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R.G. Kar issue: Doctors threaten to go on strike in Bengal on Oct 22 if demands not met

Stating that they are in talks with their colleagues in other States, the medics said there may also be a country-wide strike by doctors on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) over the issue




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Mamata Banerjee reaches out to striking junior doctors, meeting scheduled on October 21

West Bengal Chief Minister refuses to accept demand made by protesting doctors seeking removal of State’s Health Secretary




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R.G. Kar victim’s parents accuse Trinamool Congress leader of hurrying cremation 

R.G. Kar victim’s parents said that they had gone to Tala Police Station to tell the police that they did not want their daughter’s body to be cremated that night




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Health-insurance premium: Sustained efforts by West Bengal forced Centre's likely decision to exempt GST: Mamata Banerjee

The Chief Minister of West Bengal said the Central Government appears to be "under pressure" to cut taxes to benefit common people




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Amid Mamata's appeal to withdraw stir, junior doctor's indefinite hunger strike enters 16th day

The protesting doctors refused to end their hunger strike until all their demands were met but agreed to join the talks on Monday, after speaking with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over phone




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Without V-C for a year, Visva-Bharati now asks: Who and When?

Though some local channels have announced a name, there is no official communication or confirmation on full-time V-C




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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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Cloud overcast in West Bengal, turbulent sea as cyclone Dana nears landfall

Government is bracing for impact and has removed many people from the high-risk coastal areas of the State




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Cyclone Dana: Two more deaths reported in West Bengal; toll rises to four

The severe cyclonic storm Dana struck the eastern coast in the early hours of October 25, triggering torrential rain and high-speed winds that uprooted trees and electric poles




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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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One dead in major blaze at chemical factory in West Bengal’s Madhyamgram

Several people suffered severe burn injuries; workers were trapped inside the factory as firefighters struggled to reach them; with smoke engulfing the whole area, panic sparked among local residents




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Kolkata police amps up inspection on firecracker shops ahead of Deepawali

Only green crackers are allowed in markets to ensure low pollution and air quality control




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Agartala may become KKR's second home ground next year

Under-construction international cricket stadium in Tripura could become KKR’s second home ground for 2025 IPL season




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Kolkata police arrest 601 for violations on Deepavali and Kali Puja; three dead in Howrah as house catches fire

The Kolkata Traffic Police registered cases against 841 people on charges such as rash driving and drunken driving. In an incident in Ward 110 of Patuli area, an adolescent boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion. In Howrah district, three people, including two children, died after a house where firecrackers had been stored caught fire.




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Mamata Banerjee reaches out to estranged brother on Bhai Phonta

The Trinamool Congress chairperson had in March this year said that she was disowning and snapping ties with her younger brother Swapan Banerjee after he expressed desire to contest from Howrah in the 2024 Lok Sabha election despite the party fielding Prasun Banerjee from the constituency




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Post-Deepavali festivities lead to protests, incidents of violence in Kolkata

Police personnel were assaulted in one incident when they stepped in to resolve the conflict




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Row breaks out over endorsement of Trinamool candidate by officials of Kolkata-based football clubs

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari called the move ‘unprecedented and unethical’, writes to Union Sports Minister seeking his intervention




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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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Not in favour of genetically modified tea, says Asia Tea Alliance

With saturation of European and American markets, Asian tea producers are eyeing untapped African market for exports




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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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Jadavpur University professor from West Bengal found dead in Uttarakhand hotel room

Colleagues and students expressed shock over his untimely and mysterious demise




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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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Feasibility and sustainability of emerging CCU pathways for formic acid production

