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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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Island City: Loneliness, love and longing

Three stories compellingly underline the theme of freedom from oppression in Island City.




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L&T Construction reduces timelines by 50% with 3D printing technology

‘By using this technology, a villa project that would typically take 24 to 36 months can be completed in 12 months’




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Godrej Properties Q2 net profit surges fivefold; bottomline aided by deferred tax liability

During the quarter, Godrej Properties sold houses worth ₹5,198 crore, up 3 per cent on year while collections rose 68 per cent to ₹4,005 crore




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WeHouse streamlines home construction with transparency, expands to Tier-II cities

By dividing the construction journey into 24 well-defined milestones, the startup provides clients with complete visibility into their projects, aligning payments with milestones to build trust




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Chiral synthetic unprecedented spiro[indoline-2,3'-thiophen]-3-ones via an organocatalytic asymmetric sulfa-Michael/aldol cascade reaction

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,6426-6436
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01551G, Research Article
Mao Zhang, Xing-Hai Fei, Gui-Ping Yang, Cheng Lin, Wen-Jie Li, Ming-Liang Rao, Meng Zhou, Chong Zhao, Bin He, Yong-Long Zhao
A cinchona-derived squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric sulfa-Michael/aldol cascade reaction of 2-ylideneoxindoles with 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol was developed to realize the chiral synthesis of spiro[indoline-2,3'-thiophen]-3-ones.
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DABSO-Mediated Pummerer Reaction Enables One-Pot Synthesis of Pyrroloquinolines for Accessing Marinoquinolines: Mechanistic, Photophysical and Pharmacological Investigations

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01512F, Research Article
Rahimuddin Khan, Dipun Kumar Penthi, Aditi Chatterjee, Chandrakanta Sahoo, Shanti Gopal Patra, Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj, Tabrez Khan
A new one-pot acid- and exogenous oxidant-free synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinolines has been developed. The strategy involves chemoselective reduction of the 3-(2-nitrophenyl)-1H-pyrroles (pyrrolnitrin derivatives) and subsequent DABSO-facilitated Pummerer reaction in the...
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Mechanistic insights into rhodium-catalyzed C−H activation and annulation using vinyl acetate to access cinnolines and cinnolin-4(1H)-ones

Org. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO01734J, Research Article
Yuqin Wang, Yiling Zeng, Ya-Nan Tian, Zheng Liu, Jinhua Wang, Shuyou Chen, Shiqing Li
Transition metal-catalyzed C−H activation and annulation involving vinyl acetate remains a significant challenge, and the mechanistic process following vinyl insertion is ambiguous. Herein, we report the Rh(III)-catalyzed two-fold C−H activation...
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India vs South Africa 1st T20: Scintillating Samson headlines India’s comfortable 61-run win against Proteas

Often panned for not realising the minefield of talent that he is, Samson became the first Indian batter to hit back-to-back centuries in T20 Internationals as his 50-ball-107 with as many as 10 monstrous sixes took India to 202 for 8 in 20 overs.




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Advances in quinoxaline derivatives: synthetic routes and antiviral efficacy against respiratory pathogens

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35400-35423
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA04292A, Review Article
Open Access
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Fateme Dehnavi, Malihe Akhavan, Ahmadreza Bekhradnia
3D lung visualization showing COVID-19 infection areas alongside respiratory pathogens. The antiviral drug structure and comparison of healthy vs. infected lungs demonstrate how the drug could restore lung health.
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Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of 2-oxo-3-phenylquinoxaline derivatives and related compounds against colon cancer

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35679-35695
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06822J, Paper
Open Access
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M. S. Gomaa, Abdulghany H. A. Ahmed, S. M. El Rayes, Ibrahim A. I. Ali, Walid Fathalla, Mansour S. Alturki, Abdulaziz Hassan Al Khzem, Atiah H. Almalki, Mohammed F. Aldawsari, F. H. Pottoo, Firdos A. Khan, Mohd Amir
The impact of compound 7j on colon cancer cells (HCT-116). Fig. (A) shows the control cells Fig. (B) shows the treatment cells. The arrows show chromatin condensation, nuclear augmentation, and formation of apoptotic bodies.
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Chitosan supported ionic liquid, a multifaceted catalyst for streamlined and efficient synthesis of carboxylic, amino acid and carbohydrate esters

