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Exploring the valleytronic, optical, and piezoelectric properties of Janus MoBXY2 (X = N, P; Y = S, Se, Te) monolayers for multifunctional applications

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03793F, Paper
Luogang Xie, Lingli Wang, YanDong Ma, Hongyan Lu, Yang Yang
Unveiling novel Janus MoBXY2 monolayers with unique valleytronic, optical, and piezoelectric properties for multifunctional applications.
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Optimization of preparation conditions and design of device configurations for Cu3AsS4 solar cells: a combined study of first-principles calculations and SCAPS-1D device simulations

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03392B, Paper
Yi Huang, Changqing Lin, Yang Xue, Bingyuan Huang, Dan Huang
Former studies have investigated the band structure and optoelectronic properties of Cu3AsS4 and suggested that it is a promising photovoltaic (PV) absorber. However, its power conversion efficiency (PCE) from experiments...
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Influence of symmetry breaking on the absorption spectrum of crystal violet: from isolated cations at 5 K to room temperature solutions

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03825H, Paper
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Alexander Schäfer, Samuele Giannini, Dmitry Strelnikov, Theresa Mohr, Fabrizio Santoro, Javier Cerezo, Manfred M. Kappes
Theoretical and experimental spectroscopy of crystal violet resolves the influence of temperature and symmetry breaking on absorption properties in different environments.
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Morphology optimization via pre-aggregation and miscibility matching in PM6:L8-BO ternary organic solar cells

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03206C, Paper
Chuyue Wei, Junwei Zhang, Jing Deng, Xiangyan Yang, Jiahui Luo, Zixiao Xu, Lin Zhang, Shuaishuai Yuan, Weihua Zhou
Pre-aggregation and miscibility matching accounting for morphology optimization in ternary organic solar cells based on a PM6:L8-BO system.
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Insight into the potential of M–NbS2 (M = Pd, Ti and V) monolayers as anode materials for alkali ion (Li/Na/K) batteries

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03744H, Paper
Meixia Xiao, Shuling Xu, Haiyang Song, Zhifei Sun, Jiaying Bi, Beibei Xiao
First-principles calculations were conducted to explore the effects of Pd, Ti and V doping on the performance of NbS2 monolayers as electrode materials for alkali ion batteries.
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Ballistic transport in sub-10 nm monolayer InAs transistors for high-performance applications

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03789H, Paper
Tianruo Xie, Yuliang Mao
The modelling of double gate MOSFETs of monolayer InAsH2 is shown in (a). The corresponding transfer characteristics are shown for (b) n-type and (c) p-type, in which various doping concentrations are chosen.
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High Chern number quantum anomalous Hall effect in monolayer Co3X3SSe (X = Sn, Pb) kagomes

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03625E, Paper
Xiang Yin, Li Deng, Fei Wang, Yanzhao Wu, Junwei Tong, Xianmin Zhang
Two-dimensional stable kagome ferromagnets Co3Sn3SSe and Co3Pb3SSe can realize the QAHE with a high Chern number of |C| = 3, and present intriguing possibilities for advancing intrinsic high Chern number QAH devices.
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Structural Distortion Driven Polaronic Transport and Table-like Magnetocaloric Properties in Polycrystalline Tb0.7Sr0.3MnO3 compound

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03760J, Paper
Dipak Mazumdar, I. Das, Kalipada Das
This research mainly explores the structural, magnetic, magneto-transport, and magnetocaloric properties of the polycrystalline Tb0.7Sr0.3MnO3 compound. The results reveal a significant modification of the compound’s ground state with increasing the...
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Uniaxial Tensile Strain Impact on 1T-NbS2 Monolayers as Cathode Material for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03156C, Paper
Shanling Ren, Xiaocong Tan, Xin Huang, zhihong yang, Yunhui Wang
In this work, we report our study on asymmetrical Janus TiSSe monolayers as cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries by first-principles calculations, encompassing adsorption, catalytic, and conductive properties. The results indicate...
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Recent progress and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for efficient and stable polymer solar cells

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00895A, Review Article
Open Access
Jin-Woo Lee, Jin Su Park, Hyesu Jeon, Seungjin Lee, Dahyun Jeong, Changyeon Lee, Yun-Hi Kim, Bumjoon J. Kim
This review summarizes the recent progress, key design principles and prospects of dimer and multimer acceptors for developing polymer solar cells (PSCs) with high efficiency and long-term stability.
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Recent advances in the chemistry of isolable carbene analogues with group 13–15 elements

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3896-3951
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00784G, Review Article
Mian He, Chaopeng Hu, Rui Wei, Xin-Feng Wang, Liu Leo Liu
This review provides an overview of main group carbene analogues, covering recent advancements, synthesis strategies, and the diverse reactivity of elements in groups 13–15 based on their structural characteristics.
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Peptide-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs): what peptides can do for SAMs and vice versa

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3714-3773
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00921A, Review Article
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Carlos Redondo-Gómez, Paula Parreira, M. Cristina L. Martins, Helena S. Azevedo
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) based on peptides represent a reproducible platform for screening and studying peptide functions and facilitating their translation into multidisciplinary applications.
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Astronomy for curious kids : an illustrated introduction to the Solar System, our galaxy, space travel--and more! / [Giles Sparrow ; illustrated by Nik Neves]

Sparrow, Giles, 1970- author




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Matter / Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by Druscilla Santiago

Schaefer, Lola M., 1950- author




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Motion / Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by Druscilla Santiago

Schaefer, Lola M., 1950- author




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The solar system / by Christina Earley

Earley, Christina, author




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Expedition Polarstern. English

Weiss-Tuider, Katharina, author




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Under polarisen. English

Renslebråten, Line, 1980- author, illustrator




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Open science : knowledge for everyone / Monique Polak ; illustrated by Catherine Chan

Polak, Monique, author




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Can you hear the plants speak? / Nicholas Hummingbird with Julia Wasson ; illustrations by Madelyn Goodnight

Hummingbird, Nicholas, author




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Exoplanets : a guide to the worlds outside our solar system / Wendy Bjazevich ; art by David Miles

Bjazevich, Wendy, author




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Spark, shine, glow! : what a light show / written by Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by James Yang

Schaefer, Lola M., 1950- author




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These ‘docs’ keep solar assets fit as a fiddle

Chennai start-up’s drone-based imaging service helps build, maintain defect-free solar plants




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Pyrazolate-supported Cr3(μ3-O) cores; homovalent CrIII3 and mixed-valent CrIII2CrIV

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05161K, Communication
Jessica M. López-Plá, Mohammed Obies, Georgia Zahariou, Michael Pissas, Yiannis Sanakis, John E. McGrady, Raphael G. Raptis
The thermally assisted reaction of Cr(NO3)3·9H2O, 4-Cl-pzH, and Et3N yielded electrochemically active trinuclear CrIII–oxo–pyrazolate complexes with formula (Ph4P)2[Cr33-O)(μ-4-Cl-pz)6X3], X = Cl (1) and Br (2).
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Crystal-Facet Modulated Pathway of CO2 Photoreduction on Bi4NbO8Cl Nanosheets Boosting Production of Value-Added Solar Fuels

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05581K, Communication
Yong Zhou, Haoqiang Chi, Zhengdao Li, Yong Cai Zhang, Zhigang Zou, Yong Yang, Xinxin Lu, Peiting Hao
Two ultrathin nanosheets of Bi4NbO8Cl were successfully synthesized for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into solar fuel. featuring differently exposed (001) and (201) facets. In contrast to bulk Bi4NbO8Cl, which produced...
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Constructing efficient organic solar cells by highly volatile solid additives with controlled phase morphology

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13424-13427
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04675G, Communication
Yueheng Liu, Yetai Cheng, Shenbo Zhu, Zhengdong Wei, Chenyi Zhang, Shuyue Song, Xinyue Cui, Ya-Nan Chen, Andong Zhang, Yahui Liu, Hao Lu, Huawei Hu, Zhishan Bo
We synthesized two highly volatile and low-cost solid additives, PT and TFT.
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An effective orange-red solution-processed circularly polarized organic light-emitting diode

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04938A, Communication
Junqing Wang, Xiaoyi Lai, Yongzhi Zhou, Lei Hua, Weiguo Zhu, Pengfei Duan, Yafei Wang
Two orange-red emission circularly polarized thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters (R)-ad-PXZ/(S)-ad-PXZ were synthesized. The solution processable device exhibits the maximum external quantum efficiency of 9.0% and gEL value of 10−3.
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Polarizable AMOEBA force field predicts thin and dense hydration layer around monosaccharides.

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04415K, Communication
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Luke A Newman, Mackenzie G Patton, Breyanna A Rodriguez, Ethan W Sumner, Valerie Vaissier Welborn
Polarizable force fields crucially enhance the modeling of macromolecules in polar media. Here, we present new parameters to model six common monosaccharides with the polarizable AMOEBA force field. These parameters...
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Bengaluru hosts Indian Cacao & Craft Chocolate Festival this weekend

The upcoming craft chocolate fest promises to be an eye-opener on the entire bean-to-bar experience




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Artisanal craft chocolates made in Rajahmundry

An artisanal craft chocolate named Bon Fiction is made from cacao beans grown here



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Solvent and Stoichiometry-dependent Versatile Organogelation and Robust Crystallization from Supramolecular Association of Adipic Acid and Triethanolamine

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00559G, Paper
Gerald Lepcha, Indrajit Pal, Santanu Majumdar, Yogesh Dhasmana, Sanjay Mondal, Ennio Zangrando, Deepak Chopra, Biswajit Dey
Supramolecular self-assembly directed two unique organogels were achieved through varying gel-immobilized solvents. One gel is comprised of adipic acid (ADP) and triethanolamine (TEA) in pure dimethylformamide medium (i.e., ADP-TEA-DMF), while...
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Circularly polarized Room-Temperature Phosphorescence enhanced by Dynamic Cross-linked Networks fixation

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00510D, Paper
Bochun Wang, Yuzhan Li, ChangLi Zhang, Sirong Sun, Wanli He, Dong Wang, Hui Cao, Zhou Yang
Organic ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence (OURTP) has been widely used in applications including encryption and anti-counterfeiting. However, few research has focused on circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) with RTP materials. In...
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Isolation and characterization of novel degradation products in Fenoverine by LC-QTOF-MS/MS, LC-MSn and 2D-NMR

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05623F, Paper
Krishnam Raju CH, Shanmukha Kumar Jagarlapudi, Yesudas Kada, Sanath Kumar Goud Palusa
This study investigates the degradation profile of Fenoverine (FEN), an antispasmodic drug, following the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Q1A (R2) guidelines. FEN is stable in the presence of light,...
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Mesoporous carbon hollow spheres loaded with Fe/Fe3C as efficient solar vapour generation materials

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7168-7175
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00424H, Paper
Jianfeng Gao, Hui Zhang, Zhaoshun Zhang, Changcheng Lin, Qun Yang, Shiwei Shi, Xueqin Zuo, Shaowei Jin, Guang Li
An evaporator has two major advantages: excellent interfacial evaporation efficiency and organic pollution treatment capacity.
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Impact of Cr doping on the structural and optoelectronic properties of a CsPbIBr2 perovskite solar cell

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7205-7212
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00681J, Paper
M. I. Khan, Ali Mujtaba, Saddam Hussain, Asif Hussain, Dalil Bulayis N AlResheedi, Zainab Mufarreh Elqahtani, El Sayed Yousef, Norah Alwadai
The Cr–CsPbIBr2 device showed enhanced performance, with increased grain size, reduced energy band gap, and elevated efficiency from 9.64% to 12.06%.
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Vacancy engineering modulates spin polarization to enhance the charge dynamics of CuIn5S8 for photocatalytic sterilization

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7394-7404
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05482A, Paper
Wenbin Wu, Jing Wang, Xiaojie Liang, Laixi Luo, Yaohong Yang, Fan Zhou, Shuduan Deng, Yumin Song, Le Yang, Kunyong Kang
Photocatalytic sterilization technology is a strategy that is environmentally friendly for killing drug-resistant bacteria using solar energy.
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A cubic Sm@CdS Q-dot glass as a photocatalyst for solar H2 generation

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00050A, Paper
Vijay B. Autade, Rajendra P. Panmand, Sandeep A. Arote, Reshma S. Ballal, Sonali D. Naik, Milind V. Kulkarni, Baharat B. Kale
Under natural sunlight, thermally stable cubic Sm@CdS QDs – glass matrix shows increase of 42.5% in the hydrogen evolution with respect to the CdS-glass with a similar heat treatment temperature.
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Regulating water decontamination and food safety by a reusable, nano-sized MOF@cotton@chitosan composite through nanomolar detection of the drug nitroxinil and organoarsenic feed additive p-arsanilic acid

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00066H, Paper
Subhrajyoti Ghosh, Debjit Mal, Shyam Biswas
MOF@cotton@chitosan composite for nanomolar fluorescence sensing of nitroxinil drug and p-arsanilic acid in real samples is presented.
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Alleviation of Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Damage through Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Strigolactones in Solanum lycopersicum L.

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00796K, Paper
Vaseem Raja, Karanpal Singh, Sami Ullah Qadir, Jagpreet Singh, Ki-Hyun Kim
In this research, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are bio-synthesized using Mangifera indica leaf extract as a sustainable capping and stabilizing source. The spherical morphology, crystallinity, and average size (17.97...
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Quantitatively differentiating foliar adhesion and absorption of different lead-based particles on Solanum melongena L.

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1417-1428
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00640A, Paper
Bing Zhao, Siyu Zhang, Xuejiao Zhang, Qing Zhao, Jason C. White, Fengchang Wu, Baoshan Xing
This study quantitatively distinguished foliar adhesion and absorption between Pb nano- and submicron particles of different chemical forms.
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Functionalized molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) monolayer as an efficient nanosensor towards toxic nitrogen containing gases

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1740-1754
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00072B, Paper
Wadha Alfalasi, Tanveer Hussain, Nacir Tit
Selective detection of toxic nitrogen-containing gases (e.g. NO and NO2) is achieved when special transition metal (TM) atoms are selected in doping molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) monolayer. The change of magnetic state is the secret of that selectivity.
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Solvent-polarity-controlled assembly of polynuclear titanium-calixarene complexes: constructing isolated {Ti7}, {Ti13}, {Ti24} and {Tb2Ti13} clusters

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01275A, Paper
Yanyan Wang, Ying Xiong, Wuping Liao
The assembly of polynuclear titanium-calixarene complexes is based on Ti4–C8A SBUs.
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Assessing aspects of solution-based chemical synthesis to convert waste Si solar cells into nanostructured aluminosilicate crystals

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00038B, Paper
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Edita Garskaite, Math Bollen, Enock Mulenga, Mathis Warlo, Glenn Bark, Espen Olsen, Dalia Brazinskiene, Denis Sokol, Dietrich Buck, Dick Sandberg
An affordable, scalable, and easily adoptable solution-based processing route provides a potential way of converting waste Si solar cells into aluminosilicate minerals to contribute to sustainability in the solar energy value chain.
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Crystal growth and spontaneous polarization mechanism of polar metal borate halides: Mn3B7O13Cl

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2060-2064
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00060A, Communication
Haodong Li, Duo Zhang, Jiesen Guo, Qiangqiang Wang, Yuxin Ma, Munan Hao, Yuetong Wu, Fanshu Meng, Tianming Liu, Yibo Xu, Xu Chen, Changchun Zhao, Dezhong Meng, Zhiyuan Zheng, Ruijin Sun
High-quality single crystals of Mn3B7O13Cl have been successfully synthesized, to unravel the elusive mechanism behind its spontaneous polarization.
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A stable metal azolate framework with rare nonintersecting one-/two-dimensional pore channels

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00318G, Communication
Heng Yi, Mu-Yang Zhou, Le Ye, Xiao-Tong Lu, Dong-Dong Zhou, Jie-Peng Zhang
It is challenging to design and synthesize stable crystalline structures with heterogeneous pores. Herein, we design and synthesize a new azole ligand with rich aromatic moieties and trifluoromethyl groups, and...
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Acoustic shock wave-induced phase transition in indium selenide: tuning band gap energy for solar cell applications

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00012A, Paper
S. Oviya, F. Irine Maria Bincy, S. Arumugam, K. Kamala Bharathi, Raju Suresh Kumar, P. Kannappan, Ikhyun Kim, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas
Acoustic shock wave loading experiment on indium selenide.
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Twitter under Jack Dorsey and team were in repeated, continuous violations of Indian law: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The former Twitter Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder has alleged that the Indian government threatened to shut down Twitter during farmers protest




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Community norm violation: YouTube removed 1.9 million videos in Jan-Mar 2023 in India

In the same period, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos globally for violation of the norms




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Grid stability, solar PV manufacturing, discom dues to take centrestage in 2023

Transmission remains a challenge even as power demand rises