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Companies harness pester-power to boost sales



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Blue Pearl, a new fish farmer producer company launched in Kodungallur

Highlighting the rapid growth of the fisheries sector, the Minister said the Centre has outlined several schemes dedicated to strengthening the fisheries sector




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Fertiliser shortage hits Kerala’s pineapple farming community 




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India-US farm trade to get a boost with Trump’s comeback

Experts predict an increase in India’s exports, including tea, coffee, and spices, while imports of American farm products like tree nuts and fresh fruits are also likely to rise




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‘Lifting of MEP on non-Basmati rice helps India compete globally’

The Food Ministry has announced another tender for 50,000 tonnes set to open on November 18




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Govt withdraws sugar stock disclosure order citing comfortable domestic availability

Food Ministry says sufficient quantity of sugar is available in the country to meet the domestic demand throughout the year after reviewing prices and availability of the sweetener




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Exporting community welcomes Tea Board’s move to issue notice to over 2,000 companies for defaulting on export returns

Every business licensee registered with Tea Board must submit monthly export returns through the online portal




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Key challenges faced by farmer producer companies in the agricultural ecosystem

Building genuine connections and understanding the intrinsic motivations of farmers can create a vibrant ecosystem




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Kadalai Mittai town of Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu could become a pilot training hub

A consultant is to be appointed soon to redevelop the unused airstrip that belongs to Lakshmi Mills. The project could revive the FTO in Tamil Nadu




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Airlines, insurance companies may relook at disruption cover

Over the last seven days nearly 100 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats posted on social media resulting in flight disruptions, diversions and scrambling of fighter jets




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Skye Air intensifies quick-commerce partnerships, targets expansion to six cities within two years

The firm focuses on delivering consignments within 10 minutes for quick-commerce clients and within four hours for e-commerce clients




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Escorts Kubota to divest railway equipment business to Sona Comstar for ₹1,600 crore

The transaction, structured as a slump sale, is expected to close by September 30, 2025. 




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Diwali, rising disposable income lifts jet fuel consumption in October to second highest on record

Diesel and petrol consumption rise during the month




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Air India commences A350 services on Delhi-JFK route 

In addition, Air India announced said that it is preparing to launch a new inflight connectivity service on international flights operated by the A350




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Recaro to commence India sourcing to support mega orders; IndiGo among major clients

Recaro, the global aircraft seat manufacturer, has bagged mega orders from India-based airlines, including IndiGo




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Uber liable for GST as e-commerce operator, rules Karnataka AAR

This applies even when Uber only connects drivers and passengers via its app, with drivers receiving payment directly




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Kandla to become 390 MTPA capacity-port by 2030: Deendayal Port Authority chairman

Kandla port is looking to offer three oil jetties and a couple of cargo jetties to private players under the PPP mode




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Ambuja Cement to commission ₹2,350-cr greenfield plant in September quarter

Rajasthan plant to enhance clinker capacity by 3 mtpa




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Procter & Gamble commissions its first in-house solar plant in India at its Hyderabad site

Spread over 16,000 sq. mt, it has a capacity of 1MW




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Apollo Computing Labs unveils SwasthVayu, a non-invasive ventilator

It was developed with CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories




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Airtel rolls out Covid support initiative for medium, small size companies

Businesses will be able to set up a cloud communication platform with a Covid SOS feature




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The melodies keep coming...

Vidya Sagar talks about the melodious music of Thoppil Joppan.




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How T.V. Sankaranarayanan’s music combined style and substance

T.V. Sankaranarayanan, who passed away recently, held aloft the Madurai Mani Iyer bani and great musical values




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85% industry leaders call for major investments in quantum computing: Report




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Market capitalization of privately listed companies surged 6.4 times, PSUs grew 5 times over last 10 years: Motilal Oswal




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AI agents can handle complex workflows more efficiently than traditional GenAI




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AI agents can handle complex workflows more efficiently than traditional GenAI




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FPI can go beyond 10% in listed company by reclassifying investment as FDI: RBI




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Japan to push for biofuel-compatible new cars by 2030s




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Noida International Airport joins UN Global Compact




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NN bond cleavage in diazirines by a cyclic diborane(4) compound

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18048-18051
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04980B, Edge Article
Open Access
Minling Zhong, Jie Zhang, Zuowei Xie
Reactions of o-carborane-fused diborane(4) with 3H-diazirines lead to the complete cleavage of the NN bond, with one nitrogen atom being incorporated into the B–B bond.
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Quadrupolar dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared emission consisting of Schiff bases based on π-conjugated scaffolds

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17950-17961
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05006A, Edge Article
Open Access
Kazuya Tanimura, Kento Tanaka, Masayuki Gon, Kazuo Tanaka
The study focuses on dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared (NIR) emission and unique quadrupolar orientations, showing potential for constructing electronic structures with narrow energy gaps.
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Dilute nanocomposites for capacitive energy storage: progress, challenges and prospects

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05437G, Perspective
Open Access
Li Li, Wenhan Xu, Guanchun Rui, Shixian Zhang, Qiming Zhang, Qing Wang
Electrostatic capacitors (ECs) are critical components in advanced electronics and electric power systems due to their rapid charge-discharge rate and high power density. While polymers are ideal for ECs due...
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The photo-isomerization of the cyclononatetraenyl ligand and related rare earth complexes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04767B, Edge Article
Open Access
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Lucie Pedussaut, Nolwenn Mahieu, Camille Chartier, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Maxime Tricoire, Iskander Douair, Nicolas Casaretto, Laurent Maron, Grégory Danoun, Grégory Nocton
Reversible light isomerization in organometallic complexes of lanthanides: the low-energy wavelengths favor the cis isomer, and the high-energy wavelengths favor the trans isomer.
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Photo-triggered NO release of nitrosyl complexes bearing first-row transition metals and therapeutic applications

