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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bombing survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo

We wish to honour all survivors who, despite physical suffering and painful memories, have chosen to use their costly experience to cultivate hope and engagement for peace, says Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee




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Maldives: President Muizzu decides to introduce UPI in Maldives

The decision was made after the Cabinet thoroughly discussed a report submitted by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade at a cabinet meeting




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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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BRICS+ group could surpass G7 in global trade by 2026: EY India

While the BRICS+ group’s share in global merchandise exports has increased to 23.3% in 2023 from 10.7% in 2000, the G7’s share has fallen by 16.2 percentage points




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Thousands join effort to clean up catastrophic Spanish floods

Volunteers went to Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences for the first coordinated clean-up organised by regional authorities




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Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 9 people

Authorities raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruption that last week




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Bangladesh ramps up payments to Adani Power amid power supply cuts

Bangladesh is scrutinising its contract with Adani Power, as it is charging Bangladesh a rate nearly 27 per cent higher than those of India’s other private producers




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North Korean GPS manipulation disrupted dozens of planes and vessels, South Korea says

While warning aircraft and vessels near western border areas, South Korea's military did not specify how North Korea was interfering with GPS signals or detail the extent of disruptions




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Many supporters of Khalistan in Canada, but they do not represent Sikh Community: PM Trudeau

His comments came during Diwali celebrations at Ottawa’s Parliament Hill recently amid an ongoing diplomatic row with India over the killing of Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar




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Overseas Pakistani group Al Nihang offers to acquire debt-ridden Pakistan International Airlines

Earlier, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz advised him to buy Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and rebrand it ‘Air Punjab’




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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



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‘Harry Belafonte was the greatest’: Usha Uthup

Usha Uthup’s exit songs are often a tribute to the late American singer who inspired her career



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ISL | Kerala Blasters’ super-sub Peprah lights up Kochi




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Kwame Peprah lights up Kochi

The victory was the Blasters first this season and the winning goal came rather dramatically




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ISL | Super-sub Cummings does the trick for Mohun Bagan Super Giant




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INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE | Chennaiyin needs to be wary of Mohammedan

FOOTBALL | The hosts got off to a good start to the season with a win over Odisha while the visitors will be smarting after conceding late goals in its previous outings




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India thrash Mongolia 4-1 in AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers

The teams were locked 1-1 at half time, but India stepped up the assault in the second half to leave Mongolia's defence in tatters




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Super League Kerala | Dorielton sizzles as Forca Kochi downs Thiruvananthapuram Kombans




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Fighting India lose 0-1 to formidable Iran in AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers

The top teams of the 10 groups, along with the five best second-place finishers, will qualify for the AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 in China




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Real Madrid draws against Atletico in derby interrupted after objects thrown on the field

The derby was interrupted shortly after Real Madrid's goal at the Metropolitano, with the referee sending the players to the locker rooms after Atletico fans kept throwing objects onto the field.




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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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Villa shock Bayern in Champions League thanks to Duran's superb late strike

Duran ran onto a high ball in the 79th minute, spotted goalkeeper Manuel Neuer off his line, and scooped the ball over him to send Villa Park into delirium.




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Messi scores twice for Inter Miami to win his 46th career trophy —MLS Supporters Shield

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have another trophy, along with home-field advantage throughout the Major League Soccer playoffs




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BBFS ties up with Southampton FC for coaches’ education




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Ten Hag future up in the air after Man United draws at Villa; Tottenham collapses in 3-2 loss

United heads into the two-week international break on a five-match winless run in all competitions and languishing in 14th place in the league, having won just two of its opening seven games this campaign




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Super League Kerala | Dorielton saves the day for Kochi against Kannur

With one of the floodlight towers going off, the match had a forced break for some 10 minutes around the 80th minute




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Messi scores hat trick as Argentina outclasses Bolivia in South American World Cup qualifying

Lionel Messi shines with a hat trick and two assists in its 6-0 home win as Argentina dominates in World Cup qualifying match




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Champions League: Raphinha scores hat-trick as Barcelona romps Bayern; Liverpool, City notch up wins

Liverpool edged Leipzig 1-0 with a goal from Darwin Nunez; Manchester City routed Sparta Prague 5-0 with Erling Haaland scoring twice.




