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Cost of commotion: each MCD House session comes with a ₹3 lakh tab




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Delhi HC pulls up govt. for not complying with its order on shifting Asha Kiran shelter home inmates




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Non-bailable warrant issued against former BJD MP in connection with 2010 murder case

BJD leader N. Bhaskar Rao and five others are linked to the murder of a tribal leader in 2010




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Remembering my conversations with Sushant

'I once thought Shah Rukh Khan to be the most knowledgeable actor in our industry,' Paresh Rawal once told me.'But Sushant was just as well-informed on any topic under the sun.'Subhash K Jha recalls his many conversations with the actor.




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Diljit Dosanjh: Sardar with Swag

For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement, observes Sandeep Goyal.






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'Difficult to keep up with Ranveer'

Ranveer is loud, but not shrill, notes Subhash K Jha.As in singing, in acting holding your pitch in the higher notes is a Himalayan task.Ranveer resides on the highest notes of the musical mountain and still manages to be coherent, fluent and persuasive.




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Why Lataji Didn't Sing With Rafi, SD...

Long before she won royalty rights for playback singers, there was an undisclosed incident in Lataji's life where she not only put a male colleague in place, but also refused to sing with him thereafter.




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Gulzar's Madhur Dosti With R D Burman

None of R D Burman's collaborations was as rewarding and resplendent as with Gulzar, who turns 89 today, August 18, 2023, says Subhash K Jha.




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The Problem With Ullozhukku

People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades of villainy most convenient to advancing the plot, secondary characters confess to past sins just so that the leading women are absolved of all responsibility, notes Sreehari Nair.




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Linking to an Image Folder Within a WordPress Theme

During WordPress theme development you will more then likely need to display some images that are located within your theme directory. The location of the images folder can vary greatly. It really comes down to how you like to set things up. Generally speaking if you were to have an images folder in the root of your theme you can ... Read more

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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




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The Rohini Godbole way of teaching, talking and engaging with students

Remembering the life and legacy of pioneering physicist Professor Rohini Godbole through the eyes of colleagues and students.




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Inactivated COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac associated with TTP




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Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate

Scientists show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius warmer than droplets without microplastics.




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What does discipline mean without authority?

Who are we really when we are alone? Can we be free of the need for external voices to discipline us, as we see the true joy of what we are doing?




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Minority tag of AMU: Govt to withdraw plea against HC verdict




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Australian universities to get tough with admissions




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NEET ordinance ‘quite disturbing, without taste’, Supreme Court tells Centre

However, it refuses to stay ordinance; freeze on law will trigger chaos as lakhs of students across 17 States have already written exams, it says.




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Burning with zeal to excel



  • Money & Careers

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In the big league with a heart

She is a pioneer in the beauty industry in India and an acknowledged expert in aromatherapy. Blossom Kochhar was in town recently with her new range of beauty products



  • Money & Careers

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Lady with the lamp

Smita Ramani, who works in a telecom company, literally moonlights as she hand-paints and customises recycled bottles, cookie jars and lanterns




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From hobbies to income: catching it big with the web

Social networking sites offer users a platform to promote their abilities and allow for works to be noticed by international forums




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Get a bite with Bitcoin: Bangalore restaurant now accepts payment in Bitcoins

Suryawanshi in Bengaluru is the second restaurant in the country to have started accepting bitcoins.




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Elon Musk-Led Space X Aims For First Uncrewed Starship Mission To Mars Within 2 Years

Elon Musk-led SpaceX recently launched the third test flight of its 400-foot-tall Starship rocket, along with the Heavy booster. 




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With no intermission

Theatre veteran K.S. Nagarajan, felicitated recently on his 100th birthday, talks about his long journey.




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Painting with the senses

Theatre for Young Audiences is drawing lessons from Picasso’s art to stage plays for children




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Debates with a difference

‘Yaavarum Kaelir’ stands out for its erudite host and an impressive line-up of speakers




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With a touch of refinement

The Soorpanaka episode staged by Yakshagana artists at Niram Thiram stood out for its unusual treatment, writes Rupa Srikanth




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India’s foreign exchange reserves may be within striking distance of $700 billion mark

The reserves perked up in the reporting week as foreign currency assets (FCA) and gold holdings were up by $2.057 billion and $726 million, respectively.




