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Need for climate-smart agriculture in India

Climate-smart agriculture has the potential to assure food security, empower farmers, and protect our delicate ecosystems




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Climate-resilient agriculture is prerequisite for sustainable development, says ICAR chief

Tobacco industry contributes ₹32,516 crore annually to national economy through exports and excise tax reviews and sustains employment for 45.7 million people, says Director General of ICAR




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Climate change impact harsher on poorer farmers in India: FAO report

FAO recommends enhanced social security net for all, Niti Aayog member says India doing its best to deal with climate change.




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After snails, farmers in Idukki battling spotted locust infestation; experts say change in climate pattern could be a cause

Plantations of over 70 farmers severely affected by the spotted locust infestation at Konnathady and Vathikudy panchayats




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Mphasis Q4 net profit declines 13% to Rs. 155 crore




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When you click upon a star




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Sensex, Nifty climb in early trade on buying in IT, bank stocks

Equity indices rise on IT and bank stocks, sharp Brent crude cut; HCL Tech reports strong Q2 earnings




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Markets decline in early trade dragged by bank stocks, weak Asian peers

In contrast, Maruti, Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and Larsen & Toubro defied broader market trend and were trading in the positive territory




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Sensex, Nifty decline on selling in banking, financial stocks; weak global trends

The BSE Sensex tumbled 426.85 points or 0.53% to settle at 79,942.18. The NSE Nifty dropped 126 points or 0.51% to 24,340.85




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Sensex, Nifty decline on unabated foreign fund outflows, selling in IT stocks

Falling for the second day in a row, the BSE Sensex tumbled 553.12 points or 0.69% to settle at 79,389.06. During the day, it slumped 654.25 points or 0.81% to 79,287.93




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Sensex, Nifty climb in early trade on buying in IT stocks

Equity indices rise on IT stocks, U.S. market rally as Sensex up 338.1 points and Nifty up 101.5 points




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Morphology and line tension of twist disclinations in a nematic liquid crystal

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01076K, Paper
Open Access
Yihao Chen, Mina Mandić, Charlotte G. Slaughter, Michio Tanaka, James M. Kikkawa, Peter J. Collings, A. G. Yodh
This work characterizes twist disclinations in nematic liquid crystals, using confocal microscopy to measure their 3D profile and test theoretical predictions, and using magnetic fields to deform the disclinations and measure their line tension.
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Tribocharging of granular materials flowing in grounded inclined tubes

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01082E, Paper
Nicolas Preud’homme, Julien Schockmel, Eric Opsomer, Geoffroy Lumay
Numerical simulations using the patch model and the method of image charges, validated against experiments, show that tribocharging in granular materials within inclined grounded tubes depends on the tube's tilt angle and length.
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Effects of Hydration Water on Bioresponsiveness of Polymer Interfaces Revealed by Analysis of Linear and Cyclic Polymer–Grafted Substrates

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00977K, Paper
Open Access
Shin-nosuke Nishimura, Naoya Kurahashi, Shohei Shiomoto, Yoshihisa Harada, Masaru Tanaka
Given that the hydration water of polymer matrices may differ from that of outermost polymer surfaces, processes at biomaterial–biofluid interfaces and role of hydration water therein cannot be adequately examined...
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Couture at a click

Manish Malhotra, the designer behind the country’s first virtual reality fashion show, tells us what made his show special




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Jawed Habib: Clinical salons, with a doctor on board, are the future

Hair stylist Jawed Habib talks about his new book ‘Beautiful Hair, Beautiful You’ and says, despite the information overload pertaining to hair care, he observes a general lack of awareness




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Editorial. Clinical trials waiver for some drugs raises questions

The Centre should not relax its clinical trials norms unless the situation is exceptional or dire




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IFC invests $400 million in Bajaj Finance, aiming to quadruple climate loans by 2027

This investment is part of BFL’s $1 billion fundraising goal and aims to support India’s climate goals while promoting financial inclusion



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LIC Q2FY25 results second quarter standalone net profit declined about 4%

Second quarter standalone net profit declined about 4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to Rs ₹7,621 crore



  • Money & Banking

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Standard Chartered sets sights on economic hubs to drive affluent client growth

The strategy is designed to tap into India’s burgeoning wealth market, with the high-net-worth (HNW) client base expected to soar from 0.7 million two years ago to 1.7 million by 2028



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Ensuring private sector collaborations in India’s national climate strategy

For this, the Competition Commission of India needs to focus on the interplay between competition law and sustainability




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What is clicking on the U.S. presidential campaign trail

Kamala Harris’s campaign is leveraged on a diminishing statistic while Donald Trump’s is the opposite