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10982-10995
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC02507E, Paper
Tesfalem Aregawi Atsbha, Ha-Jun Yoon, Ali Cherif, Chul-Jin Lee
The thermo-catalytic pathway can be a competitive alternative to the conventional pathway. CO2 source and electricity source highly affected the GWI for the thermo-catalytic pathway and electrochemical reduction pathway respectively.
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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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Research progress on photocatalytic, electrocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Green Chem., 2024, 26,10739-10773
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03597F, Critical Review
Yang An, Tao Lei, Weiyi Jiang, Huan Pang
This paper summarizes the latest research progress in selective photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, and photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of HMF, along with the reaction mechanisms, advantages, and challenges faced during selective HMF oxidation.
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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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Postliminary treatment of food-waste digestate via combined hydrothermal carbonization and microbial fuel cell for bio-energy recovery: a comparative life cycle impact assessment

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04081C, Paper
Shraddha Yadav, Manikanta M. Doki, Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Brajesh K. Dubey
Multiple resource recovery from food-waste digestate by deploying hydrothermal carbonisation and microbial fuel cells. A green route for environmental sustainability and economic gains.
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A solvent-free, self-emulsified and heat-responsive polyester coating enables chemically-recyclable and fire-safe PET foam

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04531A, Paper
Bei-Bei Zhang, Li-Xia Fan, Lin Chen, Xiu-Li Wang, Yu-Zhong Wang
This work implements a state-of-the-art strategy to simultaneously achieve use performance and future recycling, which will greatly benefit the green sustainable circular economy for wind turbine blades.
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Does enzymatic catalysis lead to more sustainable chemicals production? A life cycle sustainability assessment of isopropyl palmitate

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04514A, Paper
Open Access
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Pieter Nachtergaele, Ozan Kocak, Yblin Roman Escobar, Jordy Motte, Dries Gabriels, Leopold Mottet, Jo Dewulf
A methodology is presented for assessing the life cycle sustainability of enzymatic catalysis for chemicals production. For IPP, lower environmental impacts, but higher costs and social risks were found for switching to enzymatic catalysis.
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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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Single-layer 2D supramolecular-organic-framework-supported polyoxometalates: efficient selective oxidation of toluene in seawater under sunlight

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04480K, Paper
Xin-Long Ni, Yan Fan, Yi Luo, Xu Luo
Performing organic reactions in water, in particular in seawater under sunlight, is a desirable objective in chemistry because both are the most abundant and cheapest resources on earth. Herein, we...
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(B,P,Co,Fe)-Ni Modified on Nanowood for Boosting Seawater Urea Electro-Oxidation

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05156D, Paper
Hongjiao Chen, Kewei Zhang, Yanzhi Xia, Jian Li, Bin Hui
Coupling urea oxidation reaction (UOR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in seawater is desirable to produce sustainable and green hydrogen due to the reduced energy consumption. However, developing high-performance UOR/HER...
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Crystalline/amorphous c-NiMo/a-NiMoOx nanoarrays for urea-assisted energy-saving H2 production in alkaline seawater

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC05042H, Paper
Dongxue Guo, Yi Ping, Chuanjiao Wang, Changan Hou, Danhong Wang
Electrocatalytic seawater splitting is regarded as the most effective method for producing green hydrogen (H2), but it faces issues of high energy consumption and harmful chlorine evolution side reactions. Replacing...
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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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Multi-task Rhodium-Catalyzed Remote C(sp3)–H Functionalization Reactions of Acyclic Dienes to Yield Benzene-fused Heterocycles

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04927F, Paper
Yuta Sato, Momoko Nagafuchi, Masaharu Takatsuki, Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Makoto Sako, Mitsuhiro Arisawa
Remote C(sp3)–H bond functionalization reactions are environmentally benign methods for not only acyclic molecules but also cyclic molecules. However, previous reports' products have been limited to aliphatic five-membered ring structures....
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The Chemistry of Oleates and Related Compounds in 2020s

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04862H, Tutorial Review
Pavel V. Ivchenko, Ilya E. Nifant'ev
The use of renewable resources as an alternative to fossil raw materials is one of the topical directions of modern science. Consistent efforts are being taken to find the most...
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Scaling up clean production of biomass-derived organic acids as a step towards the realization of dual carbon goals: a review

