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Thousands of aspirants protest outside UPPSC headquarters in Prayagraj over exam format

The police use lathi charge to disperse protesters and the Opposition questions government’s use of force on aspirants




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Haldiram Bhujiawala raises ₹235 cr from Pantomath’s Bharat Value Fund

India’s snacks market, which is worth ₹ 42,600 crore in FY24, is expected to reach around ₹95,500 crore by FY32, registering a CAGR of 11%




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Shriram Life Insurance H1 net profit contracts to ₹50 cr.




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Akira: breaks bones, but not stereotypes

'Akira' is yet another film in which being a strong woman essentially means having to suffer and sacrifice




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Proptech start-up HouseEazy raises $7 mn in funding from Chiratae Ventures, others

Funds will be utilised to fuel company’s growth across NCR




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Shriram Properties to quadruple profit, triple revenue by FY27

“Shriram Properties will embrace the new era under the banner SPLNxT to reposition the brand; enhance focus on mid-market and mid-premium segments, and accelerate growth”




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Shriram Finance raises $500 million via social bonds

Plans to list insurance arms and focus on retail bad loans




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Shriram Properties launches 1.1 million sq ft residential project in Chennai

“Located in the rapidly growing West Chennai corridor, this RERA-approved development offers a total saleable area of 1.1 million sq ft (msf) and has a revenue potential of around ₹550 crore to ₹600 crores”




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Multi-step chirality transfer and racemization kinetics of pillar [5]arenes by tuning the halogen substituents on the rims

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01799D, Research Article
Lizhi Fang, Xiaowen Guan, Yanling Shen, Dayang Zhou, Long Chen, Xiaochuan Chen, Wanhua Wu, Leyong Wang, Cheng Yang
Halogen-substituted pillar[5]arenes exhibited hindered hydroquinone subunit flipping, enabling enantioseparation.
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Intermediate diradical character and thermal cis–trans isomerization of near-infrared absorbing thionated squaraine dyes

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01722F, Research Article
Open Access
Taishi Oka, Takeshi Maeda, Daisuke Sakamaki, Naoya Suzuki, Shigeyuki Yagi, Shintaro Kodama, Hideki Fujiwara
Near-infrared absorbing squaraine dyes incorporating 4-membered thionated oxocarbon and chalcogenopyrylium moieties exhibit intermediate diradical character, which impacts thermal cis–trans isomerization.
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Chiral synthetic unprecedented spiro[indoline-2,3'-thiophen]-3-ones via an organocatalytic asymmetric sulfa-Michael/aldol cascade reaction

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6426-6436
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01551G, Research Article
Mao Zhang, Xing-Hai Fei, Gui-Ping Yang, Cheng Lin, Wen-Jie Li, Ming-Liang Rao, Meng Zhou, Chong Zhao, Bin He, Yong-Long Zhao
A cinchona-derived squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric sulfa-Michael/aldol cascade reaction of 2-ylideneoxindoles with 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol was developed to realize the chiral synthesis of spiro[indoline-2,3'-thiophen]-3-ones.
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Well-defined chiral dinuclear copper-catalyzed tandem asymmetric propargylic amination–carboxylative cyclization sequence toward chiral 2-oxazolidinone derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6319-6326
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01368A, Research Article
Yu Lan, Peng Liu, Zekai Fang, Lili Shao, Qilong Cai, Xiaoming Wang
A variety of chiral 2-oxazolidinones was obtained via a dinuclear copper-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic amination–carboxylative cyclization sequence of propargylic esters with alkyl amine hydrochlorides and CO2.
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Design, synthesis and application of bipyridine-N,N'-dioxide catalysts in asymmetric synthesis of chiral cyclopropanes

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6470-6476
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01532K, Research Article
Xiaoying Cao, Xue Tian, Minmin Liu, Shi-Wu Li
A novel type of highly efficient chiral C2-symmetric bipyridine-N,N'-dioxide ligands was prepared and successfully applied in the synthesis of optically pure 1,2,3-trisubstituted cyclopropanes.
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Anomalous magnetic behaviour induced by a structural phase transition with anisotropic thermal expansion in a spirodiradical

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6495-6502
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01098A, Research Article
Open Access
Takuya Kanetomo, Daigo Matsunaga, Shinichi Ogawa, Masaya Enomoto
A Ge-centred spirodiradical exhibited anomalous magnetic behaviour, influenced by two key structural factors: negative thermal expansion and a structural phase transition.
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Cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective reductive addition of ketimine with cyclopropyl chloride to construct chiral amino esters bearing cyclopropyl fragments

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6311-6318
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01474J, Research Article
Jiangtao Hu, Tingting Xia, Xianqing Wu, Hongrui Feng, Jingping Qu, Yifeng Chen
Co-catalyzed asymmetric reductive addition of ketimine with cyclopropyl chloride has been realized to access diverse chiral amino esters bearing cyclopropyl fragments with broad functional group tolerance and excellent enantioselectivities.
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Recent advances in asymmetric synthesis of chiral benzoheterocycles via Earth-abundant metal catalysis

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6534-6557
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01686F, Review Article
Jinhui Cai, Wenting Zhang, Usman Muhammad, Weishuang Li, Yanjun Xie
This review mainly focus on the assembly of chiral benzoheterocycles, such as dihydrobenzofurans, chromans, indolines, tetrahydroquinolines, etc., via Earth-abundant metal-catalyzed (Cu, Fe, Ni, and Ti) asymmetric synthesis in the last few decades.
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Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of chiral sulfilimines via S-C bond formation

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01963F, Highlight
Yingying Shi, Shuiyun Zheng, Jiapian Huang, Fu-Sheng He, Min Yang, Jie Wu
As the aza-analogues of sulfoxides, sulfilimines bearing S(IV) stereogenic centers hold tremendous potential in synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. However, the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of chiral sulfilimines are much less...
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Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric cascade allylation/lactonization of methyl salicylates: enantioselective construction of chiral benzodioxepinones

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01771D, Research Article
Bendu Pan, Yunru Wu, Yaqi Zhang, Xiaobo He, Long Jiang, Liqin Qiu
An efficient asymmetric cascade allylation/lactonization of methyl salicylates is achieved. The utilization of chiral-bridged biphenyl phosphoramidite ligand resulted in good results for the construction of a wide range of chiral benzodioxepinones.
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Telangana Deputy CM seeks proposals for retaining wall to prevent monsoon flooding in Madhira




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SRIRAM’s IAS launches coaching centre in Hyderabad




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Virat Kohli drops hints of completing 20 years with RCB

Virat Kohli has been playing for RCB ever since IPL's inception in 2008 and is the leading run-scorer in the competition, amassing over 8,000 runs




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Can skipper Rohit find inspiration to ‘pull’ his side out of the numbing depths?

India has been in similar situations in the past and found a way to bounce back in style. Nothing will motivate the skipper more than the prospect of a statement-making performance down under, especially with qualification for the final of the World Test Championship now hanging by a slender thread




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Free coaching classes for TNPSC job aspirants




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Civil services aspirants at sea




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Advances in quinoxaline derivatives: synthetic routes and antiviral efficacy against respiratory pathogens

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35400-35423
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04292A, Review Article
Open Access
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Fateme Dehnavi, Malihe Akhavan, Ahmadreza Bekhradnia
3D lung visualization showing COVID-19 infection areas alongside respiratory pathogens. The antiviral drug structure and comparison of healthy vs. infected lungs demonstrate how the drug could restore lung health.
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Retraction: Fabrication of novel quantum dots for the estimation of COVID-19 antiviral drug using green chemistry: application to real human plasma

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35696-35696
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA90133A, Retraction
Open Access
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Baher I. Salman, Adel Ehab Ibrahim, Sami El Deeb, Roshdy E. Saraya
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Haryana Congress again urges Speaker to disqualify MLA Kiran Choudhry from State Assembly

Since the senior leader had joined the BJP, according to the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, ‘any member of a House who voluntarily gives up their membership of a political party is liable to be disqualified,’ the Congress said




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Sprint hurdler Kiran breaks Maymon’s under-18 National record




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PICS: Young, Ravindra see off Bumrah, Siraj in triumph

India arrived in Bengaluru seeking a big win over the 2021 champions to improve their chances of making a third successive final in June 2025, but will now need to battle to keep alive their run of 18 straight home series victories since 2012.




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Iran launches missile barrage at Israel, warns of ‘crushing’ retaliation if provoked

Israeli air defences intercepted many of the missiles, with no reported casualties. Meanwhile, the US pledged military support for Israel, and the UN called for a ceasefire amid concerns over escalating regional conflict 




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What to know about Iran's missile barrage, Israel's ground operations in Lebanon

Israeli officials said Iran would pay a price for the strike




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Israel-Iran tensions escalate: Retaliatory strikes target military installations in Tehran

The Israeli military cited continuous Iranian attacks from multiple fronts since October 7, affirming Israel’s right to retaliate




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Fighting India lose 0-1 to formidable Iran in AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers

The top teams of the 10 groups, along with the five best second-place finishers, will qualify for the AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 in China




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Serhou Guirassy scores twice in Dortmund's 4-2 comeback win over local rival Bochum

In five minutes, Matus Bero scored off a smartly executed one-two through the center, then Dani de Wit made it 2-0 after teammate Myron Boadu had snatched the ball off Dortmund's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel




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A ‘symphony’ of young Chinese aspirations behind gold’s rise to record

China gold reserves went up for 16 months in a row till Feb 2024; its central bank bought the precious metal covertly



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Gold prices surge on Iran-Israel tension and US rate cut hopes

Analysts anticipate continued volatility in gold prices, fluctuating between ₹71,000 and ₹75,000 in the near term



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IBJA reconstitutes board for 2024-29 with Prithviraj Kothari as national chief

Aspect Global Ventures’ Aksha Mohit Kamboj appointed the national vice-president



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Gold steadies after Iran strikes spark surge of haven buying

Gold has rallied nearly 30 per cent this year, hitting a series of record highs.



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Oxaphosphiranes: isolable phosphorus-containing epoxide rings

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02915A, Paper
Open Access
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Niklas Volk, Antonio García Alcaraz, Selvakumar Balasubramaniam, Jannik Heumann, Gregor Schnakenburg, Arturo Espinosa Ferao, Rainer Streubel
A new efficient protocol for the synthesis of isolable oxaphosphiranes based on easy decomplexation is described. Theoretical studies unveil a singlet carbene-like FMO situation at phosphorus explaining the reactions with oxidants, acids and bases.
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Multifunctional chiral metal hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks constructed from lanthanide ions with a trigonal prismatic coordination environment

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02131B, Paper
Guo Peng, Guo-Xing Zhou, Xiang-Tao Dong, Yong-Bo Peng, Rong-Yan Zhang, Ying-Zhao Ma, Xiao-Ming Ren
Four multifunctional chiral lanthanide hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks with second harmonic generation, single molecule magnet behavior and proton conductive ability are reported herein.
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Switchable, chiral aluminium catalysts for ring opening polymerisations

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02831G, Communication
Open Access
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David T. Jenkins, Elizabeth C. Trodden, John M. Andresen, Stephen M. Mansell, Ruaraidh D. McIntosh
A switchable, solvent-free catalytic system was developed in which Al catalysts selectively initiate either the formation of polyether or polycarbonate through the application of a PPNCl (bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium chloride) cocatalyst.
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A mechanistic study of chiral manganese porphyrin-catalyzed enantioselective C–H hydroxylation reaction

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02452D, Paper
Jing-Kun Gao, Wandong Chen, Junjie Tai, Zhengwei Chen, Hang Liu, Yuxin Du, Yiting Jiang, Yuanbin She, Yun-Fang Yang
This study uses DFT to explain the enantioselectivity of C–H hydroxylation by a chiral manganese porphyrin. A two-point hydrogen bonding favors pro-(S) C–H bond abstraction by 1.9 kcal mol−1, leading to (S)-hydroxylated products.
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Reconceptualizing Mental Illness in the Viral Age [electronic resource] : Souls in the Machine / by Elliott B. Martin, Jr.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024.




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Mourinho gets one-match ban and fined after Turkish tirade

Jose Mourinho fined and banned for criticising Turkish soccer, questioning officials, and unsportsmanlike conduct towards fans




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Kiran George's Korea Masters run ends in semifinals with loss to Kunlavut

Kiran George, who trains at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA), had earlier registered a fine win over fifth seed Takuma Obayashi of Japan in the quarterfinals




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Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli ‘incredibly hungry’, says Gautam Gambhir

India's head coach Gautam Gambhir dismisses theories that he is under pressure after India's 0-3 whitewash at home against New Zealand.




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Enhanced removal efficiency of Tetradesmus obliquus for nevirapine removal via co-substrate supplementation: removal mechanisms, relative gene expression and metabolomics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00576G, Paper
Karen Reddy, Nirmal Renuka, Muneer Ahmad Malla, Brenda Moodley, Faizal Bux, Sheena Kumari
The bioremediation of pharmaceutical wastewater by microalgae has gained scientific attention due to its cost-effectiveness and environmental friendliness.
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India becoming part of global drug development operation of BMS: Samit Hirawat 

Samit Hirawat discussed India’s growing significance as a site for clinical trials, innovations in drug development, and how technology is poised to help bring new products to market faster




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Irani Cup: Bista back in Mumbai team




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Irani Cup: Anureet and Ankit in Rest of India team