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West Bengal reports 92 coronavirus cases today, tally reaches 1,548




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Bengal minister Hakim attacks Centre, Guv over train accident




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West Bengal: Liquor sale crosses Rs 100 Cr in 3 days




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Amid Covid scare, Bengal celebrates Tagore's 159th birth anniversary




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Shah to Didi: Not getting 'expected support' from Bengal




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West Bengal govt allows 10 trains carrying migrant labourers to enter State




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COVID-19: 11 more deaths take Bengal's toll to 99




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TMC leaders hit out at Shah, say West Bengal has seven-stage programme to bring back people




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‘2.68 crore will be benefited under PMGKAY in State’

About 82 lakh National Food Security Act (NFSA) ration card holders covering 2.68 crore people would be benefited under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalya




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West Bengal cleared 10 trains for migrant workers, says Railways

Injustice to stranded workers if permission is denied, Amit Sah tells Mamata




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Workers heading to Bengaluru sent back

The police on Thursday night sent back 90 migrant workers, from U.P., Rajasthan and Bihar, after they were found at Gundia check-post travelling in tw




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Industries set to ferry 20k workers to Bengaluru

Responding to a demand from industries - many of which are struggling without labour even after relaxation - the government has instructed officials in the districts to facilitate movement of workers from various parts of Karnataka to Bengaluru and other industrial districts to kickstart the recovery process.




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Bengaluru lockdown news: Today's updates




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Meet Bengaluru’s Covid warrior mothers, who are leading the fight against the pandemic

Meet Bengaluru’s Covid warrior mothers, who are leading the fight against the pandemic




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Benin tests teachers for virus ahead of school restart

Benin tests teachers for virus ahead of school restart




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Meet Bengaluru’s Covid warrior mothers, who are leading the fight against the pandemic

Meet Bengaluru’s Covid warrior mothers, who are leading the fight against the pandemic




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With government nod, industries set to ferry 20,000 workers to Bengaluru

With government nod, industries set to ferry 20,000 workers to Bengaluru




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Bengaluru lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Bengaluru lockdown news: Today's updates from your city




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Bengaluru: Two Covid-19 positive women give birth to 3 babies | Bengaluru News - Times of India

Bengaluru: Two Covid-19 positive women give birth to 3 babies | Bengaluru News - Times of India




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Bengaluru: They raise a toast on video calls

Bengaluru: They raise a toast on video calls




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Welcome indicator: Only 2% of Covid-19 beds occupied in Karnataka | Bengaluru News - Times of India

Welcome indicator: Only 2% of Covid-19 beds occupied in Karnataka | Bengaluru News - Times of India




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Coronavirus | West Bengal govt forms teams for surveillance support, monitoring of treatment at hospitals

The team members will pay regular visits to these hospitals and send reports to the department, the state government said in an order.




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Bengaluru: Two Covid-19 positive women give birth to 3 babies

Two women, who tested positive for Covid-19 and residents of the containment zone in Padarayanapura, Bengaluru, gave birth to three babies on Saturday morning. A 20-year-old woman delivered twin babies at the Trauma Care Centre. On Friday, a 34-year-old woman gave birth to a girl. Both women underwent C-sections.




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Punjab and Haryana HC to hold 10 benches for hearing of urgent cases over video conferencing






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Visualization Bench for the screening of crystallization assays and the automation of in situ experiments




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1,3-Bis{[(2,6-di­methyl­phen­yl)sulfan­yl]meth­yl}benzene

The structure of the title compound, C24H26S2, an example of a pincer ligand with an SCS-chelation motif, illustrates the steric effects of the methyl groups in the thio­phenyl rings at the 2- and 6-positions, forcing a dissimilar spatial orientation of the thio­phenyl rings relative to the central aryl group [dihedral angles = 33.58 (7) and 40.49 (7)°]. In the crystal, weak S⋯S contacts [3.4009 (7) Å] link the mol­ecules into inversion dimers.




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Crystal structure of bis­(1-ethyl-1H-imidazole-κN3)(meso-tetra­mesitylporphyrinato-κ4N,N',N'',N''')iron(III) perchlorate chloro­benzene sesquisolvate

In the complex cation of title compound, [Fe(C56H52N4)(C5H8N2)2]ClO4·1.5C6H5Cl, the ironIII atom is coordinated in a distorted octa­hedral manner by four pyrrole N atoms of the porphyrin ring system in the equatorial plane, and by two N atoms of the 1-ethyl­imidazole ligands in the axial sites. A disordered perchlorate anion and one and a half chloro­benzene solvent mol­ecules are also present. The cationic complex exhibits a highly ruffled porphyrin core. The average Fe—Np (Np is a porphyrin N atom) bond length is 1.988 (5), and the axial Fe—NIm (NIm is an imidazole N atom) bond lengths are 1.962 (3) and 1.976 (3) Å. The two 1-ethyl­imidazole ligands are inclined to each other by a dihedral angle of 68.62 (16)°. The dihedral angles between the 1-ethyl­imidazole planes and the planes of the closest Fe—Np vector are 28.52 (18) and 43.57 (13)°. Inter­molecular C—H⋯Cl inter­actions are observed.




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Crystal structure of bis­(benzoato-κO)[5,15-diphenyl-10,20-bis­(pyridin-4-yl)porphyrinato-κ4N,N',N'',N''']tin(IV)

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Sn(C42H26N6)(C7H5O2)2], the SnIV ion is located on a crystallographic inversion centre and is octa­hedrally coordinated with an N4O2 set. Four N atoms of the porphyrin ring form the equatorial plane while the axial positions are occupied by two O atoms from benzoate anions. The molecular packing of the title complex involves non-classical hydrogen bonds of the types C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N, leading to a three-dimensional network structure.




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Bis[benzyl 2-(heptan-4-yl­idene)hydrazine-1-carboxyl­ate]bis­(thio­cyanato)­cobalt(II)

The title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C15H22N2O2)2] or C32H44CoN6O4S2, was prepared from cobalt(II) nitrate, benzyl carbazate and ammonium thio­cyanate in the presence of 4-hepta­none. The compound crystallizes with two centrosymmetric complexes in which the cobalt(II) atoms have a trans-CoO2N4 octa­hedral coordination geometry. In the crystal, N—H⋯S, C—H⋯S and C—H⋯.π contacts stack the complex mol­ecules along the b-axis direction.




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Poly[di­aqua­[μ4-2-(carboxyl­atometh­oxy)benzoato][μ2-2-(carboxyl­atometh­oxy)benzoato]dicad­mium(II)]

In the title compound, [Cd2(C9H6O5)2(H2O)2]n, the crystallographically distinct CdII cations are coordinated in penta­gonal–bipyramidal and octa­hedral fashions. The 2-(carb­oxy­meth­oxy)benzoate (cmb) ligands connect the Cd atoms into [Cd2(cmb)2(H2O)2)]n coordination polymer ribbons that are oriented along the a-axis direction. Supra­molecular layers are formed parallel to (01overline{1}) by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding between the ribbons. The supra­molecular three-dimensional crystal structure of the title compound is then constructed by π–π stacking inter­actions with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.622 (2) Å between cmb ligands in adjacent layer motifs.




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N-Ethyl-N'-(3-methyl­benzo­yl)-S,S-di­phenyl­sulfo­diimide

The asymmetric unit of the title sulfodi­imide, C22H22N2OS, consists of two crystallographically independent mol­ecules with similar conformations The environment around each sulfur atom is a slightly distorted tetra­hedron with two S=N bonds and two S—C bonds. The S= N(m-methyl­benzo­yl) and S=N(NEt) bond lengths are 1.584 (3) and 1.528 (2) Å, respectively, for one mol­ecule, and 1.575 (2) and 1.529 (3) Å, respectively, for the other. The dihedral angles between the two phenyl rings in the mol­ecules are 86.76 (8) and 82.49 (8)°. The N—S—N—C(m-methyl­benzo­yl) and N—S—N—C(eth­yl) torsion angles are −60.5 (2) and −50.28 (19)°, respectively, for one mol­ecule, and 62.9 (2) and 44.2 (3)°, respectively, for the other. In the crystal, each independent mol­ecule is linked to its inversion-related mol­ecule via a pair of C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a dimer.




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1,2,4,5-Tetra­chloro-3,6-di­iodo­benzene benzene monosolvate

The title compound, C6Cl4I2·C6H6, crystallizes from benzene solution as cube-shaped crystals in the triclinic space group Poverline{1} with Z = 1. The asymmetric unit of the crystal structure contains one half of each mol­ecule. In the crystal, the benzene ring is almost orthogonal to the perhalo­benzene ring and the mol­ecules are linked by C—I⋯π inter­actions, with a close contact between the iodine atom and the benzene ring of 3.412 (1) Å.




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Di-μ-acetato-bis­{[3-benzyl-1-(2,4,6-tri­methyl­phen­yl)imidazol-2-ylidene]silver(I)}

The title compound, [Ag2(C2H3O2)2(C19H20N2)2] (2), was readily synthesized by treatment of 3-benzyl-1-(2,4,6-tri­methyl­phen­yl)imidazolium chloride with silver acetate. The solution structure of the complex was analyzed by NMR spectroscopy, while the solid-state structure was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Compound 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group Poverline{1}, with a silver-to-carbene bond length (Ag—CNHC) of 2.084 (3) Å. The mol­ecule resides on an inversion center, so that only half of the mol­ecule is crystallographically unique. The planes defined by the two imidazole rings are parallel to each other, but not coplanar [inter­planar distance is 0.662 (19) Å]. The dihedral angles between the imidazole ring and the benzyl and mesityl rings are 77.87 (12) and 72.86 (11)°, respectively. The crystal structure features π–π stacking inter­actions between the benzylic groups of inversion-related (−x + 1, −y + 1, −z + 1) mol­ecules and C—H⋯π inter­actions.