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11061-11082
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03829K, Tutorial Review
Zulfiqar Ali, Jiliang Ma, Runcang Sun
Biomass-derived organic acid for green and sustainable future.
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A spatially integrated electrochemical–thermal tandem reaction for continuous mild synthesis of propylene oxide

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11206-11215
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03455D, Paper
Yuefeng Qiu, Peng Jiang, Wenkai Ye, Jiahao Hu, Bin Zhang, Tuo Ji, Liwen Mu, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu, Jiahua Zhu
A spatially integrated electrochemical–thermal tandem reaction generates propylene oxide at 1 atm using hydrogen, oxygen, and propylene as feedstock.
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Regulatable selective synthesis of benzofurans and coumarins from aryl propargyl ethers via an electrochemical tandem cyclization reaction

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11216-11221
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03842H, Paper
Zhaoyue Feng, Xueyi Guan, Haiyang Ma, Yingsibing Fan, Ping Liu, Peipei Sun
A divergent protocol for the selective synthesis of benzofuran-2-carboxaldehydes and 3-organoselenyl-2H-coumarins from propargylic aryl ethers in the presence of dialkyl(aryl) diselenides under electrochemical reaction conditions was established.
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Catalytic synthesis of renewable lubricant base oils with methyl oleate and aromatics

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11249-11258
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03448A, Paper
Binbin Zhou, Nan Wang, Sibao Liu, Guozhu Liu
Aromatic-ester and cyclo-branched alkane renewable lubricant base oils were produced from methyl oleate and biomass-derived aromatics by alkylation and alkylation followed by hydrodeoxygenation (HDO).
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Visible light-induced strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11083-11105
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03193H, Tutorial Review
Qing-Bao Zhang, Feng Li, Bin Pan, Shanshan Zhang, Xiang-Guo Yue, Qiang Liu
This review aims to provide an overview on the recent visible light-mediated strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. Prospects for future development of (aza)bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes in this fascinating field are outlined.
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Recent advances in N-formylation reaction for the chemical recycling of carbon dioxide

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11106-11124
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04094E, Tutorial Review
Qiang Yuan, Xiao Cai, Weiping Ding, Yan Zhu
The homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst systems applied in N-formylation reaction of amines and CO2 reaction from both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems are summarized.
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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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Measuring green chemistry: methods, models, and metrics

Green Chem., 2024, 26,11016-11018
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC90118E, Editorial
André Bardow, Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Serenella Sala, Luigi Vaccaro
This themed collection includes selected examples aiming to quantify the benefits and trade-offs of green chemistry by providing assessment methods, models, indicators, and metrics.
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Bio-derived solvent-based automated dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for pretreatment of diamide insecticides in environmental water samples

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04467C, Paper
Jin Liu, Yuxin Wang, Rui Song, Yukun Yang, Li Li, Xu Jing
The automatic dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction based on bio-derived solvents achieved great environmental greenness, high-throughput operation, and low human error compared to the present sample pretreatment methods for diamide insecticides.
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Comparison of microbial strains as candidate hosts and genetic reservoirs for the valorization of lignin streams

Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC03876B, Paper
Open Access
Rebecca A. Wilkes, Andrew J. Borchert, Valentina E. Garcia, Gina M. Geiselman, Sarah Liu, Adam M. Guss, Joshua K. Michener, Daniel R. Noguera, Eiji Masai, John M. Gladden, John Ralph, Gregg T. Beckham
Comparison of microbial strains for tolerance to and catabolism of lignin stream constituents toward evaluating microbial hosts for lignin bioconversion.
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Green Chemistry Startups: Some Lessons Learned

Green Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC05187K, Perspective
Open Access
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Jason P. Hallett
There has been an explosive growth in environmentally driven startups in recent years. Much of this has included university spin-outs aiming to translate academic research into commercial practice. This activity...
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Teachers or instructors?

Is biometric attendance for professions such as academics a good idea?