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This festive season, gifting is all about innovation, utility, and being thoughtful

With Navaratri having begun and Deepavali not too far away, people and brands are coming up with creative gifting ideas, and delving into all things handmade, customisable, and artistic



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Cape Town Test | Sport, like art, need not make sense; it can be enjoyed still

You can put down the below-par performances in the Cape Town Test to technical deficiencies in batting, yet you come to the philosophical question: Can we really know anything for certain? Also, does everything have to make sense?




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Wait, there’s more to come, it ain’t over till it’s over




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Not fair, but still lovely




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Lockdown guidelines: Inter-state, inter-district movement of people prohibited till May 3

According to the Home Ministry's guidelines on the lockdown educational institutions, coaching centres, air travel and train services will continue to remain suspended




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Swiggy IPO: Motilal Oswal recommends only high-risk investors to subscribe for long-term

Swiggy operates in an oligopoly market: Motilal report




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Meet stresses early infertility management and diagnosis




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Infografías Periódicas: Pastilla de jabón vs. gel de baño

El profesor de Química y bloguero de Compound Interest Andy Brunning explica los parecidos y las diferencias entre ambos productos de baño.




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production 




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PILI raises funds for biotech textile dyes




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production




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Innovation is still alive in plastics

Plenty of new polymer technology was on display at the NPE2018 trade show




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Mini mass specs are still looking for an audience

Decades in the making, miniature mass spectrometers still face technical hurdles to wider commercial adoption




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Engineered cotton grows on alternative fertilizer

Crop feeds on phosphite, potentially allowing it to outwit weeds and mitigate pollution from traditional fertilizer runoff




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Multilayer coating helps plastic dental devices stay clear of bacteria

A superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could help prevent bacterial growth on the mouthpieces




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Engineered cotton grows on alternative fertilizer

Crop feeds on phosphite, potentially allowing it to outwit weeds and mitigate pollution from traditional fertilizer runoff




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Multilayer coating could fight bacterial growth on plastic dental devices

Superhydrophilic film made of two sugar molecules could lead to cleaner retainers or tooth aligners




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Un dispositivo hace más fácil y segura la transferencia de <i>terc</i>-butil litio y otros compuestos químicos pirofóricos

Las piezas reducen de forma sencilla el peligro al transferir pequeños volúmenes de productos químicos inflamables




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Attila E. Pavlath wins Parsons Award

ACS past president is honored for his work in promoting the public image of chemistry




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Attila E. Pavlath wins Parsons Award




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These new textile dyeing methods could make fashion more sustainable

Large and small suppliers vow to help a resource-intensive, cost-sensitive industry change with the times




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U.K.’s Worn Again raises cash for textile recycling




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Women chemists still face discrimination in academia

Survey shows little has changed in the decade since female professors were last asked about their careers




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National Fertilizers Ltd. - Register Of Member And Share Transfer Books Of The Company Will Remain Closed From 12Th September, 2019 To 18Th September, 2019 (Both Days Inclusive)




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National Fertilizers Ltd. - Register Of Member And Share Transfer Books Of The Company Will Remain Closed From 12Th September, 2019 To 18Th September, 2019 (Both Days Inclusive).




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How to build a world-class ventilator in 90 days flat

The start-up mentors debated if they could drive the price further down, but feared an even lower price would raise doubts about its quality, as was the case with the Tata Nano, reports Amrita Singh.




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BSE, NSE end flat after volatile session; Asian Paints tanks 8% post earnings 

The indices recovered from early losses but failed to maintain momentum through the session




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Kolkatan who returns to Durga Puja after 20 years: ‘Crowds still there but no bonding, people are alone clicking selfies’

According to Arpita Mandal, the City of Joy, now that she’s two decades older, is today less suitable for pandal-hopping, due to the massive crowds, and more suitable for cafe-hopping, with plenty of eateries mushrooming even in residential neighbourhoods




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Kolkata tram trundles back to familiar atmosphere of neglect and protests — a sign it is still alive

Friday’s CTUA protest was initially planned to demand restoration of the third surviving route, Ballygunge-Tollygunge, which was shut down temporarily about four months ago due to pipeline work; but by Friday they had more things to protest against as media reports showed bituminisation of not-in-use tram tracks in Alipore.