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Cristiano Ronaldo misses late penalty as Al-Nassr eliminated from Saudi Cup

Ronaldo, who is yet to win a major trophy since signing for Al-Nassr, had converted all 18 of his previous penalties for the club but this time shot over the bar




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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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Neymar picks up another injury in second game back from ACL tear

Neymar has time to recover before his next game, however, as he is not registered for the team’s matches in the Saudi Pro League and the next fixture in the AFC competition is on Nov. 25.




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Barcelona, Inter and upstart Brest win again in Champions League; bizarre penalty dooms Aston Villa

Barcelona and Inter Milan lead Champions League standings, with Brest as a surprising newcomer in contention




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'Anti-Semitic' clashes erupt in Amsterdam after football match

The violence flared after the game between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and home team Ajax, which won 5-0.




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Bullion cues: Gold uptrend steady

Silver expected to catch up




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India building up gold reserves, says Das

Per official data, the value of gold in the forex reserves stood at $51.487 billion as on March 22, which is $6.287 billion higher than the value as at end-March 2023




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Bullion Cues: In a strong uptrend

Rally likely to extend




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India's gold demand up 8% in Jan-Mar to 136.6 tonne despite high rate

The aggressive gold buying by the Reserve Bank of India also contributed to the rise in demand



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Despite high prices, gold demand picks up this Akshaya Tritiya

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Silver likely to rule at higher levels this year on supply deficit

Supply shortage forecast to increase by 17% even as industrial demand is projected to rise 9%



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Augmont ties up with fintech players to offer digital gold services

The company’s digital platform can help users transact in the yellow metal



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Bullion Cues: Uptrend valid despite a fall

Traders can retain longs




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Gold prices may correct by 5-7% before the next leg up: Motilal Oswal

Gold demand in India has remained robust, particularly following an initial surge after the import duty cut



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RBI steadily building up gold reserves

The RBI held about 60 per cent of its gold reserves in safe custody in India as at September-end 2024 against about 50 per cent as at March-end 2024




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How to run a neighborhood email group

I've been running a listserv called TheHillGB for some years now, and just received this question from a member: "I am considering creating a listserv for work-related purposes. As moderator of this list, do you have any good resources for the whats and hows of developing and maintaining a strong, functional listerv?" (The word listserv was

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Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Oxidative Biaryl Coupling to form Arylomycin Core by an Engineered CYP450

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02197E, Paper
Vandana Kardam, Vaibhav Bhatt, Kshatresh Dubey
Arylomycin, a potent antibiotic targeting bacterial signal peptidases, is difficult to synthesize experimentally due to its poor to moderate yields and the formation of a mixture of compounds. A recent...
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Alkyl initiated ring opening polymerization of lactide by indium complexes supported by NCN pincer ligands

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02603A, Paper
Takeo Iwase, Afagh Habibzadeh, Chatura Goonesinghe, Kudzanai Nyamayaro, Joseph Chang, Jason Wai-Lok Poon, Salik Hasan Rushdy, Justin Koh, Brian O. Patrick, Parisa Mehrkhodavandi
Alkyl-indium NCN pincer complexes supported by amine donors are significantly more active for lactide polymerization than the analogous imine derivatives.
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Hydrate of neutral iron(III) complex based on pyruvic acid thiosemicarbazone ligand with abrupt spin-crossover with T1/2=340 K and wide hysteresis loop of 45 K

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02901A, Paper
Maxim Andreevich Blagov, Alexander V. Akimov, Anatoly S Lobach, Leokadiya Zorina, Sergey Simonov, Konstantin Zakharov, Alexander Vasiliev, Natalia Spitsyna
The hydrate of neutral iron(III) complex based on pyruvic acid thiosemicarbazone ligand [FeIII(Hthpy)(thpy)]·H2O (1) was synthesized and characterized using FT-IR spectroscopy, powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, dc magnetic measurements, EPR...
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A highly sensitive ratiometric optical thermometer based on Sr2MgWO6 double perovskite doped with Dy3+ exploiting thermally coupled and uncoupled levels

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02940B, Paper
Thi Hong Quan Vu, Bartosz Bondzior, Dagmara Stefanska, Shovan Dan, Przemysław Jacek Dereń
The increasing demand for highly sensitive optical thermometers operating within a wide temperature range necessitates the development of new phosphors. In this work, the potential of temperature sensing performance of...
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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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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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