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A sporty knock from India Inc

A growing crop of corporates are making serious investments in sports and beginning to reap the rewards, too




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Carbon credits to boost incomes of Jharkhand village farmers 

The Birsa Harit Gram project serves as a potential model for agro-forestry, which is gaining ground because the buyers of carbon credits prefer — pay a premium — for credits based on Nature Based Solution, as opposed to offsetting projects like renewable energy or projects like carbon capture.




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ADB increases climate finance after US, Japan give world's first sovereign guarantees




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One dead, one injured in two firing incidents in Delhi within 10 minutes

The two incidents of firing in northeast Delhi leave one dead and one injured; three suspects apprehended by police




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Can India arrest income inequality?

Thomas Piketty’s prescriptions are too radical. Dattopant Thengadi’s vision is more useful for us




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Forging a distinctive path

Ensuring women-centric workplaces




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Paddy varieties with protein, zinc content get thumbs up in Odisha’s tribal pocket

Paddy varieties have high protein (10.1%) and moderately high level of zinc (20 ppm) content




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Mango output is set to increase by 14% this year; heat wave unlikely to impact yields

The total production of mangos could jump to 24 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year, as against 21 million tonnes in 2022-23




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Most top scientists at ICAR hired through lateral entry since 2007, bypassing reservation norms

Over 2,700 senior scientists, including HoDs, ADGs, DDGs, are hired through interviews only, sans reservations; those recruited through examinations seek ban on lateral entry, as it creates a “toxic” work culture, blocks advancement




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When Tamil Nadu police opened fire at farmers protesting against power tariff increase in 1970

Tamil Nadu’s history of free power supply for farming led to violent agitations, political backtracking, and eventual implementation in phases




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M.P. Cabinet increases MSP for soya bean; proposal to go for Centre’s nod




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Sun Pharma to focus on skincare to boost OTC business




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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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Editorial. India Inc Q1 results provide little fuel for market rally

A surge in prices of fuel, metals and industrial feedstock led to a spike in production and operating costs this quarter, denting profit growth




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Editorial. Incentives for vehicle scrappage need to be better

The 2021 scheme spoke of a 5 per cent discount by OEMs which has now been cut sharply, with caveats that it would be applicable only on select models, and for one or two years




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Editorial. E-DRIVE incentive for EVs falls short

The incentives for all private vehicles are lower than under the five-year FAME 2 scheme which came to a close this April




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Bank of Baroda reports 23% increase in Q2FY25 net profit at ₹5,238 cr

BoB had reported a net profit of Rs ₹4,253 crore in the year ago quarter (Q2FY24)



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Indian banks increased their overseas presence during 2023-24 : RBI Survey

During the year, the number of branches and employees of foreign banks in India also expanded by 0.6 per cent and 1.4 per cent, respectively



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ICICI Bank Q2 PAT rises 15% to ₹11,746 crore on strong core income growth

NIM moderated 9 basis points sequentially to 4.27 per cent on higher cost of funds



  • Money & Banking

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YES Bank Q2 Results: PAT more than doubles on stable income; CEO says can be ‘right time’ to acquire MFI

YES Bank targets 17-18% deposit growth, loan growth of 13-14% in FY25; CEO Prashant Kumar says this can be the ‘right time’ to acquire an MFI



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Federal Bank Q2 PAT up 11% on strong core income growth

Bank to sell more stake in associate company Equirus Capital, raise ₹1,500 crore via infra bonds in H2



  • Money & Banking

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SBI Q2 PAT rises 28 per cent to ₹18,331 crore on higher other income

Higher non-interest income aids PAT growth; NIM moderates q-o-q



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Still Longshots / directed by: David Finch, Maureen Marovitch ; produced by: Dan Emery, David Finch, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, Sally Bochner, Ravida Din ; production agencies: Picture This Productions (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2018




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Engineering workers in Vijayawada demand increase in honorarium, compassionate recruitment

In the event of death of a serving employee, ex gratia should be increased from ₹5 lakh to ₹7 lakh, vacant posts should be filled immediately, and the kin of family should be considered for employment in cases where a worker dies, the municipal workers say in their list of demands




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The maximum principle [electronic resource] / Patrizia Pucci, James Serrin

Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, 2007




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Principles of computational fluid dynamics [electronic resource] / Pieter Wesseling

Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2009, 2001




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Deepavali: KSRTC sets record with ₹5 crore in online ticket sales; 85,462 bookings in a day, highest since 2006 launch

