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After inconclusive talks, Bengal Chief Secretary urges doctors to call off fast-unto-death

With junior doctors insisting to continue with their hunger strike till all their demands are met the stalemate is likely to continue. So far five doctors who began hunger strike on October 5 for a ten-point demand have been hospitalised after their health condition deteriorated




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Kolkata rape-murder case highlights | SC asks WB govt. to furnish details on how civic police volunteers are hired

The top court remarked that the recruitment of civic police volunteers serves as a means of “granting political patronage”




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Prime accused behind woman’s death in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar taken into seven-day police custody, SIT formed

The accused youth was arrested today based on a complaint filed by the victim’s family; he was allegedly in a relationship with the deceased victim




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Fire at Kolkata Hospital, 80 patients shifted to other health facilities

Family members of a cancer patient who passed away later in the day, alleged that the death was due to inhaling of smoke due to the fire.




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West Bengal-based buyers show shift towards solar, AI-powered technologies, says Amazon India

An analysis of buyer trends of this year’s Amazon Great Indian Festival sale so far has revealed an affinity of Bengal-based buyers towards renewable and artificial intelligence appliances like solar panels, single-equipment home gyms, robotic vacuum cleaners




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West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari meets Krishnagar rape and murder victim’s family

BJP leader calls for Central agency probe to ensure transparency and justice; offers legal support for victim’s family




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Mamata urges PM to address hike in prices of essential medicines

‘It disrupts the accessibility of indispensable treatments, potentially hindering public health outcomes and increasing the burden on the healthcare systems,’ the West Bengal CM said in a letter to the PM




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Calcutta High Court stays suspension of 51 R.G. Kar doctors

An internal enquiry committee had suspended the doctors for promoting a threat culture and intimidation within the hospital premises. The court said that the suspension cannot go through without the State government’s or the Health Department’s approval.




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Cyclone Dana highlights: Railways cancel more than 150 trains amid heavy rains in south Bengal

“More than 5,000 relief centres have been set up and they are expecting evacuation of around 10 lakh people,” says Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari




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Cyclone Dana makes landfall highlights: Over 6 lakh evacuated in West Bengal and Odisha

Gusty winds and heavy rain lashes several parts of Odisha; East Coast Railway suspended and diverted train services




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Cyclone Dana: Odisha CM Majhi lauds Ministers, officials after achieving 'zero casualty'

Odisha Chief Minister expresses gratitude for zero casualties during Cyclone Dana and the Indian Navy mobilises relief efforts




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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari says doctor’s protests died a premature death

Both Leader of Opposition and State BJP president said that protesting doctors should not have trusted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee




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Kolkata Police starts probe into 'hacking' of live-streaming of Calcutta High Court hearing

During the hearing of Justice Subhasish Samanta at courtroom number 7, an obscene video was allegedly “live-streamed” for nearly one minute before it could be stopped




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TMC accuses Amit Shah of breaching model code of conduct in West Bengal ahead of bypolls

Home Minister Amit Shah made politically charged statements about “parivartan in 2026” and stopping “infiltrators” during a BSF event at the India-Bangladesh border to inaugurate a passenger terminal




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November continues holiday high for West Bengal government employees, students

Educators and government employees varyingly expressed approval and concern regarding the State’s policy with five holidays in November following 13 days’ leave in October




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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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RG Kar case: Father of deceased doctor says Amit Shah called him for meeting

The parents of the victim had earlier written to Mr. Shah on October 22 requesting for an appointment to guide and help them get justice




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Trinamool leaders debate on Mamata passing on the mantle to Abhishek Banerjee

While the Trinamool is grappling with the question of a retirement age in politics, a section of leaders are saying that the election of Donald Trump in the United States at 78 years has proved that age is just a number




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West Bengal bypolls: Campaign picks up as political barbs fly thick and fast

BJP president Sukanta Majumdar targets police whereas Trinamool leader Firhad Hakim apologises  for comment on woman BJP leader




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Calcutta HC allows Hindutva group to protest alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh at rally in Kolkata

The development comes three months after Sheikh Hasina resigned as PM of Bangladesh and left the country, causing political turmoil in Bangladesh and creating ripples in the internal politics of West Bengal




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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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Self-supported FeCoNiCuP high-entropy alloy nanosheet arrays for efficient glycerol oxidation and hydrogen evolution in seawater electrolytes

