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Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO Day 3 Highlights: Niva Bupa IPO subscribed 1.80 times

Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO, Niva Bupa IPO GMP Updates November 11, 2024: Track Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO subscription status here




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Niva Bupa IPO subscribed 1.43x by midday on final day

The retail individual investors’ portion currently leads the subscription status at 2.14 times, with bids for 6.71 crore shares




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West Bengal government’s Durga Puja carnival faces protest heat

The carnival is set to be held very close to the junior doctors’ fast unto death protest site




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Kolkata witnesses citizens protest carnival alongside Durga puja carnival

The Calcutta High Court had set aside the prohibitory orders imposed by Kolkata Police and pointed out that there was sufficient distance between the two venues where - Droher Carnival at Rani Rashmoni Avenue and Durga Puja immersion carnival at Red Road - were being organised




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Without V-C for a year, Visva-Bharati now asks: Who and When?

Though some local channels have announced a name, there is no official communication or confirmation on full-time V-C




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Cyclone Dana makes landfall highlights: Over 6 lakh evacuated in West Bengal and Odisha

Gusty winds and heavy rain lashes several parts of Odisha; East Coast Railway suspended and diverted train services




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Cyclone Dana aftermath updates: One killed in West Bengal; govt. evacuated over two lakh people, says Mamata Banerjee

The landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana was complete on Friday morning and the system took at least eight and half hours to enter the landmass, IMD said




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Kolkata director’s short film wins laurels at Oscar-qualifying Tasveer Film Festival

The sensitive take on grief, gender norms, and societal issues by director Rahul Roye wins the Best Social Justice Film award




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Nagpur Enforcement Directorate attaches assets more than ₹500 crore from various locations

The attached movable and immovable assets valued at ₹503.16 crore is related to a bank fraud case




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Kolkata police arrest 601 for violations on Deepavali and Kali Puja; three dead in Howrah as house catches fire

The Kolkata Traffic Police registered cases against 841 people on charges such as rash driving and drunken driving. In an incident in Ward 110 of Patuli area, an adolescent boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion. In Howrah district, three people, including two children, died after a house where firecrackers had been stored caught fire.




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Post-Deepavali festivities lead to protests, incidents of violence in Kolkata

Police personnel were assaulted in one incident when they stepped in to resolve the conflict




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Canadian experimental films to be in focus at Kolkata-based film festival

The Emami Art Experimental Film Festival, held at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity, will put a spotlight on Canada’s unique contributions to experimental cinema




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‘IIM Calcutta violating reservation policy in hiring faculty members’

Students’ association points to RTI data, says only 2 seats filled by SC and 4 by OBC candidates against sanctioned strength of 18 and 34 respectively




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West Bengal Governor, HC seek report from State govt. on ‘vandalism’ during pujas

While the counsels appearing for the Leader Of Opposition alleged that vandalism took place during Durga Puja and Kali Puja, Advocate General Kishore Datta strongly refuted allegations of communal clashes




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Calcutta HC allows Hindutva group to protest alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh at rally in Kolkata

The development comes three months after Sheikh Hasina resigned as PM of Bangladesh and left the country, causing political turmoil in Bangladesh and creating ripples in the internal politics of West Bengal




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Art festival to remind Kolkata of one of Bengal’s biggest mass movements

This year’s festival features nine events including walks, installations, talks and performances, presented at historic sites and archives across Kolkata




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Light-driven ultrafast dual C–C cleavage and coupling of dihydroxyacetone into high-purity carbon monoxide and ethylene glycol

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10859-10866
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04180A, Paper
Fanhao Kong, Hongru Zhou, Zhiwei Chen, Zhaolin Dou, Min Wang
Reforming of biomass-based dihydroxyacetone to produce high-purity CO and ethylene glycol is achieved via a distinctive photochemical process under ambient conditions.
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Evaluation on the recovery of lignin from basic [Ch][Lys] systems using low-cost alcohols as anti-solvents under acid-free conditions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10950-10959
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03898C, Paper
Yichen Liu, Wanting Zhao, Qizhen Luo, Jipeng Yan, Jian Sun
An acid-free, high efficiency, and mild method of precipitating and separating lignin from basic ionic liquids (BIL) such as choline lysinate ([Ch][Lys]) by using alchohols (such as tert-butanol) as anti--solvents.
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Light-induced isomerization of quinoline-N-oxide derivatives through Zn-catalysis: a photochemical approach for synthesizing 2-quinolinone derivatives

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10818-10823
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03226H, Communication
Xiaoqiang Yu, Sana Yang, Ning Yan, Yukang Fu, Yang Li, Wanhui Wang, Ming Bao
The light-induced Zn-catalyzed isomerization of quinoline-N-oxides proceeded smoothly to afford 2-quinolinone derivatives via intramolecular hydrogen and oxygen transfer.
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Controllable tertiary amine-promoted photoactivation metal-free carbonylation of aryl sulfonium salts to aryl carboxylic acid derivatives