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Paul Merchants Ltd - Standalone As Well As Consolidated Un-Audited Financial Results Alongwith Segment Results For The Quarter Ended June 30, 2019 Along With Limited Review Report Issued By Statutory Auditors Of The Company




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Kcl Infra Projects Ltd - Board Meeting Intimation for Consideration And Approval Of Quarterly Financial Results Along With Limited Review Report For The Quarter Ended 30Th June, 2019




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Worth Investment & Trading Co Ltd - Board Meeting Intimation for To Consider And Approve The Unaudited Financial Results Along With Limited Review Report Of The Auditors For The Quarter Ended 30Th June, 2019.




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Ultrasmall RuO2/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with robust interfacial interactions for the enhanced acidic oxygen evolution reaction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00719K, Paper
Open Access
Ming Wei, Liuhua Mu, Zhiwei Liu, Feng Gao, Guangjian Song, Qiankang Si, Mao Zhang, Fangfang Dai, Min Zhang, Rui Ding, Li Yang, Zhonggui Gao, Sanzhao Song
Ultrasmall RuO2/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with strong interfacial interactions exhibit enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance, driven by efficient charge transfer between RuO2 and CoFe2O4.
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Graphdiyne (CnH2n−2) based copper(I) bromide dual S-scheme heterojunction with AX2O8 type compounds induced electron directional migration

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01031K, Paper
Xinwan Zhao, Minjun Lei, Guangbo Liu, Zhiliang Jin, Noritatsu Tsubaki
A fundamental strategy for enhancing the performance of photocatalytic water-splitting catalysts is to facilitate the efficient migration of photogenerated charge carriers to establish a heterojunction.
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Solar-Driven Tripus Photocatalytic Action of Defective S-doped g-C3N4 for 1,4 NADH Regeneration and Simultaneous Benzylamine Conversion along with CO2 Fixation into HCOOH

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00825A, Paper
Kanchan Sharma, Rajesh K. Yadav, Rajesh Kumar Verma, Satyam Singh, Shaifali Mishra, Rehana Shahin, Atul Pratap Singh, Chandani Singh, Navneet Kumar Gupta, Jin-Ook Baeg, Hwanhui Yun, Hyeongjoong Kim
Incorporating defects through intrinsic defect engineering has emerged as a versatile strategy for finely tuning key properties of materials, particularly the redox capacity. Defects are fundamentally important in enhancement of...
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Mechanistic differences between the Ru(II) and Zn(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropenes with diazo compounds: a DFT study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00995A, Paper
Tiantian Liu, Kang Lv, Xiaoguang Bao
A detailed computational study was performed to shed light on the mechanistic differences between the Ru(II) and Zn(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropenes with diazo compounds.
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Cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides into cyclic carbonates catalyzed by a binary organocatalyst under mild conditions

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6215-6223
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00639A, Paper
Wen-Wang Yu, Xiang-Guang Meng, Zi-Yu Gan, Wen Li, Yu-Lian Zhang, Jie Zhou
Highly efficient capture and conversion of CO2 into cyclic carbonates from flue gas under atmospheric pressure.
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Ag co-catalyst prepared by ultrasonic reduction method for efficient photocatalytic conversion of CO2 with H2O using ZnTa2O6 photocatalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6207-6214
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00564C, Paper
Kio Kawata, Shoji Iguchi, Shimpei Naniwa, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Masamu Nishimoto, Kentaro Teramura
Towards the realisation of carbon neutrality by utilising renewable energy sources, the photocatalytic conversion of CO2 with H2O—known as artificial photosynthesis—is important.
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A metal-free route to substituted imidazolidines via ring-opening cyclization (ROC) of activated aziridines with N-benzylanilines: DA-COP catalyzed photo-oxidative C–H activation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6411-6419
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00808A, Paper
Manish Kumar, Bharat Singh, Sugandha Singh, Indresh Verma, Kamal K. Kar, Manas K. Ghorai
A metal-free, conjugated organic polymer (TPA-PQ)-catalyzed intramolecular C–H functionalization strategy for the synthesis of imidazolidines in the presence of light and O2 is reported.
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Accelerated design of nickel-cobalt based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation with human-in-the-loop active machine learning