According to KSRTC officials, major routes that saw high demand included popular destinations from Bengaluru such as Davangere, Mysuru, Hubballi, Tirupathi, Shivamogga, and Kalaburagi 




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Mangalore University winds up admission to seven PG programmes, including Tulu, Konkani for 2024-25

Alumni Association of Tulu Postgraduates upset that despite 11 applications, university denied admission to Tulu




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




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VTU offers incentives to nurture research talent among faculty and students

Incentive ranging from ₹1,000 to ₹3,000 will be given to students winning competitions at the national level, State level and hackathons or project competitions




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LIC Q2 net slides 4% to ₹7,621 cr on an 11% rise in premium income to ₹1.20 lakh crore 




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KIMS Hospital Q2 net increases 20% to ₹121 cr. 




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




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NMDC gets Board nod for 2:1 bonus issue, posts 23% yoy increase in Q2 net to ₹1,269 cr




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Warrior prince and talking heads

The playfulness to the writing around Ravana and his ten perennially bickering heads could have made the film oddly amusing. But alas, the humour remains just a flash




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GoM on real estates remains inconclusive

The group will meet one more time before making suggestions




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Mindspace REIT to build 3 data centres for Princeton Digital Group

The REIT has already developed two data centers for PDG with an area of 6.3 lakh square feet and the current contract will add 10 lakh square feet to its portfolio




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Across cities, rising residential rents pinch tenants

Home rents have shot up by 26-67 per cent leaving consumers with little money for discretionary spending




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Two from Hyderabad, including government employee, lose ₹50 lakh in separate scams




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Udayavar’s management principles

It was Sri Ramanuja who laid out plans for carrying out temple rituals at Srirangam, Tirumala and Melkote



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High-performance, high energy density symmetric supercapacitors based on δ-MnO2 nanoflower electrodes incorporated with an ion-conducting polymer

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35657-35670
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05670A, Paper
Open Access
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Shrishti Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Bhargab Sharma, Buddu Nagasiva Saiteja, Anshuman Dalvi
The present work investigates liquid-based and liquid-free supercapacitors assembled using δ-MnO2-nanoflower-based electrodes.
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Upconversion nanoparticles incorporated with three-dimensional graphene composites for electrochemical sensing of baicalin from natural plants

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36084-36092
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06540A, Paper
Open Access
Na Zhang, Yilin Wu, Tian Liang, Yongxiang Su, Xusheng Xie, Tianren Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Keying Zhang, Rongli Jiang
The fabrication of UCNP-3DG and its application in electrochemical detection of Bn in natural plant samples.
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In silico molecular docking and ADMET prediction of biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles: characterization, and in vitro antimicrobial and photocatalytic activity

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36209-36225
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA06890D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Hajara Akhter, Susmita Sarker Ritu, Shahariar Siddique, Fariha Chowdhury, Rehnuma Tasmiyah Chowdhury, Samina Akhter, Mahmuda Hakim
A facile green route to synthesize zinc oxide nanoparticles using watermelon rind extract with antimicrobial and photocatalytic potential.
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Bridge collapses in Bihar’s Kishanganj, fourth incident in State in eight days

A pillar of the bridge across the Mariya river could not withstand strong currents of the river whose water level rose due to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of Nepal, said officials




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Government working to increase Madhya Pradesh’s share in India’s economy to 5% from the current 4%: CM Mohan Yadav

In November, the State will launch the Yuva Shakti Mission for youth, the Nari Sashaktikaran Mission for women, the Kisan Kalyan Mission for farmers, and the Gareeb Kalyan Mission for the poor, the Chief Minister said in his Independence Day speech




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Shots fired at house of Manipur college principal

Police said masked men on a scooter fired five rounds on Tuesday evening. In July 17, miscreants had lobbed a grenade, but it did not explode and was later disposed of by a special squad




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Rajasthan increases gratuity limit for government employees; no decision on UPS implementation

The State Cabinet, which considered the issue of bringing UPS for the government employees at its meeting, did not arrive at a final decision




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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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WHO, 50 countries warn United Nations of increasing ransomware attacks against hospitals

Such attacks on hospitals “can be issues of life and death” World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who addressed the U.N. Security Council, said




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Fight over including carbon border tax in agenda delays climate talks on day one

Agenda disputes are common at UN climate conferences but this one is especially significant as countries have limited time to agree on a new climate finance goal.