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Wearables device segment sees slower growth in March quarter but players remain bullish on outlook

As per estimates released by IDC, India’s smart wearable device market grew by merely 2.1 per cent in March quarter




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Bass-boost that leaves you breathless! Sony Ult Wear review

A tubthumping party that’s worth the price?




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Q2 Results Highlights: SBI, LIC, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, MRF, Ola Electric, others

Q2 Results 2024 Updates: Here are the updates on the Q2 financial results of some of India’s major companies, including State Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Tata Motors, Power Finance Corporation, Ashok Leyland, MRF, Ola Electric Mobility, and others. These results offer critical insights into each company’s performance and market outlook, impacting sectors such as banking, automotive, and electric mobility. Follow along for the latest details on revenue, profit margins, growth strategies, and industry trends as companies announce their quarterly performance.




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Q2 Results Preview: Tata Motors

Passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle volumes declined 5 per cent and 19 per cent year-on-year in the India business: Motilal Oswal




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SBI Q2 Results: Net profit jumps 23% to ₹19,782 crore

The total expenditure moved up to ₹99,847 crore in the quarter under review, from ₹92,752 crore in the year-ago period



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MRF Q2 results: 20% profit drop to ₹455 crore amid rising costs

The board has declared an interim dividend of ₹3 per share for FY25




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Asian Paints Share Price Highlights November 11, 2024: Asian Paints stock closes 8% lower post Q2 results

Asian Paints Stock, Asian Paints Share Price Updates November 11, 2024: Shares of Asian Paints in focus 




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Market opens lower as China stimulus disappoints; Asian Paints slumps 8%

China’s announcement of a five-year package totaling 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) to tackle local government debt problems fell short of market expectations




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Asian Paints stock tumbles 9% following Q2 results

Asian Paints’ Q2 net profit declined 43.71% due to weak demand, material price inflation, material price inflation, and performances of the decorative and coatings business.




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Brokerages bullish on LIC post Q2 results; shares gain

The State-owned insurer recorded 12 per cent growth in net premium income at ₹1,19,901 crore during the quarter under review




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Shriram AMC launches multi sector rotation fund

The multi-sector rotation fund will rotate investment across trending sectors




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Start-ups line up for IPOs amid bullish market, investor demand

VC-backed companies are now looking at the euphoria in the market to list and return capital to their investors




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Crude oil futures trade lower as China stimulus measure fails to boost market 

At 9.57 am on Tuesday, January Brent oil futures were at $71.77, down by 0.08 per cent, and December crude oil futures on WTI (West Texas Intermediate) were at $67.97, down by 0.10 per cent




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Ramco Cements stock gains 5% as Q2 results beat street estimates

Analysts offered mixed reviews; Jefferies issued an underperform rating with a target price reduction from ₹690 to ₹680, while Motilal Oswal maintained a neutral stance with a target of ₹880.




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Mamata Banerjee reaches out to striking junior doctors, meeting scheduled on October 21

West Bengal Chief Minister refuses to accept demand made by protesting doctors seeking removal of State’s Health Secretary




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Cloud overcast in West Bengal, turbulent sea as cyclone Dana nears landfall

Government is bracing for impact and has removed many people from the high-risk coastal areas of the State




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‘IIM Calcutta violating reservation policy in hiring faculty members’

Students’ association points to RTI data, says only 2 seats filled by SC and 4 by OBC candidates against sanctioned strength of 18 and 34 respectively




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The foul aftermath of the festivities 

Every year, Kolkata celebrates with high intensity for a couple of months — from Biswakarma puja to Durga puja, Diwali and then Chhath puja — unmindful of the environmental impact. Shrabana Chatterjee travels around the city to understand the gap between celebrating and polluting




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Halide-free and metal-free allylic thiolation/selenation of P(O)H compounds with sulfur/selenium and allylic alcohols

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10886-10892
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03960B, Paper
Longzhi Zhu, Weiwei Luo, Furong Guo, Lin Chen, Ying Tang, Biquan Xiong, Yu Liu, Ke-Wen Tang, Renhua Qiu
A halide- and metal-free method for forming C–S/Se–P(O) bonds using allylic alcohols, P(O)H compounds, and elemental sulfur/selenium is reported, eliminating the need for toxic, odorous, and moisture-sensitive starting materials.
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Light-driven ultrafast dual C–C cleavage and coupling of dihydroxyacetone into high-purity carbon monoxide and ethylene glycol

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10859-10866
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04180A, Paper
Fanhao Kong, Hongru Zhou, Zhiwei Chen, Zhaolin Dou, Min Wang
Reforming of biomass-based dihydroxyacetone to produce high-purity CO and ethylene glycol is achieved via a distinctive photochemical process under ambient conditions.
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Visible light-driven α-sulfonylation of ketone-derived silyl enol ethers via an electron donor–acceptor complex

