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2024 ARRL Field Day Results Published

Results are published, and the numbers are in. They paint a picture of a very active 2024 ARRL Field Day. Nearly 1.3 million contacts were reported during the 24-hour event. That is up from 2023’s 1.25 million contacts. That’s likely indicative of the continued rise of Solar Cycle 25 leading up to the event, but more people also participated this year.

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Cleaning the Augean stables

Urjit Patel’s book is a tongue-in-cheek comment on the futility of bad-loan recovery in Indian banking




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Goat doctors in Muzaffarpur turn vegetable entrepreneurs

Aga Khan Foundation has given women in this Bihar district a new source of income with state-of-the-art agricultural technology




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My Farm, a farm-to-table set-up in Visakhapatnam, is an example of responsible farming

Locally-grown vegetables find their way to My Farm, a farm-to-table set-up near Visakhapatnam, that adopts permaculture to promote sustainability as a way of life




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Climate-resilient agriculture is prerequisite for sustainable development, says ICAR chief

Tobacco industry contributes ₹32,516 crore annually to national economy through exports and excise tax reviews and sustains employment for 45.7 million people, says Director General of ICAR




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Shivraj Chouhan blames Congress again for problems in agricultural sector; Opposition walks out in Rajya Sabha

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asks Mr. Chouhan to look at pending issues of farmers




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Hamlet of vegetable farming turns into vibrant sea of yellow and orange

In Thattayil village near Pandalam, farmers are enthusiastically taking up floriculture. A collective of 35 farmers is cultivating marigolds on eight hectares for this Onam season




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Onam 2024: Flowers and vegetables from Vattiyoorkavu set an example

MLA VK Prasanth encourages Krishi Bhavan at Vattiyoorkavu to cultivate vegetables and flowers on a vacant plot owned by the government



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Floriculture blossoms in one of backward regions of Odisha 

Lucknow-based National Botanical Research Institute pitches in with scientific inputs to make the floriculture sustainable in Jujumara region of Sambalpur.




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Centre announces 3 AI Centres of Excellence focused on healthcare, agri and sustainable cities

The Centres of Excellence will be led by top educational institutions, in consortium with industry partners and startups, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said




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Annoyed over tardy paddy lifting, farmers block roads in Punjab

The AAP and the BJP sparred over who was to be assigned blame for the delays in procurement 











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Virat Kohli remains India's most-valuable celebrity

Kohli remains the most valued celebrity for the fourth consecutive year with a steady brand value of $237.7 million in 2020 despite the pandemic







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IPL 2022: Umesh Most Valuable Player

The top five includes Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav; both reminding the Indian selectors that they can still be formidable magicians.




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IPL 2022: Hardik Most Valuable Player

When was the last time we saw an IPL top 50 table without the names of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, M S Dhoni, and with Rishabh Pant getting almost the last empty seat? ask Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji as they list the 50 Most Valuable Players after the first 29 IPL 2022 games.




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Buttler Or Russell:Most Valuable Player?

Jos Buttler is still the front-runner to be this IPL's MVP.He still has at least two matches to play and one big knock will win it for him.Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players after the end of the 70 league matches in IPL 2022.




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Axar Patel Most Valuable Player!

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji list India's Most Valuable ODI Players in the India-Australia T20 series.




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Richa Ghosh only Indian in ICC's 'Most Valuable Team'

Richa Ghosh's exploits during the side's run to the semis of the Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa earned her a place




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Gill Is Most Valuable Player of IPL 2023

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player of IPL 2023.




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IPL 2024: Most Valuable Performances

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable performances of IPL 2024




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'He's the most valuable cricketer right now'

Since making his Test debut in 2018, Bumrah has made 36 Test appearances and has 159 wickets to his name.




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Net profit nearly doubles in Q4




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India home to 56 of the world’s largest public firms: Forbes

Reliance Industries maintains its top position of leading the largest public companies in India




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Blue Star Q4 net at Rs. 72 crore




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Startup Grex gets new CEO after founders squabble




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Jaguar makes cars affordable in India to woo new buyers




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Markets rebound in early trade amid buying in blue-chip stocks

Equity market indices rebound with blue-chip stocks, fund inflows; Sensex climbs 239.33 points, Nifty up by 72.95 points




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Sensex, Nifty tumble over 1% on weak global cues, foreign fund exodus

Extending its previous day's decline, the BSE Sensex plummeted 930.55 points or 1.15% to settle at 80,220.72. NSE Nifty tumbled 309 points or 1.25% to 24,472.10.