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Advances in catalytic chemical recycling of synthetic textiles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04768K, Tutorial Review
Open Access
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Carmen Moreno-Marrodan, Francesco Brandi, Pierluigi Barbaro, FRANCESCA LIGUORI
Synthetic fibres cover most of textile market, but their value chain is almost entirely linear. Common raw materials are non-renewable and oil-derived, while requiring large amounts of (toxic) chemicals and...
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Utilize rather than create: transforming phthalonitrile resin into N-rich hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitor materials

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04103H, Paper
Yi Li, Qiancheng Liu, Qian Zhang, Xiaoxiao Li, Yang Yang, Pan Wang, Kui Li, Ying Li, Fei Zhong, Qi Liu, Yun Zheng, Xulin Yang, Peng Zhao
The “utilize rather than create” strategy employs the reaction product (RPH) as the precursor and the by-product (KCl) as the template for the synthesis of N-rich hierarchical porous carbon for high performance supercapacitor materials.
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CdS/Mg–Fe layered double hydroxide: a versatile heterogeneous photocatalyst for the acylation of indoles with α-keto acids

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05239K, Paper
Jun-Bo Wang, Tong Yue, Ling Xu, Zhi-Qiang Hao, Zhan-Hui Zhang
The composite CdS/Mg–Fe layered double hydroxide was constructed and confirmed as an efficient recyclable heterogeneous photocatalyst for C-3 acylation of indoles with α-keto acids under light irradiation at room temperature.
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What to watch till winter

With Game of Thrones wrapping up its sixth season, here are four other shows about politics and betrayal to watch till it returns




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As leaders flock to Antarwali-Saraati, Manoj Jarange-Patil holds his cards close: ‘Want Marathas, Muslims, Dalits to come together’




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Candy maker, farmer, social worker—meet Marathas who wish to contest polls on Jarange-Patil’s signal




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Old friends turn foes in Ambegaon as seven-time MLA Dilip Walse Patil faces stiff challenge from Devdutta Nikam




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Sharad Pawar campaigns in Ambegaon, hits out at Walse-Patil for parting ways




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Jarange Patil makes U-turn, decides to walk out of poll fray




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2020 Mephedrone bust: Trial begins against 19 accused, drug cartel kingpin Lalit Patil




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IED threat mail sent to DY Patil Medical College dean; no suspicious object found: Police




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Who is Shameebha Patil, the lone transgender candidate in Maharashtra Assembly elections?




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Seen on Mahayuti ads with Eknath Shinde, man still missing in real life




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Maharashtra Assembly polls: RR Patil’s daughter enters field to keep his legacy alive in Tasgaon through son




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Maharashtra Assembly polls: In Shirdi, a BJP rebel flown to Mumbai by special plane now challenges veteran Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil




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Maharashtra Assembly polls: Water supply woes continue to haunt Shirdi voters despite MLA Vikhe-Patil’s nearly 30-year tenure




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Novak Djokovic preparing to return to best in 2025: ‘Tennis is still my focus’




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A TDP MP writes: Why we must address problem of low fertility rate now




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Express View on DAP crisis: Lessons from a fertiliser shortage




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C Raja Mohan writes: India, Trump, and the crisis in multilateralism




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Textile hub Tiruppur weaves a comeback on high exports

After experiencing an 11 per cent contraction in exports in 2023-24 (FY24) due to a dip in exports for 10 consecutive months from April to January, the Tiruppur textile industry is back on track in 2024-25 (FY25). The cluster, which contributes 55 per cent of the country's total knitwear exports, posted a 13 per cent increase in the first five months of this financial year (FY25), with August seeing a 22 per cent rise - the highest in over two years.