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04554H, Paper
Barakha Saxena, Roshan I. Patel, Anuj Sharma
We herein describe a versatile electron donor–acceptor complex (EDA) mediated α-sulfonylation of ketone-derived silyl enol ethers using thiosulfonates (acceptor) with DABCO (donor) under visible light irradiation.
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Controllable tertiary amine-promoted photoactivation metal-free carbonylation of aryl sulfonium salts to aryl carboxylic acid derivatives

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04502E, Paper
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Jiajun Zhang, Le-Cheng Wang, Yuanrui Wang, Xiao-Feng Wu
This paper describes a new method for the activation of aryl radicals via EDA complexes without metals and photosensitizers for carbonylation with various nucleophilic reagents under visible light.
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A solvent-free, self-emulsified and heat-responsive polyester coating enables chemically-recyclable and fire-safe PET foam

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04531A, Paper
Bei-Bei Zhang, Li-Xia Fan, Lin Chen, Xiu-Li Wang, Yu-Zhong Wang
This work implements a state-of-the-art strategy to simultaneously achieve use performance and future recycling, which will greatly benefit the green sustainable circular economy for wind turbine blades.
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Modular access to multi-substituted allenones via environmentally friendly organocatalytic C–H allenylation of aldehydes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04550E, Paper
Xinying Hu, Ayisenbati Jialingbieke, Yuzhi Ren, Yifan Yang, Donghui Wei, Jian Gao, Ding Du
Organocatalytic direct C–H allenylation of aldehydes with propargyl bromides has provided a straightforward and step-economical strategy for allenone modular synthesis.
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Advancing green chemistry in environmental monitoring: the role of electropolymerized molecularly imprinted polymer-based electrochemical sensors

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03250K, Tutorial Review
Christopher Mwanza, Wei-Zhi Zhang, Kalulu Mulenga, Shou-Nian Ding
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic materials designed to mimic the natural “lock and key” mechanism observed in biomolecular systems, such as the interactions between antibodies and antigens.
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Green synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidine using a CuI-incorporated CoFe2O4 nano-catalyst in aqueous medium

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04033C, Paper
Samrat Charaimuria, Prodeep Phukan
A magnetically separable nanocatalyst has been developed by the incorporation of CuI on the functionalized surface of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles for the synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidines in aqueous medium at ambient temperature.
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Single-layer 2D supramolecular-organic-framework-supported polyoxometalates: efficient selective oxidation of toluene in seawater under sunlight

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04480K, Paper
Xin-Long Ni, Yan Fan, Yi Luo, Xu Luo
Performing organic reactions in water, in particular in seawater under sunlight, is a desirable objective in chemistry because both are the most abundant and cheapest resources on earth. Herein, we...
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Biological production and simulated moving bed purification of streptothricin F from food waste digestate

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04026K, Paper
Xiaofang Zhou, Peiyi Li, Yuchen Sun, Zeyang Zhang, Chuanyi Yao, Qingbiao Li, Yuanpeng Wang
Globally, a significant amount of food waste is generated annually, representing a considerable potential resource.
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Rational modulation of cellulose for zinc ion-based energy storage devices

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03525A, Tutorial Review
Penggao Liu, Chunrong He, Xinyue Chen, Ting Wang, Wei Song, Weifang Liu, Kaiyu Liu
Aqueous zinc-ion energy storage technology is currently undergoing intensive exploration. The construction of high-efficiency batteries remains a significant obstacle to the further advancement of novel battery types and enhanced electrochemical...
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N–N atropisomer synthesis via electrolyte- and base-free electrochemical cobalt-catalysed C–H annulation

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04390A, Communication
Jiating Cai, Linzai Li, Chuitian Wang, Shi Qin, Yuanyuan Li, Si-Yan Liao, Shengdong Wang, Hui Gao, Zhi Zhou, Yugang Huang, Wei Yi, Zhongyi Zeng
An exogenous electrolyte- and base-free electrochemical cobalt-catalysed atroposelective C–H annulation has been established to construct N–N axially chiral isoquinolinones in excellent enantioselectivities and good yields.
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Active Hydrogen Tuning by Copper-Cobalt Bimetal Catalysts for Boosting Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Simulated Waster Water

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04120H, Paper
Chunqi Yang, Chang Liu, Jingwen Zhuang, Ziyan Yang, Aiping Chen, Yuhang Li, Chunzhong Li
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) represents a promising approach to balance the nitrogen cycle, converting environmental pollutant NO3− to valuable ammonia (NH3). However, the whole reaction involves complex protons-coupled electron...
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Multi-task Rhodium-Catalyzed Remote C(sp3)–H Functionalization Reactions of Acyclic Dienes to Yield Benzene-fused Heterocycles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04927F, Paper
Yuta Sato, Momoko Nagafuchi, Masaharu Takatsuki, Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Makoto Sako, Mitsuhiro Arisawa
Remote C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions are environmentally benign methods for not only acyclic molecules but also cyclic molecules. However, previous reports' products have been limited to aliphatic five-membered ring structures....
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Regulatable selective synthesis of benzofurans and coumarins from aryl propargyl ethers via an electrochemical tandem cyclization reaction

