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Boosting reaction kinetics of polycrystalline phase Fe7S8/FeS2 heterostructures encapsulated in hollow carbon nanofiber for superior fast sodium storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01241K, Paper
Hui Cai, Fei Wang, Huiyan Feng, Zhendong Liu, Chengzhi Zhang, Anbang Lu, Xi Zhao, Qiuhong Lu, Quanbing Liu, Jun Tan
Metal sulfides have been regarded as highly competitive anode materials for fast sodium storage due to the excellent redox reversibility and comparatively great electron properties. Nevertheless, metal sulfides suffer from...
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In situ construction of a double perovskite heterostructure with exsolved FeNi3 alloy nanoparticles for CO2 electrolysis in solid oxide electrolysis cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07820E, Paper
Xiaoyu Wang, Haibo Hu, Caiyue Xie, Yifei Wang, Haowei Li, Xifeng Ding
FeNi3 nanoparticles anchored on the (PrBa)0.95Fe1.6Ni0.4O6−δ double perovskite enhance the electrochemical performance and durability in direct CO2 electrolysis.
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NiFeCo–OH/NiTe nanoarrays with amorphous/crystalline interfaces for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00772G, Paper
Jing Liu, Da Liu, Xiaoxiao Yan, Peifang Guo, Hongbin Xu, Peng Chen, Renbing Wu
One-dimensional heterostructured NiFeCo–OH/NiTe nanorod arrays with amorphous/crystalline interfaces have been rationally synthesized, exhibiting an excellent OER electrocatalytic performance.
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Molecular-polaron-coupling-enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction on copper phthalocyanine/NiMgFe layered double hydroxide nanocomposites

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07538A, Paper
Yuexian Li, Wenli Su, Xiaoyan Wang, Jun Lu, Wenkai Zhang, Shuo Wei
We built CuPcS/NiMgFe-LDHs composites and probed the unique photogenerated-carrier transfer mechanism. A series of long-range Forster energy transfers prolonged the lifetime of photogenerated carriers to match the timescale of surface reaction.
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The fluorescence distinction of chiral enantiomers: a Zn coordination polymer sensor for the detection of cinchonine and cinchonidine

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03506B, Paper
Wenping Hu, Nan Wu, Dechao Li, Yefang Yang, Shaowen Qie, Shuai Su, Ruijie Xu, Wenting Li, Ming Hu
A Zn coordination polymer was constructed to identify chiral cinchonine and cinchonidine with high sensitivity, selectivity, and reproducibility.
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Pregnant woman dies in road accident in Salem




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Entrepreneurs in Salem undergo training in business and financial excellence




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Children’s Day: public meet, rally led by girls to be held in Thiruvananthapuram

25,000 students from 200 schools will be part of the rally




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India will continue to be vocal about climate finances at COP29




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COP29: India, other developing countries demand fair climate finance commitments

India, LMDCs advocate for equitable climate finance at COP29, pushing for transparency, fairness, and flexibility in financial commitments




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Prediction of synergistic gemcitabine-based combination treatment through a novel tumor stemness biomarker NANOG in pancreatic cancer

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3853-3861
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00165F, Research Article
Jiongjia Cheng, Ting Zhu, Shaoxian Liu, Jiayu Zhou, Xiaofeng Wang, Guangxiang Liu
The synergistic effect observed in gemcitabine-based combination therapies targeting pancreatic cancer stem cells was correlated with the inhibiting effect on the expression of stemness-related gene NANOG.
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Advances in Detecting Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) Using Molecular Receptors and Nanostructured Assemblies

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00661E, Review Article
Avijit Kumar Das
The detection and quantification of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are crucial due to their widespread use and potential impact on human health and the environment. This review provides a comprehensive...
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Developed nations need to triple their contribution to make climate finance credible: Avinash Persaud

Currently, developed nations are expected to pay $100 billion a year but they haven’t stuck to agreed targets, and this system ends next year.




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Why are countries fighting over climate finance at COP29?

Here is what you need to know about the November 11-22 summit talks on finance.