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04502E, Paper
Open Access
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Jiajun Zhang, Le-Cheng Wang, Yuanrui Wang, Xiao-Feng Wu
This paper describes a new method for the activation of aryl radicals via EDA complexes without metals and photosensitizers for carbonylation with various nucleophilic reagents under visible light.
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Valorization of pomegranate waste through green solvent extraction and biochar production: a zero-waste biorefinery approach

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03707C, Paper
Leonardo M. de Souza Mesquita, Letícia S. Contieri, Bárbara M. C. Vaz, Vitor Sencadas, Filipe H. B. Sosa, João A. P. Coutinho, Maurício A. Rostagno, Sónia P. M. Ventura
This study presents a zero-waste biorefinery for pomegranate waste, extracting anthocyanins and ellagic acid with green solvents and converting leftovers to biochar.
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Advancing green chemistry in environmental monitoring: the role of electropolymerized molecularly imprinted polymer-based electrochemical sensors

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03250K, Tutorial Review
Christopher Mwanza, Wei-Zhi Zhang, Kalulu Mulenga, Shou-Nian Ding
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic materials designed to mimic the natural “lock and key” mechanism observed in biomolecular systems, such as the interactions between antibodies and antigens.
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Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation and C–C coupling of lignin and its derivatives into renewable jet-fuel-range cycloalkanes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02051K, Critical Review
Xinyong Diao, Ying Xiong, Yawen Shi, Longlong Ma, Chenglong Dong, Shengbo Zhang, Na Ji
This review provides an in-depth understanding of the synthesis pathways and corresponding catalytic systems for the production of jet-fuel-range cycloalkanes from lignin and its derivatives via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation and C–C coupling.
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Advances in catalytic chemical recycling of synthetic textiles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04768K, Tutorial Review
Open Access
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Carmen Moreno-Marrodan, Francesco Brandi, Pierluigi Barbaro, FRANCESCA LIGUORI
Synthetic fibres cover most of textile market, but their value chain is almost entirely linear. Common raw materials are non-renewable and oil-derived, while requiring large amounts of (toxic) chemicals and...
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Engineering high-valence nickel sites in Ni3S2/Ni3Se2 architectures enabling urea-assisted hydrogen evolution reactions

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04318A, Paper
Taotao Ai, Miaomiao Bai, Weiwei Bao, Jie Han, Xueling Wei, Xiangyu Zou, Jungang Hou, Lizhai Zhang, Zhifeng Deng, Yuxin Zhang
Bifunctional Ni3S2@Ni3Se2 electrocatalysts were constructed for urea-assisted hydrogen evolution. In the HER/UOR two-electrode system, the heterogeneous interface modulates the electronic structure and thus improves the catalytic performance.
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Hypervalent iodine chemistry with a mechanochemical twist

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04903A, Communication
Open Access
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Sayad Doobary, Miguel M. de Vries Ibáñez, Berit Olofsson
An assessment of mechanochemistry's utility with hypervalent iodine reagents highlighted its effectiveness, which showed better selectivity, reaction times and differing reactivity.
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High Efficiency Leaching of Valuable Metals from Waste Lithium-ion ternary Batteries under Mild Conditions Using Green Deep Eutectic Solvents

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04373A, Paper
Bo Li, Zhengfu Zhang, Chengping Li, Jinsong Wang, Rundong Wan, Jiangzhao Chen, Ying Liu, Yuejing Bin, xiaoping yang, Chongjun Bao, Shaohua Ju
Recently, the production and demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has increased owing to increasing number of electric vehicles and products. This surge has considerably increased spent LIBs, leading to environmental...
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Selective electrosynthesis of aldehydes at industrially relevant current densities via tandem electrochemical–chemical catalysis

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11290-11302
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04536J, Paper
Ting Lin, Menglu Cai, Huijie Chen, Yiming Mo
A closed-loop tandem electrochemical–chemical catalysis system for aldehyde synthesis was developed, demonstrating a viable approach for the electrosynthesis of valuable intermediates under practical current densities with minimal waste electrolyte.
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Comparative techno-economic and life cycle assessment of electrocatalytic processes for lignin valorization

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11303-11315
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC01963F, Paper
Open Access
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Zahra Ebrahimpourboura, Manish Mosalpuri, Cheng Yang, Aditya Ponukumati, Corey Stephenson, Marcus Foston, Mark Mba Wright
This study explores the potential of using electrochemical (EC) methods for valorizing lignin, a lignocellulosic biomass cell wall component, into biofuels and high-value compounds.
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Recent advances in N-formylation reaction for the chemical recycling of carbon dioxide