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IIITH's social incubator hosts roundtable on climate-tech startups




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Aurobindo Pharma Q2 net rises 8.6% year-on-year to ₹816.9 crore, declines 11% sequentially on higher revenue




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Markets decline in early trade amid unabated foreign fund outflows, muted earnings

Sensex and Nifty fall due to foreign fund outflows, disappointing earnings, and weak Asian markets, impacting investor sentiment




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ADB increases climate finance after U.S., Japan give world's first sovereign guarantees




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Shaping cycles with light: a regiodivergent approach to tetracyclic aza-aromatic compounds

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01606H, Research Article
Open Access
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Clara Mañas, Belén Ibarra, Estíbaliz Merino
We present a novel visible light-promoted regiodivergent cyclization, enabling the selective synthesis of distinct azapolyaromatic regioisomers from 2-alkynlazobenzenes.
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Stereoselective access to furan-fused [5.5.0] bicyclic heterocycles enabled by gold-catalyzed asymmetric [8 + 4] cycloaddition

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01841A, Research Article
Xunhua Wang, Jianhua Wang, Xiaoxun Li
A gold-catalyzed asymmetric [8 + 4] cycloaddition was developed to afford highly functionalized furan/pyrrole-fused [5.5.0] polycyclic heterocycles with good diastereo- and enantioselectivity.
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Visible-light excited copper activating unactivated alkyl iodides for radical addition/cyclization to access oxindole derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6380-6384
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01329H, Research Article
Hang Luo, Fangnian Yu, Luqing Lin
The photocopper catalyst facilitates halogen atom transfer to give unactivated alkyl radicals, which is critical for achieving radical cyclization in the absence of an exogenous photocatalyst.
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Well-defined chiral dinuclear copper-catalyzed tandem asymmetric propargylic amination–carboxylative cyclization sequence toward chiral 2-oxazolidinone derivatives

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6319-6326
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01368A, Research Article
Yu Lan, Peng Liu, Zekai Fang, Lili Shao, Qilong Cai, Xiaoming Wang
A variety of chiral 2-oxazolidinones was obtained via a dinuclear copper-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic amination–carboxylative cyclization sequence of propargylic esters with alkyl amine hydrochlorides and CO2.
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Folding of a dynamic macrocyclic system to stabilize its cation radical state

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01566E, Research Article
Arnab Dutta, Krzysztof Dzieszkowski, Marco Farinone, Łukasz Orzeł, Krzysztof Kruczała, Monika Kijewska, Miłosz Pawlicki
A precisely designed π-extended system responds to different stimuli by folding the structure, which prevents overoxidation and stabilizes the cation radical.
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Stereocontrolled synthesis of heterocycles from unactivated alkynes by photoredox/nickel dual-catalyzed cyclization

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01627K, Research Article
Bo-Rong Leng, Feng Yang, Jin-Lian Bai, Yu-Wen Huang, Qing-Quan Liu, Ping Wei, De-Cai Wang, Yi-Long Zhu
We report a nickel/photoredox dual catalysis method for synthesizing heterocyclics from unactivated alkynes and aryl iodides, offering a direct, selective, and green alternative to traditional synthesis with potential in medicinal chemistry.
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Visible-light responsive defluorination-acyl fluoride exchange for photoclick labeling based on phenoxazine chromophores

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01870B, Research Article
Lijun Deng, Sitong Li, Cefei Zhang, Yuqiao Zhou, Zhishan Su, Changwei Hu, Xiaohu Zhao, Zhipeng Yu
We developed a new generation of photo-DAFEx reagents to realize photoaffinity labeling for drug discovery under 405 nm light control.
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Palladium-catalyzed cascade decarboxylative cyclization of alkyne-tethered aryl iodides with o-bromobenzoic acids for the synthesis of fused isoquinolinones

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01573H, Research Article
Zhaolin Quan, Yubo Duan, Zhengkai Chen
A straightforward approach for the preparation of fused isoquinolinone derivatives via palladium-catalyzed cascade decarboxylative cyclization of alkyne-tethered aryl iodides with o-bromobenzoic acids is described.
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PIFA-Mediated cyclization of methyl(2-(1-phenylvinyl)phenyl)sulfane for the concise, flexible, and scalable de novo synthesis of C3-arylated benzo[b]thiophenes

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01589D, Research Article
Xinya Liu, Olivier Provot, Christine Tran, Jean-Francois Soule, Abdallah Hamze
The well-decorated arylated benzo[b]thiophene scaffold is a pivotal structural motif with diverse applications in medicinal chemistry. This paper outlines a de novo synthesis of C3-arylated benzo[b]thiophenes, showcasing its flexibility and...
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Convergent Synthetic Approaches to Polycyclic Aromatic Dicarboximides