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trans-Bis(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)bis­(3-nitro­benzo­hydroxamato-κ2O,O')zinc(II)

Single crystals of the title complex, [Zn(C7H5N2O4)2(C2H6OS)2] or [Zn(NBZH)2(DMSO)2], were isolated from a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution containing [Zn(NBZH)2]·2H2O (NBZH = 3-nitro­benzo­hydroxamate anion). The asymmetric unit comprises of one O,O'-chelating NBZH anion, one O-bound DMSO ligand and one zinc(II) cation localized on an inversion centre. The three-dimensional crystal packing includes N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonding, as well as O⋯H and H⋯H contacts identified by Hirshfeld isosurface analysis.




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(2,2-Bi­pyridine-κ2N,N')chlorido­[η6-1-methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene]­ruthenium(II) tetra­phenyl­borate

The title complex, [RuCl(C10H14)(C10H8N2)](C24H20B), has monoclinic (P21) symmetry at 100 K. It was prepared by the reaction of the di­chlor­ido[1-methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene]­ruthenium(II) dimer with 2,2'-bi­pyridine, followed by the addition of ammonium tetra­phenyl­borate. The 1-methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene group, the 2,2'-bi­pyridine unit and a chloride ion coordinate the ruthenium(II) atom, with the 1-methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene ring and bi­pyridine moieties trans to each other. In the crystal, the complex cations are linked by C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming chains parallel to [010]. These chains are linked by a number of C—H⋯π inter­actions, involving the phenyl rings of the tetra­phenyl­borate anion and a pyridine ring of the bpy ligand, resulting in the formation of layers parallel to (10overline{1}).




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Poly[[μ4-4-(carb­oxylato­meth­yl)benzoato]zinc(II)]

In the title compound, [Zn(C9H6O4)]n, the ZnII cations are coordinated in a tetra­hedral fashion by carboxyl­ate O-atom donors belonging to four 4-(carb­oxy­meth­yl) benzoate (4-cmb) ligands. Each 4-cmb ligand binds to four ZnII cations in an exo­tetra­dentate fashion to create a non-inter­penetrated [Zn(4-cmb)]n three-dimensional coordination polymer network with a new non-diamondoid 66 topology. The crystal studied was refined as an inversion twin.




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(S)-1-(Benzyl­selan­yl)-3-phenyl­propan-2-amine

In the title compound, C16H19NSe, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 66.49 (12) and a weak intra­molecular N—H⋯Se hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, weak N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into [100] chains.




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S-Di­ethyl­amino-S-(3-methyl­benzoyl­imino)-S,S-di­phenyl­sulfonium tetra­fluoro­borate

The title salt, C24H27N2OS+·BF4−, was prepared by an alkyl­ation at the amino N atom attached to the sulfur atom of the corresponding sulfodi­imide. The configuration around the sulfur atom is a slightly distorted tetra­hedral geometry with two S—N bonds and two S—C bonds. The lengths of the S—N(di­ethyl­amine) and S=N(m-methyl­benzoyl­imine) bonds are 1.619 (2) and 1.551 (2) Å, respectively. The two N—S—N—C(eth­yl) and the N—S—N—C(m-methyl­benzoyl­imine) torsion angles are −85.43 (3), 58.94 (17) and 62.03 (16)°, respectively. The dihedral angle between the two phenyl rings is 84.03 (14)°. In the crystal, C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds link the cation and anion, forming a three-dimensional network.




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5-Chloro-2-ferrocenylbenzo[d]oxazole

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C12H7ClNO)], consists of one ferrocenyl group bonded to chloro­benzo[d]oxazole. The conformation of the ferrocenyl moiety is slightly away from eclipsed. The bond angles between the 5-chloro-benzoxazole and ferrocenyl fragments are N—C—C = 127.4 (7)° and O—C—C = 116.8 (7)°. The benzo[d]oxazole ring is planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0042 Å) and makes an angle of 11.3 (4)° with the cyclo­penta­dienyl ring attached to it. The crystal packing is characterized by inter­molecular π–π contacts, resulting in chain formation along the b-axis direction. The centroid-to-centroid distance between the six- and five-membered rings is 3.650 (5) Å. Together with a C—H⋯π inter­action, these inter­molecular contacts form laminar arrays along the ac plane.