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COP29: India, other developing countries demand fair climate finance commitments

India, LMDCs advocate for equitable climate finance at COP29, pushing for transparency, fairness, and flexibility in financial commitments




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Ranji Trophy | Tamil Nadu has Railways under the cosh with dominant show

CRICKET | Skipper Jagadeesan’s decision to field pays off handsomely as Ajith Ram and Gurjapneet take quick wickets; Ahuja, Saif and Merai hold out with half centuries




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Devotees, martial arts, chants fill Hyderabad streets for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary




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Punjab Finance Minister bats for cooperative federalism, structural reforms




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Teachers should inculcate reading habit among students, says Swami Jithakamananda




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COP29: India, other developing countries demand fair climate finance commitments

During the negotiations, the LMDCs emphasised the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” (CBDR) to address the pressing financial gaps hindering effective climate action




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Financial viability of Discoms a matter of concern: Power Minister

The Minister noted that the Average Cost of Supply (ACS)-Average Realizable Revenue (ARR) gap has improved to ₹0.21 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in FY24




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Ensure A Joyful Festive Season with Bajaj Finance’s Savings And Credit Options




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Speaker Johnson wins unanimous support from GOP for another term as top House Republican

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won a unanimous closed-door vote for his first, full term as Speaker, despite rumblings of a possible rebellion against him, after he received a full-throated endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.




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Marygold & Co. partners with Griffin to support healthy financial habits

UK-based Marygold & Co. has...




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FTX sues Binance, alleging fraud in 2021 share repurchase deal

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Neo Financial secures USD 259 million in funding

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Element and isotopic signature of re-fertilized mantle peridotite as determined by nanopowder and olivine LA-ICPMS analyses

Lawley, C J M; Pearson, D G; Waterton, P; Zagorevski, A; Bédard, J H; Jackson, S E; Petts, D C; Kjarsgaard, B A; Zhang, S; Wright, D. Chemical Geology vol. 536, 119464, 2020 p. 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119464
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Geochronology of the Mount Nansen-Nisling River area, Yukon

Joyce, N L; Iraheta Muniz, P; Rayner, N M; Ryan, J J. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8614, 2020, 28 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/321802
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The composite nature of pericratonic Yukon-Tanana Terrane and its distinction from parautochthonous North American rocks in west-central Yukon

Ryan, J J; Cleven, N R; Zagorevski, A; van Staal, C R; Parsons, A J; Joyce, N L; Kellett, D A. Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 114, 2020, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/321431
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Provenance of the incipient passive margin of NW Laurentia (Neoproterozoic): detrital zircon from continental slope and basin floor deposits of the Windermere Supergroup, southern Canadian Cordillera

Hadlari, T; Arnott, R W C; Matthews, W A; Poulton, T P; Root, K; Madronich, L I. Lithosphere vol. 2021, no. 1, 8356327, 2021 p. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.2113/2021/8356327
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Timing and provenance of Paleoproterozoic supracrustal rocks in the central Thelon tectonic zone, Canada: implications for the tectonic evolution of western Laurentia from ca. 2.1 to 1.9 Ga

Davis, W J; Sanborn-Barrie, M; Berman, R G; Pehrsson, S. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences vol. 58, issue 4, 2021 p. 378-395, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2020-0046
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Architecture of pericratonic Yukon-Tanana terrane in the northern Cordillera

Ryan, J J; Zagorevski, A; Cleven, N R; Parsons, A J; Joyce, N L. Northern Cordillera geology: a synthesis of research from the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program, British Columbia and Yukon; by Ryan, J J (ed.); Zagorevski, A (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 610, 2021 p. 67-93, https://doi.org/10.4095/326062




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The age and provenance of the Lay Range assemblage provides an indirect record of basement to north-central Quesnellia, British Columbia

Ootes, L; Ferri, F; Milidragovic, D; Wall, C. Geological fieldwork 2021: a summary of field activities and current research; British Columbia Geological Survey Geological Fieldwork Paper 2022-01, 2022 p. 31-44
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150 Myr of episodic metamorphism recorded in the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, Northern Canadian Cordillera: evidence from monazite and xenotime petrochronology

Soucy La Roche, R; Dyer, S C; Zagorevski, A; Cottle, J M; Gaidies, F. Lithos 7708357, 2022, 1-29 pages, https://doi.org/10.2113/2022/7708357
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Cbus puts super sector on the edge of a systemic scandal - The Australian Financial Review

  1. Cbus puts super sector on the edge of a systemic scandal  The Australian Financial Review
  2. Super funds warned over delays in assessing life insurance claims  Sydney Morning Herald
  3. VIDEO Cbus taken to court accused of failing to pay thousands of claims  ABC News
  4. Super fund in strife over $20m in delayed payments  The Canberra Times




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Tattooing a Banana WIN

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Tata Steel Chess India Day 1: Abdussatorov Leads Carlsen, So, Narayanan - Chess.com

  1. Tata Steel Chess India Day 1: Abdussatorov Leads Carlsen, So, Narayanan  Chess.com
  2. Magnus Carlsen interview: I probably will have the most fun playing Gukesh  Hindustan Times
  3. Tata Steel Chess India - Live!  Chess News | ChessBase
  4. Abdusattorov Nodirbek leads, Magnus Carlsen close behind in India Open chess  The Times of India
  5. Indian chess has come a long way, courtesy Anand: Carlsen  The Hindu




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Previous financial pledges on climate change yet to materialise, PM Shehbaz tells COP29 summit

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif highlighted on Wednesday that financial pledges made at the previous two United Nations’ annual climate summits — COP27 and COP28 — were yet to materialise.

