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Day trips to Kashmir’s border towns, Gurez and Keran

As the army welcomes trekkers and tourists to Gurez and Keran, one can see local life play out and catch glimpses of the other side 




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Airlines damaged luggage of one in every two flyers: survey

While the number of lost and damaged luggage has increased over time, customer handling has become better




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Women who drive SUVs in Thiruvananthapuram form a group to explore new paths of adventure

The women want to go on offroading trips and on long-distance drives




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Suket Dhir’s itinerary for kids

Delhi-based designer Suket Dhir makes a case for unplanned holidays. Befriending roosters and studying in village schools are pluses




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Scoot begins air services from Singapore to Malaysia’s Sibu

The company is operating three weekly flights with a maximum seating capacity of 112 passengers from the Asian financial hub to the city on Borneo Island




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Explore corals at Havelock island with CGH Earth’s latest property, Tilar Siro

We check into an eco resort set on one of the largest islands in the Andaman chain, famed for its white sand beaches, spectacular sunsets and vibrant marine life. We check into the eco friendly resort to explore Havelock island




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Ricky Kej’s anthem for Bengaluru airport captures the emotions of departures and homecomings

Ricky Kej’s BLR Airport Anthem, featuring fellow Grammy-winner Lonnie Park, tells stories of travel and connection




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Architects list their favourite getaways

From Kyoto’s blend of old and new to Vienna’s rich design contrasts, here are some awe-inspiring destinations for you to visit




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India’s first Voco Hotel in Jim Corbett offers many surprises beyond the tiger trail

The romance of the mountain rains, fragrance of the forest and petrichor, a symphony by sung by the birds and a taste of Kumaoni cuisine and cocktail, that’s how India’s first Voco Hotel in Jim Corbett invites you to live in the moment




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Timing regulations on bursting firecrackers




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HRI directed to conduct re-survey of temple lands in Puducherry

According to sources, a report prepared by the Puducherry government in 2017 had revealed that around 200 acres of temple land were under encroachment in the UT




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Police probe finds petrol bunk built on Thirunallar temple land

Fraudulent documents were allegedly used to obtain the licence for the bunk from public sector oil marketing company on Thiruloganathar Swamy temple land




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Reconstitution of Assembly Assurance Committee stirs row




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Puducherry records ‘very poor’ air quality day after Deepavali

According to a press release, the ambient air quality monitored by the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC) at Reddiyarpalayam, Mudaliarpet, and Anna Nagar in the city found PM (10) and PM (2.5) levels to be on the higher side




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Puducherry Police arrest five in connection with sexual assault of minor girl




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Accused in sexual assault of minor girl remanded in judicial custody




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Medicos outfit alleges irregularities in MBBS admission under NRI quota

As many as 37 students have been found to have submitted fake documents during the three rounds of counselling, according to a petition handed over by Association president M.Narayanasamy to Aman Sharma, CENTAC coordinator




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Pondicherry University introduces French translation of Kiran Bedi’s book




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Kashmiri youth call on L-G




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How to Plan and Host a Virtual Hackathon

A recent report from HackerEarth found that 80% of Fortune 100 companies host a hackathon. Why do they do this? To drive innovation and generate fresh ideas. In the US alone, 350 hackathons are conducted every year. Conducting such a...

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How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) Entirely out of Still Photographs

In a future where humanity has been driven underground by an apocalyptic event, a prisoner is haunted by the childhood memory of seeing a man gunned down at an airport. A group of scientists make him their time-traveling guinea pig, hoping that he’ll be able to find a way to restore the society they once knew. […]




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Watch The Cure Perform a Three-Hour Concert in London, Celebrating the Release of Their New Album

Last Friday, The Cure celebrated the release of their new album, Songs of a Lost World, with a three-hour set at the Troxy in London. The band kicked off the show by performing all eight tracks from the album, before then playing another 23 songs, mostly hits from their large catalog of music. Originally live […]




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Behold the Oldest Written Text in the World: The Kish Tablet, Circa 3500 BC

Image by José-Manuel Benito, via Wikimedia Commons Some refer to the written Chinese language as ideographic: that is, structured according to a system in which each symbol represents a particular idea or concept, whether abstract or concrete. That’s true of certain Chinese characters, but only a small minority. Most of them are actually logographs, each […]




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Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December

F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, far and away the most influential early vampire movie, came out 102 years ago. For about ten of those years, Robert Eggers has been trying to remake it. He wouldn’t be the first: Werner Herzog cast Klaus Kinski as the blood-sucking aristocrat at the center of his own version in 1979, and, though […]




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Modulation of photophysical properties in o-carborane derivatives and their application in white organic light-emitting diode devices

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17554-17562
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03085K, Paper
Jina Lee, Yeonju Jeong, Sunhee Lee, Yi Sak Lee, Bubae Park, Taekyung Kim, Won-Sik Han
Two derivatives of o-carborane, CAPCb and CAMCb, were synthesized and utilized in the fabrication of white OLED devices that exhibit cool white emission and specific CIE coordinates.
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Unidirectional heat and fluid transfer performances of a thermal diode with fishbone-microstructure wicks

