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Punjab brings private hospitals under ambit for corona battle




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Punjab announces summer vacation in schools from April 11




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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur extend greetings on Vaisakhi




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Special flight evacuates 134 Bhutanese students stranded in Punjab




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COVA app helps people of Punjab stay safe




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Punjab to bring 12.5 lakh acres under cotton cultivation




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British Airways special flight evacuates 260 people from Amritsar today




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COVID-19 patients can get treatment at private hospitals at their own cost: Punjab govt




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Special Sri Lankan airlines flight evacuates 101 students stranded in Punjab




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Special flight evacuates 250 stranded British nationals from Amritsar




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Montek to head post-Covid revival group for Punjab




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Montek Ahluwalia to head expert group for post-COVID-19 revival in Punjab




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Punjab CM seeks withdrawal of value cut on farmers




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Minerva Academy staff donate blood to help Chandigarh combat crisis




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Migrants block road in Punjab's Ludhiana over unavailability of ration




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Punjab CM asks Modi to define path for economic revival




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Punjab declares vacation for colleges, universities from May 15




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Amid labour shortage, Punjab advances paddy sowing date




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Decks cleared for repatriation of evacuees from Maldives

They are set to arrive at Kochi port today




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Coronavirus | ICMR, Bharat Biotech tie up for Indian COVID-19 vaccine

Virus strain from NIV Pune transferred.




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At least 2 died in separate avalanches in Italy

The Trento Alpine Rescue service said the body of one man was found late Saturday on the Folgaria plateau after an avalanche separated him from his dog.




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Indian naval ship arrives in Kochi with evacuees from the Maldives

Most of the 698 Indians, of whom 440 are from Kerala, were stranded in the island country after they lost their jobs




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12 rescued so far after portion of chawl collapses in Kandivali, NDRF called in

Search and rescue operations are still under way, incident escalated to a Level II emergency




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Watch | All about Vande Bharat Mission

A video on India's massive repatriation operation to bring back stranded Indians from different parts of the world in the wake of the coronavirus crisis




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Commodity arrivals surge ahead of week-long shutdown at APMC Vashi

While arrivals of vegetables remained resilient with a fewer number of trucks enter into evening also, the biggest surge was seen in fruit supply.




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Emission of vapours has been contained, says DGP

‘But people will be allowed to return only after a few more days’




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India plans over 100 flights during second phase of evacuation abroad

To link countries where no Indian carrier presently flies




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Hyderabad International Airport facilitates first Vande Bharat evacuation flight from Kuwait

Hyderabad International Airport facilitated the first arrival evacuation flight from Kuwait on Saturday.This is the first flight to Hyderabad and is p




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Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives

Passengers showing Covid-19 symptoms are being disembarked first, followed by others in small groups, district-wise, says a Cochin Port Trust official




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Mumbai: Several trapped after building collapses in Kandivali West; rescue operation underway

Further details are awaited.




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'Vande Bharat': First evacuation flight from London lands in Mumbai; 1,373 Indians return home from worldwide

In total, around 1,373 Indians returned to their native places from foreign countries on May 10 as eight 'Vande Bharat' flights from Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah, Kuala Lumpur, and Dhaka landed in India.




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NSA Ajit Doval conducts high-level intelligence meet; asks to tighten counter-infiltration grid

According to a report by security agencies, the presence of around 450 terrorists, including those from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), has been seen on the launching pads adjacent to the Line of Control (LoC).




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'Allow private vehicles to ferry them': Sanjay Raut's advice to Maharashtra govt on migrant situation

Sanjay Raut took to his official Twitter handle on Sunday to let know his suggestion via a post regarding the situation.




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Not anticipating worst situation, but...: Vardhan

But still we have prepared the whole country for the worst situation, the Union health minister said.




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Naval ship arrives in Kochi with Indians from Maldives

This is the Indian Navy's first massive evacuation exercise from foreign soil during the COVID-19 lockdown.