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36193-36208
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05725B, Paper
Open Access
Praachi Kakati, Satish Kumar Awasthi
Development of a solid heterogeneous catalyst in the form of an ionic liquid incorporated in chitosan which shows high recyclability. This was used in a solvent free esterification reaction of carboxylic acids, amino acids and carbohydrates.
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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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Naga tribes body issues deadline to Nagaland government for feedback on autonomous territory

The Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation wants the creation of Frontier Nagaland Territory comprising six districts of the northeastern State bordering Myanmar




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New guidelines for treatment of Type 2 diabetes from International Diabetes Federation soon

The guidelines are aimed at ensuring that while the science is not lost, they can be applied on to the environment in specific countries, by placing patients in the middle of the care model, said Peter Schwarz, president, IDF




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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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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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Is there a scientific reason why online phishing fraudsters target senior citizens?

A research paper documents the fact that older people tend to underestimate their cognitive decline and this could affect their finances; experts say senior citizens could be more vulnerable to cyber scamsters and to financial abuse from their own families




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Shipping lines invoke force majeure due to US East Coast port strike

Denmark’s Maersk and COSCO have announced a local Port Disruption Surcharge due to a strike, which commenced on October 1




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Overseas Pakistani group Al Nihang offers to acquire debt-ridden Pakistan International Airlines

Earlier, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz advised him to buy Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and rebrand it ‘Air Punjab’




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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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Silver futures decline to ₹93,662 per kg

Silver price falls as participants reduce bets, with global price at $31.35 per ounce




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After dipping 5% from peak, gold likely to decline further

The yellow metal set to lose its glitter on China pausing gold buys, US strong labour market



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Silver futures decline to ₹82,801 per kg after reduced bets

Globally, silver was trading 0.46% lower at $28.22 per ounce in New York



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Morphology-dependent Li+ ion dynamics in X-ray amorphous and crystalline Li3PS4 prepared by solvent-assisted synthesis

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02636E, Paper
Open Access
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Jonas Spychala, Christoph Mandl, Katharina Hogrefe, H. Martin R. Wilkening, Bernhard Gadermaier
Ionic conductivity of Li3PS4 if synthesized by a solvent-assisted method strongly depends on overall and surface morphology. Amorphous Li3PS4 shows a rather high conductivity which is only slightly enhanced when going to the (nano-)crystalline form.
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Effect of mono- and dinuclear thiosemicarbazone platinacycles in the proliferation of a colorectal carcinoma cell line

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17803-17818
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01490A, Paper
Open Access
Francisco Reigosa-Chamorro, Sandra Cordeiro, M. Teresa Pereira, Beatriz Filipe, Pedro V. Baptista, Alexandra R. Fernandes, José M. Vila
The study of the antiproliferative activity of thiosemicarbazone platinacycles puts forward their high selectivity and low IC50 values.
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Advances in metal–organic frameworks for optically selective alkaline phosphatase activity monitoring: a perspective

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17742-17755
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01727G, Perspective
Eduarda Andrade, Filipe A. Almeida Paz, Flávio Figueira
MOFs can play three essential roles in ALP monitoring: they can serve as fluorescent probes, function in oxidation or peroxidation mechanisms, or combine both processes.
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Coinage metal(I) clusters supported by a 1,10-phenanthroline-phosphine: orange-to-NIR phosphorescence, metallophilic interactions and enhanced cytotoxicity

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,18027-18036
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02642J, Paper
Alexander V. Artem'ev, Maria P. Davydova, Lyubov S. Klyushova, Evgeniy H. Sadykov, Mariana I. Rakhmanova, Taisiya S. Sukhikh
Based on 2-(diphenylphosphino)-1,10-phenanthroline, a series of small metal(I) clusters, exhibiting orange to NIR phosphorescence and strong dose-dependent cytotoxicity.
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Tunability of triplet excited states and photophysical behaviour of bis-cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes with imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline

Dalton Trans., 2024, 53,17934-17947
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01996B, Paper
Open Access
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Katarzyna Choroba, Joanna Palion-Gazda, Mateusz Penkala, Patrycja Rawicka, Barbara Machura
The impact of cyclometalating ligands on the photophysical behaviour of heteroleptic Ir(III) complexes with imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline. [Ir(ppy)2(imphen)]+ is a 3MLLCT emitter, while [Ir(pybzth)2(imphen)]+ has a predominant 3LCN∩C character.
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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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Prioritise celebrating Diwali with lights to avoid noise and air pollution: BMC issues new guidelines for firecracker use during festivities




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Gary Lineker, TV pundit and former England captain, leaves BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ 25 years after taking over

Lineker, who is the BBC’s highest-paid employee, was briefly taken off air after comparing the language used to launch a British government asylum policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany on social media.




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Study of advanced treatment of low concentration tetracycline wastewater in two-stage MBBR system

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10,2688-2697
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00313F, Paper
Kuaile Zhao, Hanyu Chen, Zhaoran Wang, Baozhong Zhang, Kunfeng Zhang, Huikang Zhang, Wanbin Hong
In this research, a two-stage reaction system was developed, incorporating a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) and a photocatalytic reactor.
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Sludge-derived novel Fe3O4–MgO@C composites for tetracycline abatement from wastewater using sustainable bio-electro-Fenton and nutrient recovery with co-precipitation: a waste-to-resource strategy

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EW00684D, Paper
Azhan Ahmad, Monali Priyadarshini, Shraddha Yadav, Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Rao Y. Surampalli
Developing efficient Fenton catalysts for the remediation of emerging pollutants is one of the challenges for researchers.
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Sensex, Nifty decline in early trade on unabated foreign fund outflows, selling in IT stocks

The Sensex and Nifty fall due to IT stocks and foreign fund outflows; Larsen & Toubro gains, U.S. markets close negative




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Southwest Airlines names IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal as Chairman

On November 4, Southwest announced the appointment of Mr. Gangwal as the independent Chair of the Board of Directors and also named new Board Committee Chairs.




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Royal Brunei Airlines begins direct flights to Chennai

Chennai will be the carrier’s sole destination in India




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TCS signs multi year deal with Air France-KLM to modernise the airline group’s data

Over the next three years, TCS will modernise the airline group’s data by moving it to cloud, promoting the next generation of data-driven aviation. 




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Tata Motors Q2 consolidated net profit declines 11% to ₹3,343 crore

The company had posted a consolidated net profit of ₹3,832 crore in the same quarter of the last fiscal, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing.




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Singapore Airlines to invest additional ₹3,195 crore in Air India post-Vistara merger

Full-service carrier Vistara, which started flying on January 9, 2015, is a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines, where the latter holds a 49% shareholding




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Do online distributors selling direct funds offer better deal?

Clearfunds CEO on how he plans to give best advice at lowest possible cost to investors




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‘Synthetic strings reason for baseline dominance’

Former World No. 4 Tim Henman feels slower surfaces give players more time off the bounce to attack the ball




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German Minister sets out tough line on Brexit




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China launches world’s longest quantum communication line




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Govt. extends deadline for filing Income Tax audit report to October 7

The I-T Department said that due to the difficulties faced by taxpayers in electronic filing of audit reports, the deadline is being extended from September 30, 2024 to October 7, 2024




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Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors report decline in wholesales in September

Mahindra & Mahindra said its SUV wholesales in the domestic market increased 24% to 51,062 units in September compared to the same month of last year




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SC declines pleas to cancel NEET-UG 2024

The judgment seemed to agree with the arguments of the government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), both represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta




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National Consumer Helpline facilitates ₹1 crore refund to students from coaching centres

NCH received 16,276 grievances from students in 2023-2024, up from 5,351 in 2022-2023 and 4,815 in 2021-2022




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Harvestec launches online learning platform for rice milling, bulk storage technology

The subjects are rarely discussed and have great potential, says its MD Munishwar Vasudeva