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Hindustan|Page21|Delhi|September17,2016

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Rahshtriyasahara|Page16|NewDelhi|September18,2016


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Thepioneer|Page4|NewDelhi|September19,2016

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Your daily cuppa gets a spirited makeover

CSIR develops a version of ‘tea-wine’ that has 7-12 per cent alcohol content


India may finally have an indigenous answer to Long Island Iced Tea. The CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT) at Palamapur, Himachal Pradesh, claims to have a developed a brand of tea, called tea-wine, with a 7-12 per cent alcohol content by volume. That makes it much boozier than beer and to be in the same league as the conventional grape-derived wine. Catechins are the key active ingredient in tea and said to possess antioxidants that make body cells more resilient to degradation. Freshly picked green leaves of tea contain almost 30 per cent catechin. Tea also contains theanine and caffeine that provide the kick most associate with the drink. Sanjay Kumar, Director of the CSIR-IHBT, said at a new conference that the tea-wine would be high on catechins and therefore was a “health drink.” The alcohol would be sourced from fermenting berries local to the region and four varieties of tea-wine with varying sugar content were to be developed.

‘Excise problems’ The CSIR-IHBT had signed an agreement with a Mozambique-based company and expected production to begin next year. A similar agreement with an Indian company hadn’t yet seen tea-wine bottles roll out owing to “excise problems,” he said. Mr. Kumar didn’t disclose the financial terms or the names of the companies involved. “I see it as an export product,” said Mr. Kumar, “that may be popular among niche groups.” India is one of the biggest exporters of tea and despite Indians’ growing appetite for coffee, tea remains the most consumed beverage. Four in five urban Indians consume tea as opposed to 8 per cent coffee drinkers, according to a survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation.

Himachal Pradesh is known for a variety of tea called Kangra Tea that’s distinct from tea sourced from the North-east and South India. “We are developing the tea-wine with the Kangra variety,” said Mr. Kumar, “and there is also a non-alcoholic version that’s much superior to iced tea.” This isn’t the CSIR’s first tryst with manufacturing alcoholic beverages. In 2003, the National Botanical Research Institute, a CSIR body, announced that it had developed a ‘herbal beer’ with several medicinal properties and an alcohol content of 2-3 per cent. Though the technology was licensed to a Kanpur-based company, it’s yet to become a commercial product. Born out of necessity However, tea-wine was born out of necessity and the need to develop innovative products that could weather problems in India’s tea plantations that are grappling with reduced manpower. Being a labour-intensive crop, the IHBT said in a statement, its tender apical bud and subtending two leaves needed to be picked at the right stage by trained pluckers. Owing to labour shortage in plantations, the tea leaves weren’t being plucked at the right time, and this affected their quality and resulted in poor prices at auctions.


JACOBKOSHY|September17,2016

Source:www.thehindu.com/news/csir-develops-a-version-of-teawine-that-has-712-per-cent-alcohol-content/arScle9115915.ece#.V9uyXz5EmUk


More media coverage can be seen on following links: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/570801/this-tea-wine-give-you.html http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160917/jsp/nation/story_108711.jsp#.V9_AsSh96Uk http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/india-s-tea-to-wine-technology-is-in-demand-in-mozambique-116091601269_1.html

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Novel materials to make fuel cells cheaper, more efficient

Their proton-conduction values arehigh even at ambient temperatures Researchers from Pune’s Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) have come one step closer to making fuel cells that are cheaper and more efficient. Two novel porous and crystalline hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) that they synthesised could potentially be used as a proton exchange membrane in fuel cells. Nafion, the proton exchange membrane in use currently, has major drawbacks in terms of applicability at a high temperature range or low humidity, high production costs and gas leakage issues.


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The proton-conducting materials synthesised by the researchers address one critical issue — achieving a high proton conduction value even at ambient conditions (low humidity of around 60 per cent and moderate temperature). The proton conduction value is greater at higher humidity. The results were published recently in the journal Angewandte Chemie. “Among all known porous materials, this is the highest proton conduction value that has been reported at ambient conditions,” says Avishek Karmakar, a research scholar from IISER and the first author of the paper.