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Punjab: Balbir Singh Senior admitted to a private hospital due to pneumonia




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Amruta Khanvilkar, Aneri Vajani and others share photos with their mothers




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Mother’s Day 2020: Vicky Kaushal, Kiara Advani, Mahesh Babu and others share adorable photos




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Soft X-ray varied-line-spacing gratings fabricated by near-field holography using an electron beam lithography-written phase mask

A fabrication method comprising near-field holography (NFH) with an electron beam lithography (EBL)-written phase mask was developed to fabricate soft X-ray varied-line-spacing gratings (VLSGs). An EBL-written phase mask with an area of 52 mm × 30 mm and a central line density greater than 3000 lines mm−1 was used. The introduction of the EBL-written phase mask substantially simplified the NFH optics for pattern transfer. The characterization of the groove density distribution and diffraction efficiency of the fabricated VLSGs indicates that the EBL–NFH method is feasible and promising for achieving high-accuracy groove density distributions with corresponding image properties. Vertical stray light is suppressed in the soft X-ray spectral range.




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BioStruct-Africa: empowering Africa-based scientists through structural biology knowledge transfer and mentoring – recent advances and future perspectives

Being able to visualize biology at the molecular level is essential for our understanding of the world. A structural biology approach reveals the molecular basis of disease processes and can guide the design of new drugs as well as aid in the optimization of existing medicines. However, due to the lack of a synchrotron light source, adequate infrastructure, skilled persons and incentives for scientists in addition to limited financial support, the majority of countries across the African continent do not conduct structural biology research. Nevertheless, with technological advances such as robotic protein crystallization and remote data collection capabilities offered by many synchrotron light sources, X-ray crystallography is now potentially accessible to Africa-based scientists. This leap in technology led to the establishment in 2017 of BioStruct-Africa, a non-profit organization (Swedish corporate ID: 802509-6689) whose core aim is capacity building for African students and researchers in the field of structural biology with a focus on prevalent diseases in the African continent. The team is mainly composed of, but not limited to, a group of structural biologists from the African diaspora. The members of BioStruct-Africa have taken up the mantle to serve as a catalyst in order to facilitate the information and technology transfer to those with the greatest desire and need within Africa. BioStruct-Africa achieves this by organizing workshops onsite at our partner universities and institutions based in Africa, followed by post-hoc online mentoring of participants to ensure sustainable capacity building. The workshops provide a theoretical background on protein crystallography, hands-on practical experience in protein crystallization, crystal harvesting and cryo-cooling, live remote data collection on a synchrotron beamline, but most importantly the links to drive further collaboration through research. Capacity building for Africa-based researchers in structural biology is crucial to win the fight against the neglected tropical diseases, e.g. ascariasis, hookworm, trichuriasis, lymphatic filariasis, active trachoma, loiasis, yellow fever, leprosy, rabies, sleeping sickness, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, etc., that constitute significant health, social and economic burdens to the continent. BioStruct-Africa aims to build local and national expertise that will have direct benefits for healthcare within the continent.




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White beam diagnostics using X-ray back-scattering from a CVD diamond vacuum window

Collecting back-scattered X-rays from vacuum windows using a pinhole X-ray camera provides an efficient and reliable method of measuring the beam shape and position of the white synchrotron beam. In this paper, measurements are presented that were conducted at ESRF beamline ID6 which uses an in-vacuum cryogenically cooled permanent-magnet undulator (CPMU18) and a traditional U32 undulator as its radiation sources, allowing tests to be performed at very high power density levels that were adjusted by changing the gap of the undulators. These measurements show that it is possible to record beam shape and beam position using a simple geometry without having to place any further items in the beam path. With this simple test setup it was possible to record the beam position with a root-mean-square noise figure of 150 nm.




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Nanocrystalline materials: recent advances in crystallographic characterization techniques

This feature article reviews the control and understanding of nanoparticle shape from their crystallography and growth. Particular emphasis is placed on systems relevant for plasmonics and catalysis.




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X-ray techniques for innovation in industry

Are synchrotrons needed for innovation in industry? What can scientists at large-scale facilities offer for R&D in industry? Is the comfort of life profiting from research?








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Bond-valence analyses of the crystal structures of FeMo/V cofactors in FeMo/V proteins

The bond-valence method was performed on 51 crystal data sets from nitrogenase proteins, indicating the presence of molybdenum(III) in FeMo cofactors and vanadium(III) with more reduced iron complements in FeV cofactors.