He made the remarks during the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP29, that is being held in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku. The premier presented Pakistan’s case on the second and final day of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit.

Pakistan is ranked among the top 10 most climate-vulnerable countries, according to the Global Climate Risk Index. It has faced increasingly frequent and severe weather events, such as unprecedented floods, intense monsoon rains, devastating heat waves, rapid glacial melting and glacial lake outburst floods.

Addressing the summit, PM Shehbaz asserted that COP29 should “make this understanding loud and clear that we will have to fulfil those financial pledges” committed at COP27 and COP28.

“And yet, I think, those huge financial commitments have to be materialised.”

The prime minister said the event was aimed at understanding the “calamities which, unfortunately, some of the countries have already faced and some will if we do not act”.

At COP27 in 2022, which was also attended by PM Shehbaz, countries had adopted a hard-fought final agreement to set up a “loss and damage fund” to help poor countries battered by climate disasters.

At COP28 last year, then-caretaker premier Anwaarul Haq Kakar had called for immediately executing the $100 billion in commitments for climate finance.

According to the UN, around $700 million have been pledged so far for the loss and damage fund, with France, Italy, Germany and the UAE being the biggest contributors.

At COP29 today, PM Shehbaz also spoke about the devastating monsoon floods of 2022, highlighting they had resulted in 1,700 deaths, massive displacement, destruction of houses and crops, and $30 billion loss to the country’s economy.

He called on the international community “to take measures which are so important at this point in time to have a conducive environment” to combat climate change.

The prime minister stressed that Pakistan was one of the countries that “hardly contribute” to global emissions, yet it was vulnerable to climate change and listed as one of the “10 countries which can, God forbid, face this kind of devastation again”.

“My memories are still fresh,” he said, recalling a meeting with flood affectees in Balochistan, including a boy named Ikramullah who had “lost everything”.

“His entire village was erased from the face of the earth, his home was completely demolished, and his school was also submerged. And we had arranged his education [in] another part of Pakistan,” he said.

PM Shehbaz stated he would not want “other countries to face the plight Pakistan faced back in 2022”.

Describing Pakistan as a “resilient, hard-working and responsible nation”, the premier affirmed his country was “fully committed to being part of the global climate solutions”.

Concluding his speech, the prime minister expressed the hope that under Azerbaijan’s leadership, COP29 can transform into a “finance COP by restoring confidence in the pledging process and scaling up climate finance”.

“I strongly feel that climate finance must be grant-based and not add to the debt burden of vulnerable developing countries,” he said, reiterating his remarks from yesterday on the sidelines of the summit.

“Two years ago, I warned, and I warned at the top of my voice, that the future would never forgive our inaction. Today, I echo the same warning with greater urgency,” PM Shehbaz asserted.

‘We shouldn’t brave impact of emissions by others’

Referring to the 2015 Paris Agreement, PM Shehbaz said: “Ten years ago in Paris, we had failed to stop the rise in emissions and catastrophic global warming, and those pledges in Paris 10 years ago, which were made have yet to see the light of the day.”

“As the minus-one emitters, we should not brave the impact of emissions realised by others without even the tools to finance resilience,” he emphasised.

“Without climate justice, there can be no real resilience,” the prime minister asserted.

The premier further said Pakistan would “go through a renewable energy revolution”, noting that the country last year presented a “comprehensive National Adaptation Plan”.

He continued: “This year, we have developed our National Carbon Market Framework. But we cannot do it alone. Pakistan needs international support to deliver on its climate ambitions.”

“My government has taken concrete actions to deliver on its commitment of producing 60 per cent of all energy from green sources and shifting 30pc of our vehicles to EVs (electric vehicles) by the end of this decade,” he told the summit.

PM Shehbaz stated that developing countries would need an estimated $6.2 trillion by 2030 to implement less than half of their current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

“The same goes for adaption and loss and damage,” he added, recalling the efforts at COP27 led by then-climate change minister Sherry Rehman.

Early warning systems for all

Addressing the COP29 summit, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar highlighted the utility of early warning systems for climate-induced disasters and extended his gratitude to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for launching the ‘Early Warning for All’ initiative.

