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India observes Janta curfew, PM says long battle ahead

The prime minister thanked the people but said it was the start of a long battle, as he urged them to follow social distancing to stop the chain of transmission of Coronavirus which has infected 360 people and claimed seven lives in India.





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Batra gets extension as FIH president

Batra gets extension as FIH president




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'People playing football, bathing in rivers': Centre to Bengal




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Shramik train leaves Coimbatore for UP's Akbarpur




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India coronavirus dispatch: States don't have enough money in this battle

From reviving a struggling financial sector, to a spike in cases in Odisha, to making India a Covid-19 testing superpower




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'Next batch of train passes after rush clears'




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Three more trains leave Coimbatore on Saturday with migrant workers

One train to Bihar and two to Uttar Pradesh; each train ferries 1,140 passengers




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Coimbatore city sees dip in waste collected during lockdown

Corporation used lockdown period to clear accumulated garbage in various places




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The Warrior Moms: Meet the mothers leading the battle against COVID19

The Warrior Moms: Meet the mothers leading the battle against COVID19




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Lewis Hamilton grateful for Grand Prix 'sabbatical'

Lewis Hamilton grateful for Grand Prix 'sabbatical'




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Next batch of train passes to be issued after rush clears, say cops

Next batch of train passes to be issued after rush clears, say cops




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'Next batch of train passes after rush clears'

'Next batch of train passes after rush clears'




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab closes malls, local Kisan Mandis, museums till March 31




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab CM urges religious organisations to restrict gathering under 50




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Punjab seeks package to combat COVID-19 crisis




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Release MPLAD funds to battle coronavirus: Badal couple




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Combatting COVID-19: SAD to donate one month's salary to Punjab CM Relief Fund




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Punjab Vigilance Bureau ties up with District Administration to combat COVID-19




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Religious sects come forward in battle against COVID-19




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab Police scale up system




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab doubles testing capacity




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab sets up four committees




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab building large stocks of life-saving equipment




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Punjab's Ropar police combats Covid-19 by involving locals




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1,300 Punjab cops moved from VIP duties to battle corona




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Unique campaign by Punjab Police to make people 'stay at home' to combat COVID-19




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To combat COVID-19, Amritsar administration installs disinfection tunnel in wholesale market




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab decides to screen one million people




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Punjab brings private hospitals under ambit for corona battle




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Girls in Punjab's Hoshiarpur make homemade masks in battle against COVID-19




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Stay strong to win battle, says Punjab Police Covid-19 'warrior'




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Combating COVID-19: Punjab CM announces to extend curfew for two more weeks




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Minerva Academy staff donate blood to help Chandigarh combat crisis




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Coronavirus | Fatalities dog Andhra Pradesh, Telangana battle against virus

Two expatriates test positive in Kerala; Karnataka focuses on Bengaluru cases




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1st batch of 326 Indians stranded in U.K. arrives in Mumbai

The first batch of 326 Indian nationals stranded in the U.K. due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions arrived in Mumbai from London ea




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Combating Covid-19: Chenchu tribe taps nature to make masks

At a time when governments are struggling to reach out to some tribal hamlets located deep inside the forest, like the Chenchus of Nallamalla forest, have made personal protective equipment such as face masks from leaves of teak and sal trees. They are also not stepping out from their hamlets, except to collect forest produce once or twice a week.




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Andy Serkis says The Batman will be darker than previous films




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Redetermination of the crystal structure of BaTeO3(H2O), including the localization of the hydrogen atoms

The redetermination of the crystal structure of barium oxidotellurate(IV) monohydrate allowed the localization of the hydrogen atoms that were not determined in the previous study [Nielsen, Hazell & Rasmussen (1971). Acta Chem. Scand. 25, 3037–3042], thus making an unambiguous assignment of the hydrogen-bonding scheme possible. The crystal structure shows a layered arrangement parallel to (001), consisting of edge-sharing [BaO6(H2O)] polyhedra and flanked by isolated [TeO3] trigonal pyramids on the top and bottom. O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds of medium strength link adjacent layers along [001].




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A routine for the determination of the microstructure of stacking-faulted nickel cobalt aluminium hydroxide precursors for lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide battery materials

The microstructures of six stacking-faulted industrially produced cobalt- and aluminium-bearing nickel layered double hydroxide (LDH) samples that are used as precursors for Li(Ni1−x−yCoxAly)O2 battery materials were investigated. Shifts from the brucite-type (AγB)□(AγB)□ stacking pattern to the CdCl2-type (AγB)□(CβA)□(BαC)□ and the CrOOH-type (BγA)□(AβC)□(CαB)□ stacking order, as well as random intercalation of water molecules and carbonate ions, were found to be the main features of the microstructures. A recursive routine for generating and averaging supercells of stacking-faulted layered substances implemented in the TOPAS software was used to calculate diffraction patterns of the LDH phases as a function of the degree of faulting and to refine them against the measured diffraction data. The microstructures of the precursor materials were described by a model containing three parameters: transition probabilities for generating CdCl2-type and CrOOH-type faults and a transition probability for the random intercalation of water/carbonate layers. Automated series of simulations and refinements were performed, in which the transition probabilities were modified incrementally and thus the microstructures optimized by a grid search. All samples were found to exhibit the same fraction of CdCl2-type and CrOOH-type stacking faults, which indicates that they have identical Ni, Co and Al contents. Different degrees of interstratification faulting were determined, which could be correlated to different heights of intercalation-water-related mass-loss steps in the thermal analyses.




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Smithsonian Scientist Discovers Two New Bat Species Hiding in Museum Collections for More Than 150 Years

While studying bats recently at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Smithsonian mammalogist Kristofer Helgen discovered a new species of flying fox bat from […]

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In face of crisis, National Zoo to start captive population of Virginia big-eared bats

The National Zoo has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a captive population of the Virginia big-eared bat at the National Zoo’s Conservation & Research Center near Front Royal, Va. Only 15,000 Virginia big-eared bats remain living in caves in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina, and these are threatened by the white-nose syndrome.

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Captive colony of Virginia big-eared bats providing valuable lessons in battle against deadly white-nose syndrome

Eleven bats remain in the National Zoo’s colony. The initial challenge the team faced was how to feed the animals. Virginia big-eared bats, which are a subspecies of the Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinuss townsendii), eat while flying.

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Scientists find ultrasonic calls of bats also serve a social function

The new study suggests that echolocation calls also serve a social function--bats listen to the ultrasonic calls of other bats to identify roost mates, bats of the same species, members of the opposite sex and intruders to their territory.

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A Halloween roundup featuring recent articles on spiders, bats and rats

A roundup of recent articles featuring spiders, bats and rats....

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Smithsonian bat expert Kristofer Helgen answers common questions about bats

To celebrate a cool Halloween creature--bats--we teamed up with the Smithsonian’s Kristofer Helgen, curator of mammals at the National Museum of Natural History. Here, he answers three commonly asked questions about these winged mammals.

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New species of bat named from central coastal Ecuador

A diminutive bat with cinnamon-brown coloring collected in 1979 in Ecuador by mammalogist Don Wilson of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History represents a new species a recent paper in the journal “Mammalian Biology” has revealed.

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Only large, fast-flying bats can handle life in the big city; small bats can’t adapt

Bats living in the dense urban area of Panama City, the scientists learned, represent just a small fraction of the roughly 25 species of high-flying insectivorous bats found in Panama’s rainforests.

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