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17386-17394
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03236E, Communication
Ping Li, Jiale Huang, Haifeng Qiu, Liangming Deng, Jiawei Liao, Tuo Jin, Yongfeng Zheng, Jianhua Xiang
A thermal diode is fabricated with remarkable unidirectional heat transfer performance. It shows long-distance heat transmission and working adaptiveness, providing a valuable insight for designing thermal management devices to meet extreme demands.
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Hybrid nano-microstructured and bioinspired conductive hydrogels with tunable multifunctionality

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04064C, Paper
Manting Wang, Jiaqi Zhang, Yaoyi Guo, Xiaoyong Zhou, Jie-Xin Wang, Yuan Le
A conductive hydrogel with enhanced mechanical properties and excellent multifunctionality is fabricated by facile direct in situ polymerization. This hydrogel can serve as a wearable strain sensor precisely detecting relative resistance changes.
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Pressure-Induced Tunable Emission Colors and Irreversible Bandgap Narrowing in Organic–Inorganic Manganese Bromide Hybrid

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03814B, Paper
Ruijing Fu, Junpeng Gao, Pinsen Zhang, Lingrui Wang, Bo Wang, Guangxia Wang, Xiaoshuang Li, youchao Kong, Qingguang Zeng, Guanjun Xiao
Manganese (Mn)-based organic-inorganic metal halides (OIMHs) are extensively employed in various optical applications due to their non-toxicity, superior optical properties, and tunable emission advantages. Developing effective strategies to enhance the...
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Application of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives in the cathode materials of aqueous zinc-ion batteries

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03273J, Review Article
Pingchun Guo, Shisong Ouyang, Hedong Jiang, Jiake Li, Hua Zhu, Yanxiang Wang
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are regarded as potential candidate materials for the cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries. This review presents the applications of MOFs and their derivatives in the cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
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High-performance circularly polarized photodetectors based on chiral transfer of achiral poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03735A, Paper
Xiaocheng Wu, Junjie Liu, Yunhao Xu, Longzhen Qiu, Xiaohong Wang
High-performance circularly polarized photodetectors with photocurrent asymmetry factor (|gph|) as high as 0.58 were prepared by a blending-induced chiral transfer method.
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Design of a self-powered 2D Te/PtSe2 heterojunction for room-temperature NIR detection

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04034A, Paper
Fengtian Xia, Dongbo Wang, Wen He, Xiangqun Chen, Chenchen Zhao, Bingke Zhang, Donghao Liu, Sihang Liu, Jingwen Pan, Shujie Jiao, Dan Fang, Xuan Fang, Lihua Liu, Liancheng Zhao
Narrow bandgap Te films were obtained and used as the basis for the fabrication of Te/PtSe2 heterojunction infrared detectors with self-driven operation under zero bias and excellent infrared detection performance.
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Synergistic bio-inspired photocatalytic hydrogen production by chlorophyll derivative sensitized Nb2CTx MXene nanosheets

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04074K, Paper
Tianfang Zheng, Lin Yang, Hai Xu, Aijun Li, Shin-ichi Sasaki, Xiao-Feng Wang
A novel bio-inspired composite system consists of chlorophyll (Chl) and Nb2CTx nanosheets is synthesized for synergistic photocatalytic hydeogen production.
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Developing Hydrogen Power in a Hydrocarbon Empire

Methods for turning hydrogen into energy have been known for over a century, but they are only now starting to reach the consumer markets. In addition to being environmentally friendly, hydrogen power is better in many ways than the conventional variety. This industry has its Russian "champions" as well. "Kommersant", for instance, has attempted to figure out why anyone would develop this technology in an "energy superpower".



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Vitirover, robot, and winegrower

A small company from Saint-Emilion, France, is sending its solar mower robot into the vineyards. Before entrusting it with other tasks.



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AllGreenup: the app that measures environmental impact and rewards environmental care

The platform connects users and companies within a sustainable context, promoting environmental care.



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In Africa, dirt bricks for cleaner construction

Across the world, people are chopping down trees to burn bricks to build their homes. The world’s largest cement manufacturer thinks there’s a better way



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Easter Island seeks to irrigate crops using solar energy

Due to the summer drought, Islanders have to get 52% of their fruits and vegetables from the mainland because local production cannot meet domestic demand.



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ONGC may sell IOC, GAIL stakes to fund HPCL acquisition: Chairman Sarraf




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Kareena celebrates Saif's 50th birthday with a kiss!

Kareena Kapoor planned a birthday bash for husband Saif Ali Khan's 50th birthday on August 16, and the guests included Karisma Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu.




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Bollywood Celebrates their Daughters!

Film folk are celebrating their daughters on social media, and the pictures are adorable!









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How Akshay Became Prithviraj

Akshay Kumar launched the trailer of his new period film Prithviraj with a lot of fanfare.




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Like Kiara's Airport Fashion?

Alia meets Bhansali... Tara promotes Ek Villain Returns... Urvashi glams up...




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'Wish my mother named me K-K-K-Kiran!'

His fans speak.




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What Irrfan's Son Babil Wants To Explore

'Mere father ki khubiyaan woh lekar chale gaye, ab mein apne khubiyaan explore karoonga.'




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SEE: What Makes Shraddha-Ranbir So Hot

Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com captures some interesting answers from the stars at the trailer launch of Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar.