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Ten Hag future up in the air after Man United draws at Villa; Tottenham collapses in 3-2 loss

United heads into the two-week international break on a five-match winless run in all competitions and languishing in 14th place in the league, having won just two of its opening seven games this campaign




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Spain and Barcelona great Andres Iniesta announces retirement after 22-year career

The 40-year-old Iniesta ended a 22-year career that also included two European Championship titles and four Champions League trophies.




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Super League Kerala | Dorielton saves the day for Kochi against Kannur

With one of the floodlight towers going off, the match had a forced break for some 10 minutes around the 80th minute




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Mbappé's representatives dismiss Swedish reports of a rape claim

Kylian Mbappé's representatives termed the report as “slanderous” rumors




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Three Indian footballers selected for training at Old Trafford in Manchester

PC Lalchhuanawma (Mizoram), Shreejal Kisku (Bhubaneswar), and Mohd Ayan (Lucknow) were selected to visit the Old Trafford alongside Nepal’s Bhakta Bahadur Pariyar and Chanason Chaiyatham from Bangkok




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Daily quiz | On Indian men’s football

Men’s club football took a break last week and has resumed international matches. Quiz yourself on some stars in Indian men’s football




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Jose Mourinho gets red card against Man United as Fenerbahce holds on for draw in Europa League

Chelsea routed Panathinaikos 4-1 in Athens to make it two wins from two in the third-tier Conference League.




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ISL: Bengaluru rides on Mendez’s brace against Kerala Blasters, ends two-year wait for a win in Kochi

Bengaluru FC defeated Kerala Blasters 3-1 in the Indian Super League match




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Spain’s Rodri and Bonmatí win Ballon d’Or award for best men’s and women’s players in world soccer

Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí have won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best players in men’s and women’s soccer




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Daily Quiz | On the Ballon d’ Or

Spanish footballers Rodri and Aitana Bonmati won the prestigious Balon d’ Or presented by France Football on Monday. Here is a quiz on the famed football award.




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Real Madrid Liga match against Valencia postponed due to deadly floods

Villarreal's home match against Rayo Vallecano was also suspended after the devastating flash floods in eastern Spain




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ISL: Majcen nets brace as Punjab come from behind to beat Chennaiyin

Luka Majcen, donning a mask after fracturing his jaw in its opening game versus Kerala Blasters, scored twice in three minutes while Asmir Suljic put the result beyond doubt with a third goal in the 70th minute




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Arteta hints at Arsenal captain Odegaard’s return after two months of injury

Arteta said Odegaard wouldn't play against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday but didn't rule the midfielder out of the trip to Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday




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ISL: Majcen nets brace as Punjab comes from behind to beat Chennaiyin




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Barcelona, Inter and upstart Brest win again in Champions League; bizarre penalty dooms Aston Villa

Barcelona and Inter Milan lead Champions League standings, with Brest as a surprising newcomer in contention




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ISL | HFC consigns Blasters to third straight loss




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Sai Silks Kalamandir to launch ethnic silver jewellery under ‘Rasamayi’

The new segment will cater to connoisseurs of fine jewellery seeking unique and sophisticated pieces



  • Gold & Silver

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Gold ETF gains traction as prices hit new high

The asset under management of gold ETF has gone up 33 per cent to ₹28,530 crore as of February against ₹21,400 crore in February, 2023



  • Gold & Silver

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Jewellery retailers fear a lacklustre Akshaya Tritiya this year due to soaring gold prices

Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on May 10 this year, is considered auspicious to buy gold



  • Gold & Silver

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Central banks bet big on gold as global uncertainty lingers

In fact, central banks accounted for 23 per cent of the overall gold demand at 1,238 tonnes in the March quarter



  • Gold & Silver

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Customs detains Shashi Tharoor’s aide in alleged gold smuggling case

Customs officials detain Shiv Kumar Prasad for allegedly receiving 500-gram gold chain from passenger Dharmendra Dubey at IGI airport




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First case in India: Airline crew member caught smuggling gold in rectum

The crew member, identified as Surabhi Khatun from Kolkata, was intercepted at Kannur International Airport and found with 960 grams of smuggled gold




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RBI moves 100 tonnes of gold back home amid global uncertainty

Since late last year, all the major central banks are moving their gold reserves back home given the volatile global developments, including the unrest in West Asia and conflict between Iran and Iraq



  • Money & Banking

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Gold prices unchanged as market awaits US economic reports

Investors are particularly focused on upcoming job data and key economic indicators to assess the health of the U.S. economy and its potential impact on future Fed decisions



  • Gold & Silver

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SRO will ensure industry gains consumers’ trust: WGC India chief

‘The code of conduct will be different for each segment of players across the value chain’




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Gold may sustain its current rally to top $3,000/oz, say analysts

US Fed rate cut, weak dollar and rising geopolitical tension to aid the precious metal’s surge



  • Gold & Silver

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Milk and Dairy Products

Abstract: China has a long history of dairy production and consumption. Milk was appreciated for its culinary and medicinal uses, with successive dynasties expanding production and acquisition of pastoral animals. Now China is one of the world’s great dairy nations. Dairy was first commercially available in cities, but advances in packing and shipping have

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How to run a neighborhood email group

I've been running a listserv called TheHillGB for some years now, and just received this question from a member: "I am considering creating a listserv for work-related purposes. As moderator of this list, do you have any good resources for the whats and hows of developing and maintaining a strong, functional listerv?" (The word listserv was

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Bulk photovoltaic effect in a zero-dimensional room-temperature molecular ferroelectric [C8N2H22]1.5[Bi2I9]

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02698E, Paper
Zhibo Chen, Tianhong Luo, Jinrong Wen, Zhanqiang Liu, Jingshan Hou, Yongzheng Fang, Ganghua Zhang
Non-toxic molecular ferroelectrics have attracted significant interest due to their unique flexibility, low costs, and environmental friendliness. However, the variety of such materials with narrow bandgaps and above room temperature...
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Heteroleptic mononuclear Cu(I) halide complexes containing carbazolyl substituted phenyl diphosphine and monophosphine: structures and photophysical and electroluminescent properties

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02469A, Paper
Zhun Chen, Wei Xu, Ruiqin Zhu, Li Liu, Xin-Xin Zhong, Fa-Bao Li, Guijiang Zhou, Hai-Mei Qin
Heteroleptic mononuclear Cu(I) halide complex 4 containing carbazolyl groups in diphosphine and monophosphine shows high PLQY (0.75) and a short decay lifetime (1.9 μs) with a high kr value of 3.95 × 105 s−1.
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Solvent-dependent Ln(III) clusters assembled by immobilization of CO2 in the air: zero-field single-molecule magnets and magnetic refrigerant materials

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02310B, Paper
Cai-Ming Liu, Xiang Hao, Zhao-Bo Hu, He-Rui Wen
The automatic fixation of CO2 in the air plays a key role in the construction of Dy(III) single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and Gd(III) magnetic refrigeration molecular materials using Ln(III)Cl3 (Ln =...
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Oxaphosphiranes: isolable phosphorus-containing epoxide rings

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02915A, Paper
Open Access
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Niklas Volk, Antonio García Alcaraz, Selvakumar Balasubramaniam, Jannik Heumann, Gregor Schnakenburg, Arturo Espinosa Ferao, Rainer Streubel
A new efficient protocol for the synthesis of isolable oxaphosphiranes based on easy decomplexation is described. Theoretical studies unveil a singlet carbene-like FMO situation at phosphorus explaining the reactions with oxidants, acids and bases.
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Fe/Fe3C particles encapsulated in hollow carbon nanoboxes for high performance zinc–air batteries

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02396J, Paper
Chuyun Huang, Wenyuan Zhang, Xuezhi Hu, Shiliang Fei, Fhulufhelo Nemangwele, Nnditshedzeni Eric Maluta, Yangsen Hu, Hui Lv, Pei Hu, Zhuo Peng
Zinc–air batteries are recognized for their environmental friendliness and high energy density; however, the slow kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the air electrode hinder their commercial viability.
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Co-doping regulation on Ni-based electrocatalysts to adjust the selectivity of oxygen reduction reaction for Zn–air batteries and H2O2 production

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17819-17828
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01625D, Paper
Songhan Hu, Kai Wang, Xinxin Xu, Qiang Wang
Two Ni-based electrocatalysts with different ORR selectivity were synthesized from a NiMOF, which show promising prospects in Zn–air batteries and H2O2 production.
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A grain-like cerium oxide nanostructure: synthesis and uric acid sensing application

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17794-17802
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02056A, Paper
Rafiq Ahmad, Sakeena Masrat, Md. Tabish Rehman, Mohamed F. AlAjmi, Shamshad Alam, Prabhash Mishra, Byeong-Il Lee
Hydrothermally prepared grain-like CeO2 nanostructures were useful for creating a high-performance and non-enzymatic sensor for uric acid detection.
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Beyond the triple bond: unlocking dinitrogen activation with tailored superbase phosphines

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02703E, Paper
Vilakkathala U. Krishnapriya, Cherumuttathu H. Suresh
Dinitrogen activation has long been a challenging goal in chemistry. Tailored superbase phosphines offer a promising approach to overcome this challenge by going beyond the traditional triple bond.
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Reactions of a geminal Sc/P Lewis pair with pyridotetrazole and beyond

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02838D, Paper
Yiwen Guan, Xian Xu, Xin Xu
An FLP pyridyl nitrene adduct was isolated from the denitrogenative reaction of the Sc/P complex with pyridotetrazole. FLP reactivity of the Sc/P complex with many small molecules were investigated with the generation of metallacyclic complexes.
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Detailed mechanism of DNA/RNA nucleobase substituting bridging ligand in diruthenium (II,III) and dirhodium (II,II) tetraacetato paddlewheel complexes: Protonation of the leaving acetate is crucial

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02621G, Paper
Open Access
Iogann Tolbatov, Tiziano Marzo, Paolo Umari, Diego La Mendola, Alessandro Marrone
Paddlewheel complexes of bimetallic scaffolds are emerging metallic agents in the bioinorganic chemistry landscape. In the most commonly employed construct, these complexes are decorated by carboxylate moiety, prompting their possible...
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Lessons from a rain lily

Stay in tune with nature’s cycles and seasons as they teach us the lesson of patient waiting




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Apparel oft proclaims the times

Sartorial preferences change from one era to another




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J&K students in Holenarasipur complain against nursing college; HIMS director says issue resolved




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D’Cunha report on COVID ‘scam’ adds more heat to bypoll campaign

While Yediyurappa denied the allegation and called it ‘politically motivated’, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, quoting The Hindu report, said it vindicated their earlier stand




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Heavy fog affects 21 flights at Kempegowda International Airport in Devanahalli in Bengaluru

There were more than 15 delays, and six flights diverted




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Karnataka makes online applications mandatory for private aided school teacher recruitment

DSEL has developed a separate app to conduct aided schools teachers’ recruitment transparently




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AITUC celebrates 105th Foundation Day in Mysuru




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Digital drive soon to encourage passengers to make QR code-based payments for railway tickets

The drive will entail establishing special ‘May I Help You’ counters manned by railway staff near ticket booking counters




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Tobacco crop hit by rain; farmers complain of poor prices

Usually, low grade tobacco accounts for about 25 to 30% of the total yield. This year, low grade tobacco is about 10% more than normal




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Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar term PM’s allegations of raising ₹700 cr. to fund Maharashtra polls as a ‘lie’




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Public campaigning for bypolls to end on November 11

The final day of public canvassing will see the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister besides top leaders of JD(S) and BJP seeking votes in Channapatna




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BJP made money from heaps of dead bodies during COVID-19, claims Dinesh Gundu Rao