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11216-11221
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03842H, Paper
Zhaoyue Feng, Xueyi Guan, Haiyang Ma, Yingsibing Fan, Ping Liu, Peipei Sun
A divergent protocol for the selective synthesis of benzofuran-2-carboxaldehydes and 3-organoselenyl-2H-coumarins from propargylic aryl ethers in the presence of dialkyl(aryl) diselenides under electrochemical reaction conditions was established.
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Catalytic C–N bond formation strategies for green amination of biomass-derived molecules

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11019-11060
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03182B, Critical Review
Yan Zhong, Feng Liu, Jingsha Li, Chunxian Guo
Recent advances in the amination of biomass-derived molecules to generate valuable nitrogenous chemicals by employing thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis strategies are reviewed.
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Production of nanochitins via a shell biorefinery process for self-assembly applications as photonic films and Pickering emulsions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11222-11237
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02680B, Paper
Open Access
Xuhai Zhu, Fuyan Peng, Hui Li, Rongjun Lin, Rui Lu, Fang Lu
A simple, environmentally friendly, and flexible shell biorefinery process for integrated utilization of all NCh products in high-value applications, such as photonic films and Pickering emulsions.
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A green and sustainable multi-enzyme cascade for the biosynthesis of 1,3-propanediamine from crude glycerol in vitro

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03777D, Paper
Daocheng Liao, Shiming Tang, Ying Lin, Suiping Zheng
This paper designs a novel multi-enzyme cascade reaction capable of efficiently synthesizing 1,3-propanediamine from glycerol in vitro.
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Economic and environmental sustainability of bio-based HMF production and recovery from lignocellulosic biomass

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11340-11350
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04270K, Paper
Yuyao Jia, Shraddha Maitra, Lavanya Kudli, Jeremy S. Guest, Vijay Singh
Transforming waste stream of biorefinery into high-value bioproducts.
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Ball milling-promoting difunctionalization of alkynyl sulfonium salts with sulfinic acids towards (Z)-1,2-disulfonylethenes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04895D, Paper
Li-Hua Yang, Bei Li, Lin Chen, Wen-Shi Yao, Han-Yue Peng, Sha Peng, Long-Yong Xie
A simple ball milling-mediated disulfonylation of alkynyl sulfonium salts with sulfinic acids for the stereoselective synthesis of various (Z)-1,2-disulfonylethenes has been developed under catalyst-, additive- and solvent-free conditions.
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CO2 switchable solvents for sustainable dissolution, modification, and processing of cellulose materials: a critical review

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04032E, Critical Review
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Peter McNeice, Ben L. Feringa
CO2 switchable solvents provide a convenient and environmental method to dissolve and process cellulose.
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Mechanoenzymatic Hydrolysis of Cotton to Cellulose Nanocrystals

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05113K, Paper
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Sandra Kaabel, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Eero Kontturi, Mauri A. Kostiainen
Solid-state mechanoenzymatic approaches for the production of cellulose nanocrystals from cotton were examined using three commercially available cellulase systems from Trichoderma reesei, Aspergillus niger and a Cellic CTec2 cellulase blend....
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Electron-mediator-free efficient photocatalytic regeneration of coenzyme NAD(P)H via direct electron transfer using ultrathin Bi2MoO6 nanosheets

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05207B, Paper
Yao Chai, Zirui Pang, Heng Jiang, Chi Chung Tsoi, Liang Wan, Yu Du, Huaping Jia, Yujiao Zhu, Detao Liu, Fengjia Xie, Guangya Zhou, Xuming Zhang
The direct electron transfer mechanism of single-layer Bi2MoO6 ultrathin nanosheets promotes the efficient regeneration of photocatalytic coenzyme NAD(P)H.
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Full Marx

Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo will soon be seen in 4K quality. Here’s a look at some of their most tireless routines




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Sunrisers hit as Nehra ruled out



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Lions pulverise MI, storm into playoffs

GL made short work of MI's 172/8, riding a rollicking 95-run partnership between Raina and McCullum to advance to the next stage with ease.



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RCB pull off 4-wicket win on ABD's shoulders

GL struck early and big, reducing RCB to 29/5 in 5 overs, but ABD matched Dr Smith, carried his bat through with a 47-ball 79 to chase down 159.



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Royal Challengers’ spectacular comeback continues

de Villiers and Iqbal Abdulla help the team make the final from a precarious 68 for six; a rare failure from Kohli



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Cool Warner catapults Sunrisers to IPL Final

SRH were pegged back by wickets at every stage, but David Warner stayed tenacious, unleashing shots at will to chase down 163 with 4 wickets to spare.



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Unsuited to the limited-overs game? Say what, asks Rahul



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Lions not surprised by Bipul’s cameo: Finch



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Calm mentor, calmer team — the winning formula

Did Laxman’s calmness rub off on the players who gave a distinguished account of their cricket acumen on the field and off it too?



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