rare blood clot risk with Covishield, Vaxzevria vaccines

The WHO has recognised TTS as a rare but serious adverse event linked to specific Covid-19 vaccines.




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HYLENR demonstrates cold fusion technology to generate clean energy  

The technology has received a patent from the government




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Climate change can hamper wind resources in India, impact renewable energy 

‘Visual data suggests wind speeds in key regions of India are gradually declining, which could have significant implications for the wind energy sector’




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Cabinet clears ₹32,000 crore proposals for key space missions

Funds cover Chandrayaan-4, Venus Orbiter, space station, and next-gen launch vehicle




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CERN, the world’s biggest nuclear research centre, turns 70; in search of funding for next project

The nuclear physics hub needs to finance the construction of the Future Circular Collider as its existing particle accelerator — famed for discovering the Higgs Boson — edges toward the end of its useful life




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Europa Clipper: NASA’s billion-dollar mission to explore the potential for life on Jupiter’s Moon

Embarking on a 1.8 million-mile journey from Kennedy Space Centre, the spacecraft is set to reach Jupiter in 5 1/2 years, utilising gravity assists from Mars and Earth




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Tech Query: What is the outlook for Infibeam Avenues, HFCL, Oil India, NGL Fine-Chem?

We zoom in on the prospects of Infibeam Avenues, as also the prospects of three other stocks — HFCL, Oil India, NGL Fine-Chem




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Nifty prediction today – Nov 8, 2024: Intraday outlook is unclear. Stay out of the market

Nifty 50 November futures contract can oscillate in a range of 24,150-24,400




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Crude Check: No clarity in trend

Traders can avoid new positions




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Coming soon, a new asset class to consider

India’s securities regulator is looking to open up a fresh vehicle for investments for people in the mass affluent segment that will be different from existing mutual fund alternatives




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Stock to buy today: HCL Technologies (₹1,867): BUY

HCL Technologies share price can rise to ₹1,935




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Redefining inclusivity

Blind Bake and The Echoes are unique cafes that provide employment to specially abled people 




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Ruhani Sharma: I play a close-to-reality cop in ‘HER’; there is no scope for ‘Singham’ style of histrionics

Ruhani Sharma talks about headlining the Telugu cop drama franchise ‘HER’, says she never imagined herself as a sharpshooter 




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Parental behaviour closely associated with adolescents’ excessive Internet use, finds NIMHANS study

The study showed that decreased care and increased control from the mother, high autonomy from father and increased rejection from both parents as risk factors associated with adolescent internet excessive use




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Chandrayaan-3 gets closer to Moon after fourth orbit reduction manoeuvre

The manoeuvre was performed from ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru. The spacecraft is now just 177 km away from the moon.




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Spellbound in class

With Miss Premila on leave, we got Miss Willa. But she was so peculiar she sent chills down our spines.




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Zonal misclassification: Government waives ₹240 crore property tax penalty levied by BBMP

Penalty was levied for zonal misclassification while paying property tax online




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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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South Asia’s highest ‘land art’ festival set in Ladakh reflects on climate change

Art at an altitude of 3,500 metres? South Asia’s highest contemporary land art festival is back with its second edition in Ladakh with site-specific installations and sustainable sculptures



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Boney M, Akon and an exclusive Japan arena — Here’s why you should head to Shillong Cherry Blossom Music Festival

In its fourth edition, Shillong Cherry Blossom Music Festival brings icons like Boney M. and Akon on stage and ropes in Japan as its partner country




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Puducherry District Court upholds eviction proceedings against Cercle de Pondicherry




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Conclave on Indian Knowledge Systems




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October 30 declared a holiday in Puducherry




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Drive to clear walkways in Puducherry of encroachments enters fourth day

Following public complaints and newspaper reports highlighting illegal encroachments causing hindrance to free movement of vehicles and pedestrians on thoroughfares and arterial roads, the District Administration launched a month-long drive a few days ago




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Watch 70+ Classic Literary Films Free Online: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Gulliver’s Travels, Jane Eyre, and More

The term gaslight has gained so much traction in popular discourse so recently that you’d swear it was coined around 2010. In fact, that particular usage goes at least as far back as 1938, when British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton wrote a stage thriller about a husband who surreptitiously rearranges things in the house so […]




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Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December

F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, far and away the most influential early vampire movie, came out 102 years ago. For about ten of those years, Robert Eggers has been trying to remake it. He wouldn’t be the first: Werner Herzog cast Klaus Kinski as the blood-sucking aristocrat at the center of his own version in 1979, and, though […]




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(C2H10N2)[Zn2(HPO4)2Cl2]: substitution-activated new short-wave ultraviolet phosphate with pivotal dual-property enhancement

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17482-17489
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03504F, Paper
Zhi Fang, Yu-Ming Pan, Pei Han, Bing-Ping Yang, Mei-Hong Duan
A substitution-oriented rational approach to a short-wave ultraviolet phosphate, (C2H10N2)[Zn2(HPO4)2Cl2], results in significant dual-property enhancement.
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Enhancing visual luminescence detection of tetracycline antibiotics through regulation of nitrogen-containing ligand and antenna effect of Ln3+

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17635-17646
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02735C, Paper
Tingting Liu, Mengna Ji, Jun Zheng, Nana Liu, Hongguo Hao, Jianmin Dou, Jingjing Jiang, Yunwu Li, Suna Wang
Two water-stable luminescent Cd-MOFs were synthesized from flexible carboxylate ligand and two N-containing ligands with different rigidity and flexibility, which demonstrated different luminescence responses toward antibiotics TC/OTC.
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In situ preparation of highly luminescent Sb3+/Mn2+ co-doped Cs2KInCl6 lead-free double perovskites in a PVDF matrix and application to white light emitting diodes and anti-counterfeiting

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17458-17468
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03527E, Paper
Yongrun Dong, Wen Li, Tao Huang, Shuaigang Ge, Linghang Kong, Chuang Ning, Zequan Li, Wei Gao, Bingsuo Zou
A strategy for in situ preparation of lead-free double perovskite-based polymer composite film with large area and high efficiency white light emission and its applications.
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Fabrication of effect pigments with full visible photonic crystal colors via the shear-induced assembly of multinary colloidal nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17695-17703
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02761B, Paper
Qilin Guo, Huateng Li, Xiuli Wang, Changchun Wang
An efficient shear-induced co-assembly strategy is provided for creating full-spectrum tunable structural color materials and complex photonic nanostructures by handily manipulating varied relative ratios of multinary colloidal nanoparticles.
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Green-emitting CsPbI3 nanorods decorated with CsPb2I5 and Cs4PbI6 nanoclusters

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17611-17619
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03500C, Paper
Paundra Rizky Pratama, Azzah Dyah Pramata, Fuko Shiga, Jonas Karl Christopher N. Agutaya, Yusuke Inomata, Biplab Manna, Agung Purniawan, Yuji Akaishi, Tetsuya Kida
This work presents green-emitting CsPbI3 nanorods decorated Cs4PbI6 and CsPb2I5 nanoclusters with a color-tuning approach via multiple-phase combinations without changing elements. These materials have stable emission and color purity.
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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride by hollow nanofiber Ag@ZnGa2O4/ZnO with synergistic effects of LSPR and S-scheme interface engineering

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17448-17457
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02853H, Paper
Zhiyuan Chen, Wenhui Chen, Peipei Han, Jizhou Yang, Zhi Wan, Peng Hu, Feng Teng, Haibo Fan
Compared with traditional photocatalytic materials, hollow nanofibers can show greatly improved photocatalytic efficiency due to their large specific surface area and more surface-active sites.
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Design, Synthesis, and Optoelectronic Properties of Benzothiadiazole-fused Sulfur and Nitrogen-containing Polycyclic Heteroaromatics

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04250F, Paper
Yuxin Yin, Rui Shi, Zhongwei Liu, Yanru Li, Ting Jiang, Lingxu Zhao, Jie Li, Deyang Ji, Liqiang Li, Zhuping Fei
The optoelectronic property of sulfur and nitrogen-containing polycyclic heteroaromatics is still low and structure-property relationships remain unclear as compared with that of acenes and sulfur-heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which is mainly...
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Tailoring electromagnetic interference shielding, electrical and thermal properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) based hybrid nanocomposites with carbon nanofiber and magnetite nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02880E, Paper
Aleena Sabu, Sabarish Narayanan B. B, Pratheep Kumar Annamalai, Ramanujam Brahmadesam Thoopul Srinivasa Raghava
Flexible polymer nanocomposite films hold great potential for microwave absorption applications and their electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) can be tailored by optimising the electrical properties such as conductivity....
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Interlaced NiCoO2 nanoparticle/nanosheet films for electrochromic energy storage devices with wide-band optical modulation and robust stability

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02789B, Paper
Yongchao Liu, Yu Zhong, Huanhuan Liu, Pengyang Lei, Shiyou Liu, Jinhui Wang, Guofa Cai
A uniform NiCoO2 film with an interlaced nanoparticle/nanosheet structure was successfully grown on transparent conductive substrates for transparent-to-brownish grey electrochromic smart windows with improved cyclic stability.
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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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Unveiling the mechanism behind shell thickness-dependent X-ray excited optical and persistent luminescence in lanthanide-doped core/shell nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04256E, Paper
Zezhen Liu, Jingtao Zhao, Danyang Shen, Lei Lei, Shiqing Xu
We reveal an optimal shell thickness of approximately 3 nm for both XEOL and XEPL of homogeneous NaYF4:Tb@NaYF4 and heterogeneous NaYF4:Tb@NaLuF4 core/shell NPs.
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Role of Br–Cl distribution uniformity on the spectral stability of blue emitting mixed-halide perovskites

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03780D, Paper
Dan Chen, Yu Mao, Xianglan Huang, Jichen Zhao, Zhiyuan Zhang, Jian Wang, Junbiao Peng
Our findings show that the spectral stability of the quasi-2D perovskite system is mainly affected by the uniformity of the Br–Cl distribution, rather than defects.
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Organic agriculture, a stop to climate change



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Chasing gold for a lost world—the threat of climate change



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20 Business Newspapers Cover 50 Solutions for climate




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Næstved seeks to become an international recycling hub

Næstved has launched Ressource City – where one company’s waste is another company’s raw materials. A Swedish and a German company have joined the project too.



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