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11106-11124
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04094E, Tutorial Review
Qiang Yuan, Xiao Cai, Weiping Ding, Yan Zhu
The homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst systems applied in N-formylation reaction of amines and CO2 reaction from both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems are summarized.
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Formaldehyde dehydrogenase SzFaldDH: an indispensable bridge for relaying CO2 bioactivation and conversion

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03745F, Communication
Boxia Guo, Xiuling Ji, Yaju Xue, Yuhong Huang
A novel formaldehyde dehydrogenase with outstanding reductive activity and kinetic properties was discovered for CO2 bioactivation and conversion.
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Comparison of microbial strains as candidate hosts and genetic reservoirs for the valorization of lignin streams

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03876B, Paper
Open Access
Rebecca A. Wilkes, Andrew J. Borchert, Valentina E. Garcia, Gina M. Geiselman, Sarah Liu, Adam M. Guss, Joshua K. Michener, Daniel R. Noguera, Eiji Masai, John M. Gladden, John Ralph, Gregg T. Beckham
Comparison of microbial strains for tolerance to and catabolism of lignin stream constituents toward evaluating microbial hosts for lignin bioconversion.
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High-efficient green catalytic conversion for waste CS2 by non-noble metal cage-based MOFs: An access to high-valued thiazolidine-2-thione

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04541F, Paper
Wenyu Ding, Xinyu Tang, Sheng Jin, Zhao Li, Dongwei Xu, Xiaomin Kang, Zhiliang Liu
Green and effective disposal of Carbon disulfide (CS2) waste into high-valued chemicals under mild conditions is meaningful and challenging. Herein, a novel 3D cluster-based metal-organic framework (MOF) {(Me2NH2)2[Co3(µ3-O)(XN)(BDC)3]∙4DMF∙5MeOH}n (compound 1)...
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Parakkum Paavai (1966)

Star cast: M.G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, Kanchana, Rajasulochana, M.N. Nambiar, R.S. Manohar, S.A. Asokan, K.A. Thangavelu, J.P. Chandra Babu, C.R. Manorama




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Innovations... and collections

Only a professional approach can extend the careers of new-age directors and producers




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A carnival in Macau

Veteran festival programmer and film producer Marco Mueller wants to make Macau more than just a casino haven




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Avan Pithana? (1966)

S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari, S. V. Sahasranamam, T. P. Muthulakshmi, C. K. Nagesh, A. Karunanidhi, Kumari Sachu




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Thedi Vandha Selvam (1958) Tamil

Star cast: S.S. Rajendran, Rajasulochana, B. Saroja Devi, V.K. Ramasami, T.S. Balaiah, T.K. Ramachandran, ‘Kuladeivam’ V. Rajagopal, T.P. Muthulakshmi, P.R. Mangalam, Lakshmiprabha, A. Karunanidhi, D. Balasubramaniam, M.A. Ganapathi, P.S. Seethalakshmi




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Penn Deivam (1970)

Star cast: Padmini, ‘Major’ Sundararajan, Jai Shankar, Lakshmi, V.S Raghavan, C.K. Nagesh, Sachhu




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It’s Kodi versus Kaashmora, this Deepavali

It’s Kodi versus Kaashmora, this Diwali




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Feasting at festivals

The recent film festivals at Busan and London had a number of interesting films




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Supergiants prevail in a rain-hit match

Dhoni’s men score 76 for one in 11 overs, well ahead of the D/L requirement of 57, when play is called off.



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Gavaskar picks Chahal as best young talent of IPL-9



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No added advantage playing at ‘home’: Rohit

Ishan is capable of handling pressure and delivering, says MI coach Jayawardene



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Watch your favourite stars in a different avatar

Two shows launched by Vijay TV and Zee Tamil feature actors performing daredevil stunts




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Coronavirus: All the movies, TV shows and festivals delayed or shut down globally

From delays to Daniel Craig's 'No Time To Die' and the production of 'Stranger Things' shutting down, to Indian biggies like Akshay Kumar's 'Sooryavanshi' being postponed and theatres across India closing, how is the pandemic affecting the entertainment industry?




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All roads lead to Vagator

Get set for 72 hours of biker bonding at the Royal Enfield Rider Mania




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Anvay Dravid in Karnataka probables for Vijay Merchant

Wicketkeeper-batter Anvay Dravid, son of former India captain and coach Rahul Dravid, was named in the Karnataka probable list of players for the Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy.




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2nd T20I PIX: SA stun India, Varun's heroics in vain

IMAGES from the second T20I in Gqeberha played between India and South Africa on Sunday




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How Chakravarthy bounced back after 3 tough years

Varun Chakravarthy credited the intense domestic grind and the role clarity provided by new head coach Gautam Gambhir as vital in helping regain his lost form.