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Swiggy cuts IPO valuation again, to $11.3 billion, BlackRock and CPPIB to invest: report

BlackRock and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will invest in the $1.4 billion IPO, which will be the country’s second-biggest stock offering this year




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Waaree Energies' shares make remarkable market debut; jump nearly 70%

After opening at ₹2,550, the stock reached a high of ₹2600 but immediately pared gains going to a low of ₹2,294.55




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How free bus ride shapes women’s experience of public spaces

In Chennai, Bangalore, and Delhi that offer access to free transport, there is a visible change in the public space. The pink slip is not a cure-all for the deep-rooted patriarchy, but they are important steps towards reshaping urban spaces into more inclusive environments




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Coimbatore car blast: NIA interrogates three accused of raising funds for operation

The NIA sleuths will interrogate them in custody till November 14, said a source privy to the investigation




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Public Undertakings Committee to visit Cuddalore on November 13




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Madras High Court transfers cases against IT, Cable TV Rules to Delhi High Court

Justices M. Sundar and K. Rajasekar take the decision in light of the orders passed by the Supreme Court




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Organic/inorganic heterostructures templated by interfacial instability-driven BCP colloids in deformable emulsion droplets

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8174-8180
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00921E, Communication
Yuqing Song, Nan Yan, Lingli Wan, Jingjing Li, Ye Gao
Core–shell colloids are self-assembled in emulsion droplets driven by interfacial instability, which serve as excellent scaffolds for designing organic/inorganic heterostructures.
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Chain stretching in brushes favors sequence recognition for nucleobase-functionalized flexible precise oligomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8303-8311
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00866A, Paper
Kseniia Grafskaia, Qian Qin, Jie Li, Delphine Magnin, David Dellemme, Mathieu Surin, Karine Glinel, Alain M. Jonas
Flexible oligomers having precise sequences of nucleobases do not specifically recognize surface-grafted target chains at low grafting density. Moderately higher grafting densities promote sequence-specific recognition thanks to chain stretching.
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Telephone cord blister formation in solvent swollen elastomer films

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01035C, Paper
Open Access
James S. Sharp, Nathaniel M. Roberts, Sam Walker
Telephone cord blister formation is studied in PDMS films swollen in four different solvents. Buckling and fracture mechanics theories are developed to interpret blister morphology and growth rates. A simple surface patterning method is introduced.
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Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles for injectable hydrogel-based bone tissue engineering

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00670D, Paper
Piyaporn Srisura, Yuwaporn Pinyakit, Umphan Ngoensawat, Pongsakorn Yuntasiri, Khoiria Nur Atika Putri, Theerapat Chanamuangkon, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen, Varol Intasanta, Voravee P. Hoven
Carboxymethyl cellulose-stabilized calcium phosphate particles well-dispersed in aqueous solution can be integrated into an injectable hydrogel made of methacrylated hyaluronic acid which is a promising material for bone regeneration applications.
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Bubble dynamics manipulation in polymeric foaming

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01040J, Paper
Open Access
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Lorenzo Miele, Antonio Abate, Kentaro Taki, Ernesto Di Maio
The inverse pressure quenching treatment is proposed to decouple bubble nucleation from growth, advancing our understanding of the physics governing bubble growth and evolution in polymer foaming.
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Bubbles and drops between circular frames: shape, force and stability analysis

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8420-8435
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00919C, Paper
Open Access
Friedrich Walzel, Jonathan Dijoux, Leandro Jacomine, Élodie Harle, Pierre Muller, Thierry Charitat, Wiebke Drenckhan
Combining experiments, simulations and theory, we provide a complete shape analysis of two bubbles held by circular frames in the parameter space of different frame radii, distances between frames and contact angle between bubbles (0°, 60° and 90°).
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Self-assembly of amphiphilic homopolymers grafted onto spherical nanoparticles: complete embedded minimal surfaces and a machine learning algorithm for their recognition

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8385-8394
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00616J, Paper
D. A. Mitkovskiy, A. A. Lazutin, A. L. Talis, V. V. Vasilevskaya
Amphiphilic macromolecules grafted onto spherical nanoparticles can self-assemble into morphological structures corresponding to the family of complete embedded minimal surfaces. They arise situationally, can coexist and transform into each other.
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