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06820C, Review Article
Open Access
Seungwon Sun, Jisu Choe, Jaeheung Cho
In biological systems, nitric oxide (NO) is a crucial signaling molecule that regulates a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. Given the significance of NO, there has been considerable...
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Selective lignin depolymerization via transfer hydrogenolysis using Pd/hydrotalcite catalysts: model compounds to whole biomass

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03942D, Edge Article
Open Access
Darren Dolan, Rebekah Brucato, Christopher William Reid, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson, Adelina M Voutchkova-Kostal
Cleavage of lignin ether bonds via transfer hydrogenolysis is a promising route to valorize lignin, but processes that use mild reaction conditions and exploit renewable hydrogen donor solvents (rather than...
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Understanding ketone hydrogenation catalysis with anionic iridium(III) complexes: The crucial role of counterion and solvation

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04629C, Edge Article
Open Access
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Paven Kisten, Sandrine Vincendeau, Eric Manoury, Jason Martin Lynam, John M. Slattery, Simon B Duckett, Agusti Lledos, Rinaldo Poli
The catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones reflect an important way to prepare valuable chiral alcohols. Understanding how transition metals promote these reactions is key to the rational design of more...
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Pnictogen-based vanadacyclobutadiene complexes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05884D, Edge Article
Open Access
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Mehrafshan G. Jafari, John B. Russell, Hwan Myung, Seongyeon Kwon, Patrick J. Carroll, Michael R. Gau, Mu-Hyun Baik, Daniel J. Mindiola
The reactivity of a [VV] alkylidyne with unsaturated substrates such as NCR (R = Ad or Ph) and PCAd leads to the formation of rare transition metal complexes featuring an α-aza-vanadacyclobutadiene and a β-phospha-vanadacyclobutadiene moieties.
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Pathway control in metallosupramolecular polymerization of a monoalkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine complex through competitive complex formation

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06083K, Edge Article
Open Access
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Minhye Kim, Heekyoung Choi, Minjoo Kim, Seonghan Kim, Seohyeon Yun, Eunji Lee, Jaeheung Cho, Sung Ho Jung, Jong Hwa Jung
The modification of metalloligands based on bis-type amideterpyridine platinum(II) complexes not only induces the formation of helical supramolecular polymers but also introduces a kinetic trapping strategy in competitive conditions.
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Photochemical carboborylation and three-component difunctionalization of α,β-unsaturated ketones with boronic acids via tosylhydrazones

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06537A, Edge Article
Open Access
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Álvaro Valdés-Maqueda, Manuel Plaza, Carlos Valdés
The photochemical carboborylation of α,β-unsaturated tosylhydrazones with boronic acids gives tertiary allylboronates. A one pot sequence involving an aldehyde allylation provides a powerful three-component method for diversity oriented synthesis.
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Mechanism of action and evaluation of ratiometric probes for uric acid using lanthanide complexes with tetraazatriphenylene sensitisers

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05743K, Edge Article
Open Access
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Xinyi Wen, Huishan Li, Zhijie Ju, Renren Deng, David Parker
Six Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes are evaluated for the rapid ratiometric analysis of urate in diluted serum, together with mechanistic studies probing the intermediate exciplex and the excited state dynamics by transient absorption spectroscopy.
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Rare-earth metal complexes bearing electrophilic and nucleophilic carbon centres and their unique reactivity patterns towards pyridine derivatives

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04197F, Edge Article
Open Access
weikang Wu, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Shan Zhu, Fuxiang Chai, Dongjing Hong, ZeMing Huang, Qingbing Yuan, Laurent Maron, Shaowu Wang
The rare-earth metal dialkyl complexes (κ2-L1)RE(CH2SiMe3)2(THF)2 [RE = Lu(1a), Yb(1b), Er(1c), Y(1d), Dy(1e)] (L1 = 1-(2-N-C5H10NCH2CH2)-3-(2,6-iPr2C6H3N=CH)-C8H4N) and the rare-earth metal monoalkyl complexes (κ2-L1)2RE(CH2SiMe3)(THF)n [n = 0, RE = Lu(2a), Yb(2b);...
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Curtains come down on MAMI

Diamond Island,Godless,Everything Else,Lady of the LakeandThe Narrow Pathamong big winners




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A highly recommended underdog

Thrilling gameplay and beautiful visuals make Titanfall2 a worthy purchase




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What dreams may come




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In debt funds, the focus is on high-quality credit strategies: Rahul Goswami, CIO-India Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund

Rahul Goswami, CIO &MD - India Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Asset Management, on what investors can expect on the debt side from the AMC and on his rate cut expectations




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Franklin Templeton India makes a debt fund comeback: Should you invest in its ultra short duration NFO?

The ultra short duration scheme is a new offering from the fund house after a long gap




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This value fund has just completed 20 years: Should you invest?

As benchmarks rise and broader markets correct, a portfolio anchored in strong value-based stock-selection criteria may work well for investors




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Terrorists involved in VDC killings engaged in gunfight, 4 army commandos injured




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India warns 'least common denominator' model of UNSC reforms could derail major change