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10921-10928
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02517B, Paper
Leyang Song, Chaoqun Ma, Peidong Shi, Xiaojuan Zhu, Kaiyu Qu, Lijie Zhu, Qipeng Lu, An-Liang Wang
Self-supported FeCoNiCuP high entropy alloy nanosheet arrays electrocatalyst was developed for highly efficient glycerol oxidation to formate and hydrogen evolution in seawater electrolytes.
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Solid phase peptide synthesis using side-chain unprotected arginine and histidine with Oxyma Pure/TBEC in green solvents

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10929-10939
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03209H, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Tommaso Fantoni, Andrea Orlandin, Ilaria Di Stefano, Marco Macis, Alessandra Tolomelli, Antonio Ricci, Walter Cabri, Lucia Ferrazzano
Oxyma Pure/TBEC coupling protocol in green solid phase peptide synthesis (GSPPS) eliminates protective groups on Arg and His, enhancing atom economy and reducing impurities during cleavage. The technology was extended to side-chain-free Tyr and Trp.
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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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Straightforward solid-phase modification of TiO2 with propylphosphonic acid via manual grinding and shaker mixing: enhancing modification degree by thermal control while improving atom economy

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10907-10920
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03330B, Paper
Open Access
Kaimin Zhang, Jinxin Wang, Nick Gys, Elien Derveaux, Nahal Ghanemnia, Wouter Marchal, Peter Adriaensens, Vera Meynen
The straightforward manual grinding method achieves controllable grafting of organophosphonic acid onto TiO2, demonstrating its atom economy and greenness.
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Synthesis of axially chiral thiourea by NHC-catalyzed desymmetrizative amidation

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10940-10949
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03113J, Paper
Yingtao Wu, Xin Guan, Kehan Jiao, Huaqiu Zhao, Mingrui Li, Jiaqiong Sun, Guangfan Zheng, Qian Zhang
NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization amidation of biaryl dialdehydes has been developed for NH-free axially chiral thiourea. Sequential kinetic resolution enhances the chirality induction of the desymmetrization strategy, expanding the applicable scope.
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Flow electrosynthesis of phosphinamides and phosphoramidates through P–N coupling

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04450A, Paper
Open Access
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Tribani Boruah, Ren Ishizeki, Alberto Roldan, Rebecca L. Melen, Thomas Wirth
A robust flow electrochemical method for P–N and P–O oxidative coupling under mild conditions has been developed. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was employed to investigate the redox behaviour of reactants.
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Engineering high-valence nickel sites in Ni3S2/Ni3Se2 architectures enabling urea-assisted hydrogen evolution reactions

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04318A, Paper
Taotao Ai, Miaomiao Bai, Weiwei Bao, Jie Han, Xueling Wei, Xiangyu Zou, Jungang Hou, Lizhai Zhang, Zhifeng Deng, Yuxin Zhang
Bifunctional Ni3S2@Ni3Se2 electrocatalysts were constructed for urea-assisted hydrogen evolution. In the HER/UOR two-electrode system, the heterogeneous interface modulates the electronic structure and thus improves the catalytic performance.
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Engineering in situ: N-doped porous carbon-confined FeF3 for efficient lithium storage

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04097J, Paper
Open Access
Jinlong Hu, Weijun Xu, Lingzhi Zhang
Achieving N-doped porous carbon-confined FeF3 with enhanced lithium storage performance via an innovative in situ engineering approach.
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In silico modeling enables greener analytical and preparative chromatographic methods

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04300F, Paper
Troy T. Handlovic, Daipayan Roy, Muhammad Qamar Farooq, Gabriel Mazzi Leme, Kevin Crossley, Imad A. Haidar Ahmad
Environmental impact of chromatographic separation at both analytical and preparative scale can be significantly reduced using In Silico Modeling.
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Green dipolar aprotic solvents for the dynamic polycondensation of high-performance polyimide membranes

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04279D, Paper
Open Access
E. San José, M. R. de la Viuda, F. J. Carmona, C. Soto, L. Palacio, P. Prádanos, A. Hernández, A. Tena
Guidelines for the evaluation of green solvents were revisited and integrated into a decision diagram. GVL, Cyrene™, DMC, NOP, DEC, DMI, GBL, NBP, Rhodiasolv® PolarClean, and DMSO showed the potential to substitute hazardous polar aprotic solvents.
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High Efficiency Leaching of Valuable Metals from Waste Lithium-ion ternary Batteries under Mild Conditions Using Green Deep Eutectic Solvents