“Today, the threat is not limited to floods, we are facing rising temperatures, more intense and frequent heatwaves, and erratic rainfall patterns,” Dar said. “Early warning systems for various climate-induced hazards including floods, glacial lake outbursts, droughts and extreme heat are essential for resilience, not just for Pakistan but for all vulnerable nations worldwide,” he added.

The deputy PM thanked the UN Secretary-General for the early warning initiative, which “aims to protect every person on earth with an early warning system by 2027”.

Dar added that the threat of extreme heat emphasises the necessity of multi-hazard early warning systems, which he said were “critical to saving lives and supporting sustainable development in the face of climate adversity”.

“Despite our limited resources, Pakistan is committed to climate action and has set very ambitious goals,” the deputy PM said. “Our pledge to reduce projected greenhouse gas emissions by 50pc by 2030 comprises a 15pc reduction through national efforts and an additional 35pc contingent on international support.”

Dar named the Green Pakistan Project, an “electric vehicle policy”, a large-scale project to rehabilitate mangroves and implement Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) mass transit systems in Pakistan’s major cities.

“These efforts aim to fulfil our nationally determined contributions and to balance our global mitigation role with local adaptation needs,” Dar said. “However, we must acknowledge that national efforts alone are insufficient.”

The deputy PM highlighted that accessible climate finance is essential for Pakistan to meet these targets. “We urgently call on developed nations to honour their $100bn climate finance annual pledge and establish a new collective quantitative goal that reflects today’s needs with funding reaching the trillions,” he stated.

He added that this funding must be “accessible, grant-based and reflective of the historical responsibilities of industrialised nations”, adding that the burden “cannot rest solely on developing countries”.

“While Pakistan is ready to do its part, we look to the international community for support, particularly in accessing climate finance for early warning systems and climate resilience projects,” he said. “We need mechanisms that ensure easy, direct access to funds that can bolster national programmes rather than piloting isolated projects.”

Dar reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to “being part of the solution” to the shared climate crisis and stressed that through shared partnerships and support from global allies, “we can bridge the early warning gap, enhance resilience and build a safer, more sustainable future for generations to come”.

‘Debt cannot be new normal’

Speaking at a Pakistan-organised conference at COP29 yesterday, PM Shehbaz had said debt cannot become the “acceptable new normal” in climate financing.

He had explained that finan­c­ing in the form of loans pushes developing nations towards “mounting debt traps”, which he ref­erred to as “death traps”.

Speaking at Glaciers 2025: Actions for Glaciers, the prime minister had also linked humanity’s survival with the health of glaciers, saying Pakistan was ready to work with the world on the matter.

Participating world leaders and delegates pose for a group photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on Nov 12, 2024. — AFP

PM Shehbaz also met with various world leaders on the sidelines of the summit, including UAE President Sheikh Moha­m­med bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UK PM Sir Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as those from South and Central Asia.

Dozens of world leaders convened in Azerbaijan for COP29 but many big names skipped the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump’s election victory was keenly felt.

US President Joe Biden, China’s President Xi Jinping, India’s PM Narendra Modi and France’s President Emmanuel Macron were among the G20 leaders missing the event.

Pakistan witnessed devastating floods during the 2022 monsoon season, induced by climate change, resulting in the loss of at least 1,700 lives.

With 33m people affected and swathes of agricultural land washed away, the damage incurred losses worth $30bn, according to government estimates.

In June 2024, a heat wave brought record-high temperatures, severely impacting public health and agriculture.





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‘Zebra’ trailer: Satyadev and Dhananjaya face off in heist thriller

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UBI, NIIT To Offer PG Diploma In Banking And Finance

United Bank of India and NIIT Institute of Finance Bankingand Insurance Training (IFBI)




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Personal Loan: A financial boon for all of the needy people

Personal Loan as its name suggests is a loan that is specially structured to mitigate different personal needs and desires at once. It is loan unsecured in nature availed by consumer without pledging any collateral to the bank. It is a...




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Financial Discipline Through Sachin Tendulkar’s Principles

The GOD retires on Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. For some of the ardent followers of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, it is as good as end of cricket. But is it really the case? India will play the next match soon. The game will move on. But for...




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3 Street Dogs, Including One Pregnant, Thrashed To Death In Telangana

A horrific case of animal cruelty has come to light from Telangana, where a group of three men trap and mercilessly thrash four street dogs with sticks, killing three of the canines, one of whom was...




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Retail Car Sales October 2024 - Double Festival Bonanza

October 2024 was quite the celebration for the Indian car industry, with sales going through the roof for most car manufacturers thanks to both Dusshera and Diwali in the same month. Year-over-year sales rose by 32.38 per cent to 483,159 units