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01828A, Review Article
Kazutaka Shoyama, Frank Wuerthner
Polycyclic aromatic dicarboximides (PADIs) as represented by naphthalene and perylene bis(dicarboximide) are useful molecules for a variety of functional materials and remain important synthetic targets for organic chemists. In this...
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Intermolecular Defluorinative 1,2-Diamination of Fluoroalkenyl Iodides with Sulfonamides: Synthesis of Acyclic and Cyclic Fluorinated 1,2-Enediamines

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01913J, Research Article
Xue-Qiang Chu, Yu-Lan Chen, Chi Zhang, Xue-Ying Huang, Yu Ding, Danhua Ge, Zhi-Liang Shen
Alkene diamination represents one of the most straightforward strategies for 1,2-diamine derivatives synthesis. However, transition-metal-free 1,2-diamination of fluoroalkenes has been less studied. Here we report an intermolecular defluorinative vicinal diamination...
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The building and breaching of Fortress India: chronicling a cycle of cricket dominance

India was invincible at home for 12 years, winning 18 consecutive Test series before New Zealand snapped the record streak in a historic clean sweep. What went into the making of the unbeaten run, what are the consequences of defeat and what does the future look like?




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Investigation of the titanium-mediated catalytic enantioselective oxidation of aryl benzyl sulfides containing heterocyclic groups

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35105-35113
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07088G, Paper
Open Access
Maria Annunziata M. Capozzi, Angel Alvarez-Larena, Joan F. Piniella Febrer, Cosimo Cardellicchio
Enantiopure benzyl heteroaryl sulfoxides were obtained by asymmetric oxidation. However, two benzimidazolyl sulfoxides were found to be conglomerates.
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DFT investigation of the mechanism and role of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in constructing asymmetric organosilanes using NHC-catalyzed [4+2] cycloaddition reaction

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35475-35489
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA03676J, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Batoul Alipour
The mechanism and origin of stereoselectivity for the synthesis of asymmetric organosilanes using NHC are theoretically investigated.
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Exploring heterocyclic scaffolds in carbonic anhydrase inhibition: a decade of structural and therapeutic insights

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35769-35970
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06290F, Review Article
Open Access
Nafeesa Naeem, Amina Sadiq, Gehan Ahmed Othman, Habab M. Yassin, Ehsan Ullah Mughal
Heterocyclic compounds represent a prominent class of molecules with diverse pharmacological activities.
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Porous CaMnO3-promoted g-C3N4 as an effective photocatalyst for tetracycline degradation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36181-36192
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06407K, Paper
Open Access
Bo Zhang, Chaoqi Li, Shasha Liu, Lixuan Zhuang, Weiqi Zhang, Limei Huang, Zhenzhen Jia, Dongdong Chen, Xiang Li
Non-expensive CaMnO3 perovskite oxide can assist in developing efficient g-C3N4-based photocatalysts aimed at removing antibiotics from wastewater.
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PM Modi to release 109 climate resilient crop seeds developed by ICAR, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The aim is to ensure that the benefits of science and research directly reach the farmers, says the Agriculture Minister




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Paralympic Games 2024: I’m winning silver everywhere, now want to break jinx by clinching gold, says Kathuniya

Yogesh Kathuniya wasn't satisfied with his performance and he vowed to better the colour of his medal in the next major tournament.




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Developing world faces multi-billion climate adaptation cash gap: U.N. report

How much money richer countries agree to send to developing countries to help them cope is expected to be central to the COP29 talks




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Ahead of COP29, India to emphasise Paris Agreement red lines on climate finance

India is expected to stick to its stance of getting developed countries to increase climate finance, with a highly placed official saying, “We are flexible and open to different kinds of finance.” The official told The Hindu, “A key concern is that developed countries are trying to include developing countries (China and India) using new terms such as ‘major economies’ in a bid to get them to be part of NCQG.”




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India to focus on climate finance, accountability, protection for vulnerable communities at COP29

India’s COP29 strategy emphasises climate finance, accountability, and protection for vulnerable communities, urging developed nations to fulfill climate pledges




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COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming

Countries come to Baku for the main United Nations forum for climate diplomacy after new warnings that 2024 is on track to break temperature records, adding urgency to a fractious debate over climate funding.




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United Nations climate negotiations through the years to COP29: Timeline

This year’s U.N. climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, marks the world’s 29th leadership gathering to confront global warming since the first “Conference of the Parties” in 1995.




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Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre launches clinic, homecare service for the elderly

These initiatives aim to provide multidisciplinary care to senior citizens and enhance their quality of life