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04373A, Paper
Bo Li, Zhengfu Zhang, Chengping Li, Jinsong Wang, Rundong Wan, Jiangzhao Chen, Ying Liu, Yuejing Bin, xiaoping yang, Chongjun Bao, Shaohua Ju
Recently, the production and demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has increased owing to increasing number of electric vehicles and products. This surge has considerably increased spent LIBs, leading to environmental...
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Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11164-11176
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02757D, Paper
Ajaysing S. Nimbalkar, Kyung-Ryul Oh, Do-Young Hong, Byung Gyu Park, Maeum Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Ali Awad, Pravin P. Upare, Seung Ju Han, Young Kyu Hwang
A bimetallic NiSn/ZnO catalyst converts biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol into 1,2-PDO continuously, yielding 91.0% over 400 hours.
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Shell biorefineries: mixed biofuel production from chitin

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11280-11289
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03761H, Paper
Hao Huang, Guangping Zhou, Xiaolan Cai, Min Zhuang, Shaoqu Xie
Bioenergy is a key strategy for sustainability, yet the potential for biofuel production from chitin is under-exploited.
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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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Thermodynamically stable synthesis of high entropy alloys and efficiently catalyzed oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid under base-free conditions

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11316-11327
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04186K, Paper
Guangqiang Lv, Shan Liu, Xiaoyan Chen, Mengxin Chen, Yanjuan Wu, Yuji Gao, Shuai Wang, Furong Tao, Jingui Wang, Liwei Niu
In a completely non-alkaline aqueous system, a high-entropy alloy catalyst composed of FeCoNiCuGaPt activates O2 and H2O molecules to form hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) and efficiently oxidizes 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid.
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Correction: Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11364-11364
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC90117G, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Ajaysing S. Nimbalkar, Kyung-Ryul Oh, Do-Young Hong, Byung Gyu Park, Maeum Lee, Dong Won Hwang, Ali Awad, Pravin P. Upare, Seung Ju Han, Young Kyu Hwang
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Development of a highly efficient electrocatalytic hydrogenation and dehalogenation system using a flow cell with a Pd tube cathode

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11328-11333
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04617J, Paper
Hiroaki Tajima, Hideki Ishii, Shinsuke Inagi, Toshio Fuchigami
A novel flow and circulation electrolytic system has been developed for the highly efficient cathodic hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds and dehalogenation of various aromatic halides.
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Utilize rather than create: transforming phthalonitrile resin into N-rich hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitor materials

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04103H, Paper
Yi Li, Qiancheng Liu, Qian Zhang, Xiaoxiao Li, Yang Yang, Pan Wang, Kui Li, Ying Li, Fei Zhong, Qi Liu, Yun Zheng, Xulin Yang, Peng Zhao
The “utilize rather than create” strategy employs the reaction product (RPH) as the precursor and the by-product (KCl) as the template for the synthesis of N-rich hierarchical porous carbon for high performance supercapacitor materials.
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1D/3D hierarchical carbon skeleton confined NiFe nanoparticles with optimized three-phase interfaces as tri-functional electrocatalysts

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04466E, Paper
Yuqing Chen, Binyang Liu, Xuesong Liu, Jiahui Ye, Kuan Deng, Chengjie Wu, Qiang Niu, Tao Yang, Wen Tian, Junyi Ji
Multilevel 1D/3D CNTs/carbon spheres with hydrophilicity can promote the infiltration of an electrolyte into the interior and guide bubble diffusion, thus constructing an optimal gas–solid–liquid interface to enhance the electrocatalytic process.
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High-efficient green catalytic conversion for waste CS2 by non-noble metal cage-based MOFs: An access to high-valued thiazolidine-2-thione

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04541F, Paper
Wenyu Ding, Xinyu Tang, Sheng Jin, Zhao Li, Dongwei Xu, Xiaomin Kang, Zhiliang Liu
Green and effective disposal of Carbon disulfide (CS2) waste into high-valued chemicals under mild conditions is meaningful and challenging. Herein, a novel 3D cluster-based metal-organic framework (MOF) {(Me2NH2)2[Co3(µ3-O)(XN)(BDC)3]∙4DMF∙5MeOH}n (compound 1)...
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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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