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6307-6320
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00873A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yasemen Kuddusi, Maarten R. Dobbelaere, Kevin M. Van Geem, Andreas Züttel
The effect of catalyst synthesis and reaction conditions on catalytic activity were accurately predicted with an interpretable data-driven strategy. The method is demonstrated for CO2 methanation and is extendable to other catalytic processes.
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Sulfonic acid-modified MOFs as heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts for ethylene oligomerization at room temperature without cocatalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6270-6277
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00502C, Paper
Yao Ning, Yuqi Yang, Dongming Shan, Shuxing Mei, Yibai Yan, Linjie Ding, Ying Zhang
Ethylene oligomerization plays an important role in industrial production.
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Identification of Ni3Fe alloy as a candidate catalyst for quinoline selective hydrogenation with computations

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01076K, Paper
Zhaochun He, Yonghua Liu, Tao Wang
We computationally identified Ni3Fe as a promising catalyst for the quinoline (QL) selective hydrogenation to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (py-THQL) using density functional theory calculations and microkinetic modeling.
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Combining computational and experimental studies to gain mechanistic insights for n-butane isomerisation with a model microporous catalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01035C, Paper
Open Access
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Matthew E. Potter, Lucas Spiske, Philipp N. Plessow, Evangeline B. McShane, Marina Carravetta, Alice E. Oakley, Takudzwa Bere, James H. Carter, Bart D. Vandegehuchte, Kamila M. Kaźmierczak, Felix Studt, Robert Raja
Using a model microporous catalyst, the influence of acid site density and partial pressure is explored in alkane isomerisation. Combining with DFT calculations shows the role of olefins in this industrially important catalytic process.
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Synthesis of Co3O4 catalysts with different morphologies and their excellent catalytic performance for soot combustion

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01115E, Paper
Xinyu Zhang, Chunlei Zhang, Siyu Gao, Xinyu Chen, Siyuan Chen, Shengran Zhou, Di Yu, Lanyi Wang, Xiaoqiang Fan, Xuehua Yu, Zhen Zhao
A series of Co3O4 catalysts with different morphologies were prepared by a hydrothermal method. Among them, the sea urchin shaped Co3O4 catalyst exhibits the best catalytic performance for soot combustion.
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Green Photocatalytic N-Debenzylations with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by Recyclable Metal-free Tubular Carbon Nitride

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00981A, Paper
Yufeng Wu, Jiajie Kang, Li Jianing, Mingshu Bi, Qingwei Meng
Debenzylations are widely used in fields such as pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. In this study, metal-free tubular carbon nitride (CN-T) was prepared and used to the photocatalytic debenzylations with molecular...
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Bioinspired copper-catalysed nitrous oxide reduction with simultaneous N–H or O–H bond oxidation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6503-6512
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00760C, Paper
Bruce A. Lobo Sacchelli, Suellen M. P. Onguene, Ruben S. M. Almeida, Alexandra M. M. Antunes, Dmytro S. Nesterov, Leandro H. Andrade, Elisabete C. B. A. Alegria, Martin H. G. Prechtl
Tuning selectivities with oxidants: O2 oxidises methanol to the carboxylate level and N2O oxidises it to the formaldehyde level.
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Switching of selectivity from benzaldehyde to benzoic acid using MIL-100(V) as a heterogeneous catalyst in aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6524-6536
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00832D, Paper
Open Access
Duygu Hacıefendioğlu, Ali Tuncel
MIL-100(V) used as a heterogeneous catalyst for tunable selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde or benzoic acid by changing only the reaction temperature.
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Highly effective solar CO2 fixation via photocatalytic carboxylation of aromatic amines with carbon dioxide over a covalent organic framework (COF) as a photocatalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6670-6677
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00949E, Paper
Chandani Singh, Jae Young Kim, No-Joong Park, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Jin-Ook Baeg
Facile synthesis of the Tp-DAMS COF as a photocatalyst for efficient solar carboxylation of aromatic amines with CO2. The CO2 conversion efficiency into carboxylic acid is 99.9% without the necessity of using stoichiometric metallic reductants.
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