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Ahmedabad to host third National Spice Conference on Nov 15,16

The event’s stated goal is to help farmers understand the importance of sustainable spice production and quality assurance




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SpiceJet to relaunch seaplane service next year 

SpiceJet had introduced a seaplane service in October 2020, operations of which were suspended within a few months citing Covid-19 restrictions




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SpiceJet acqui-hires Travenues

Travenues is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ixigo arm




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SpiceJet to start operating flights to US

The airline has been designated ‘Indian scheduled carrier’




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Spicing it up further

Chef Anees Khan’s Bandra patisserie is now a café with a must try theccha burger, small eats, galangal ice tea and thick smoothies




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Picking a pharma and healthcare fund post-Covid

Despite the run-up in valuations, the healthcare sector does have a strong investment case





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Deeply concerning: Usha slams executive committee members for not felicitating Olympic medallists

India secured six medals, including two historic bronze by young shooter Manu Bhaker, but Usha said the "EC does not want to celebrate their success" and it makes her "very sad."




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Weight management is athlete’s responsibility, says Mary Kom on Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic disqualification

Vinesh Phogat, who was being seen as gold medal contender in Paris Olympics, was disqualified from competing in the final of the 50kg weight class for being 100 grams over the permissible limit




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Raveendran Sankaran Interview | We will ensure that more athletes from Bihar get into the Indian team in the 2028 Olympics

The Bihar Sports University is the first of its kind; the State Sports Academy, Rajgir, acting as a State Centre for Excellence, will cater to 23 disciplines; Sports academics have to go hand in hand with training and that’s the philosophy behind it




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French boxing quits international body to keep its fighters at Olympics

The IOC took over running the boxing competition at this year’s Paris Olympics.




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Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn to retire from competition after backlash

“Raygun”, as she was known, plans to retire after being ridiculed for her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics




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Trump expected to pick Marco Rubio for U.S. Secretary of State

Top role for Rubio could bolster Republicans' Latino gains; Rubio opposed $95 billion military aid to Ukraine




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Trump picks Kristi Noem for Homeland Security Secretary: report

Noem faced widespread backlash in April when she wrote in a memoir that she shot to death an "untrainable" dog that she "hated" on her family farm




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Simple and convenient preconcentration procedure for the isotopic analysis of uranium in seawater

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01381B, Paper
Minami Abe, Noriaki Seko, Hiroyuki Hoshina, Shigeki Wada, Shinya Yamasaki, Keisuke Sueki, Aya Sakaguchi
Amidoxime adsorbent was synthesised by graft polymerisation. The adsorbent was efficient for collection of U in seawater for both the adsorption and desorption steps, thus affording a new strategy for measurement of U isotopes.
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Pictures from the dear departed




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579: One Day Builds, Spicy Slugs, and What Next for CSS?

Have you ever been an auctioneer? Sometimes when God closes a shed, he opens a sauna. Dave's working on the one day build theory, how to market with fake data, an update on the Discord, marketing with a spicy slug, what we want to see next in CSS, and thoughts on component libraries.




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Never asked people to pick up weapons: Tahir Hussain to court




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A kaleidoscopic memoir

An anecdote filled book records a life well travelled




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Arun Sarin picks up stake in Truecaller




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A macroscopic magneto-optical response resulting from local effects in ferronematic liquid crystals

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8363-8372
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00577E, Paper
Xiangshen Meng, Xiaowei Li, Jian Li, Yueqiang Lin, Xiaodong Liu, Zhenghong He
The dynamic rotational behavior of composite chains under a rotating magnetic field was observed. The birefringence and dichroism variations in FNLCs mainly stem from the magnetic response of the composite chains, indicating local effects.
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Linking local microstructure to fracture location in a two-dimensional amorphous solid under isotropic strain

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00486H, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Max Huisman, Axel Huerre, Saikat Saha, John C. Crocker, Valeria Garbin
Machine learning predicts possible crack location in experiments of a fracturing colloid monolayer, shown along with the actual crack path.
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Banana DNA derivatives as homeotropic alignment layers in optical devices

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8561-8569
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00322E, Paper
Rafał Węgłowski, Anna Spadło, Dorota Węgłowska
In this study, DNA extracted from bananas was functionalized and used as a homeotropic alignment layer for liquid crystals.
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Pickering emulsions for stimuli-responsive transdermal drug delivery: effect of rheology and microstructure on performance

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8621-8637
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00993B, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Simona Migliozzi, Yiting He, Maryam Parhizkar, Yang Lan, Panagiota Angeli
Elucidating the impact of microgels attributes on the microstructure, rheology and functionality of Pickering emulsions.
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Entropically and enthalpically driven self-assembly of a naphthalimide-based luminescent organic π-amphiphile in water

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8684-8691
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00986J, Paper
Sk Mursed Ali, Sujauddin Sk, Shuvajyoti Sarkar, Sayani Das, Nayim Sepay, Mijanur Rahaman Molla
Entropically and enthalpically favourable vesicular self-assembly of a naphthalimide based water soluble luminescent organic dipolar building block is reported.
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From techno-inspired rave bags to pants that depict neurons, this Chennai-based gender neutral fashion label’s creations are conversation starters

Brimming with cut outs, panels, thread piping and embroidery, Biskit’s new collection explores the human mind



  • Life & Style

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Still Longshots / directed by: David Finch, Maureen Marovitch ; produced by: Dan Emery, David Finch, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, Sally Bochner, Ravida Din ; production agencies: Picture This Productions (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2018




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Topics : Aboriginals & Drugs / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 3 - Linda / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 4 - Becky & Liz / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 5 - Street Youth / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 6 - Lee / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 7 - Long Tran / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 8 - Conclusion / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Drugs & the Brain / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Mental Health & Drugs / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Hospitals & Acute Care / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Pregnancy & Drugs / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 1 - Opening / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Beyond the City / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Prohibition / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Street Drugs 101 / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Bevel Up : Chapter 2 - Wheels & Barry / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montre

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Sex Work & Drugs / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Nurses Who Use Drugs / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Street Nurses For Change / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Sex, Drugs & Gender / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Topics : Peers & Natural Helpers / directed by: Nettie Wild ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Should chess be an Olympic sport?