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6-Nitro-1,3-benzoxazole-2(3H)-thione

In the title compound, C7H4N2O3S, the dihedral angle between the fused ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.008 Å) and the nitro group at the 6-position is 7.3 (2)°. In the crystal, bifurcated N—H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into [010] chains. The chains are cross-linked by π–π stacking inter­actions to form (001) sheets.




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N-[3-(Prop-1-yn-1-yl)phen­yl]benzene­sulfonamide

In the title sulfanilamide derivative, C15H13NO2S, which shows significant activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, the dihedral angle between the planes of the aromatic rings is 62.15 (19)° and the four-coordinate S atom adopts an almost ideal tetra­hedral geometry. In the crystal, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network.




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Bis(μ2-benzoato-κ2O,O')bis­(benzoato-κO)bis(ethanol-κO)bis­(μ3-hydroxido)hexa­kis­(μ-pyrazol­ato-κ2N,N')hexa­copper(II) ethanol disolvate

Trinuclear copper–pyrazolate entities are present in various Cu-based enzymes and nanojar supra­molecular arrangements. The reaction of copper(II) chloride with pyrazole (pzH) and sodium benzoate (benzNa) assisted by microwave radiation afforded a neutral centrosymmetric hexa­nuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu6(C7H5O2)4(OH)2(C3H3N2)6(C2H5OH)2]·2C2H5OH. Half a mol­ecule is present in the asymmetric unit that comprises a [Cu3(μ3-OH)(pz)3]2+ core with the copper(II) atoms arranged in an irregular triangle. The three copper(II) atoms are bridged by an O atom of the central hydroxyl group and by three bridging pyrazolate ligands on each of the sides. The carboxyl­ate groups show a chelating mode to one and a bridging syn,syn mode to the other two CuII atoms. The coordination environment of one CuII atom is square-planar while it is distorted square-pyramidal for the other two. Two ethanol mol­ecules are present in the asymmetric unit, one binding to one of the CuII atoms, one as a solvent mol­ecule. In the crystal, stabilization arises from inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions.




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3-(3,5-Di­chloro­phen­yl)benzene-1,2-diol

The title structure, C12H8Cl2O2, is a putative metabolite of 3,5-di­chloro­biphenyl (PCB 14). The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings of the title compounds is 58.86 (4)°. In the crystal, it displays intra- and inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding and inter­molecular O—H⋯Cl hydrogen⋯chlorine inter­actions. The inter­molecular inter­actions form a two-dimensional network parallel to (010).




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7-{3-Eth­oxy-4-[2-(2-meth­oxy­eth­oxy)eth­oxy]phen­yl}-5,6,8,9-tetra­hydro­dibenzo[c,h]acridine

In the title compound, C34H35NO4, the dihedral angle between the pyridine ring and attached benzene ring is 79.17 (8)°. The meth­oxy­eth­oxy–eth­oxy side chain is disordered over two orientations in a 0.732 (7):0.268 (7) ratio. In the crystal, very weak C—H⋯N and C—H⋯O inter­actions link the mol­ecules.




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Bis[2-(di­methyl­amino-κN)-α,α-di­phenyl­benzene­methano­lato-κO](tetra­hydro­furan-κO)magnesium(II)

The title magnesium complex, [Mg(C21H20NO2)2(C4H8O)]n, exhibits two N,O-bidentate 2-(di­methyl­amino)-α,α-di­phenyl­benzene­methano­late ligands, form­ing two six-membered chelate rings. The distorted square-pyramidal coordination sphere of the MgII atom is completed by the O atom of a tetra­hydro­furan ligand, with its O atom in the apical position. The O and N atoms are in a mutual trans arrangement. Except for two C—H⋯π inter­actions, no significant inter­molecular inter­actions are observed in the crystal.




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1,4-Bis(2-nitro­benz­yl)piperazine

The title compound, C18H20N4O4, was synthesized via the base-assisted reaction of piperazine and 2-nitro­benyl bromide in toluene: the complete mol­ecule is generated by a crystallographic inversion centre in the solid state.




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(4-Carb­oxy­benz­yl)tri­phenyl­phospho­nium hexa­fluorido­phosphate tetra­hydro­furan monosolvate

The title compound, C26H22O2P+·PF6−·C4H7O, crystallizes as a cation-anion pair with a single solvent mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. Hydrogen bonding occurs between the carb­oxy­lic acid group on the cation and the oxygen atom of the solvent mol­ecule. Longer hydrogen-bonding inter­actions are observed between fluorine atoms of the anion and H atoms on the phenyl rings of the cation.




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2-[(1-Benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)meth­oxy]-1-naphthaldehyde

In the title compound, C21H17N3O2, the triazole ring system is inclined at dihedral angles of 4.14 (18) and 69.24 (11)° with the naphthalene ring system and phenyl ring, respectively. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into double columns propagating along the b-axis direction.