R.PRASAD|September19,2016

Source:www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/novel-materials-to-make-fuel-cells-cheaper-more-efficient/arScle9118945.ece?textsize=small&test=2

“Our materials have the potential to be used as a proton exchange membrane to improve the efficiency of fuel cells. The cost of fuel cells will become cheaper as it is easy to make the membrane,” says Dr. Sujit K. Ghosh of IISER, the corresponding author of the paper . The HOFs are promising materials for gas separation and storage applications. However, they have not been used for fuel cell applications. The team synthesised two organic compounds, and each compound has a proton donor site and a proton acceptor site. "The donor-acceptor complementarity is distributed throughout the hydrogen-bonded framework,” says Karmakar. “The hydrogen bonding serves as a pathway for proton transfer from the donor site to the acceptor site. Water acts as a carrier and plays an important role. When humidity is more the proton transfer becomes easy,” says Dr. Ghosh. “At ambient conditions, the proton conductivity is much higher than other related materials. And at high humidity (95 per cent) the proton conductivity is comparable to the best materials.” The compounds are made of salt-like ionic materials and improving on the water stability is a challenge. “Using crystal engineering we improved the water stability by increasing the hydrophobic nature of the compounds for real time applications in fuel cell industries,” says Dr. Ghosh. Though the two compounds have different hydrophobic characteristics, proton conductivity was high in both the compounds even at low humidity. Other applications Additionally, the HOF compounds have the potential to remove greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. “Although the compounds reported by us separate carbon dioxide from other gases like nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen at low temperatures, we believe that such materials, if designed systemically, can be used in industries to remove greenhouse gases,” Dr. Ghosh says.


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Accreditation for science books on anvil

To remove myths related to science in books and propagate correct facts, the government has now decided to accredit science books based on standardized procedures that are being developed to assess the content of books available in markets. The procedure to be developed by NISCAIR (National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources) under the Department of Science and Technology will be similar to ISI mark --certification mark for industrial products. “There have been several science books and literature available in market where certain facts are wrong and these continue to remain same for years. We plan to provide an accreditation to science books based on assessment by experts which will ensure the text available is factually correct,” said Manoj Kumar Patairiya. He said that it will a voluntary process and publishers and writers can approach NISCAIR for accreditation. NISCAIR will get the text assessed by experts in 38 scientific laboratories across India. “We have experts in major disciplines related of science and they will assess the facts and based on that we will accredit the book,” he said.

September15,2016

Source:www.newindianexpress.com/naSon/AccreditaSon-for-science-books-on-anvil/2016/09/15/arScle3621696.ece#.V9uyXz5EmUk

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24K PoP Ganesha idols immersed using sodium bicarbonate


As many as 24,000 Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols of Lord Ganesha were immersed using eco-friendly solution - sodium bicarbonate, developed by city-based National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) here on the last day of the festival. This year, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) distributed the powder-based solution, among people free of cost, in a bid to reduce the river and soil pollution. "This year, we used Sodium bicarbonate during the immersion of household idols, made up of POP, at artificial 'kunds' at various areas and approximately 24,000 such idols were immersed at the 'kunds', where the eco-friendly solution was mixed," said Suresh Jagtap, head of the solid waste management department, PMC. He said the solution, made up of baking powder, helps dissolve POP and turns the residue into fertiliser. Jagtap added that apart from using it at various 'kunds', the powder-based solution was even distributed among people in packets and household idols were immersed at home using the solution. He said total 48 tonne Sodium bicarbonate was used to dissolve the POP idols by civic body.

PressTrustofIndia|Pune|September16,2016

Source:www.business-standard.com/arScle/pS-stories/pune-24k-pop-ganesha-idols-immersed-using-sodium-bicarbonate-116091601087_1.html#.V9uyXz5EmUk

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TheAvenueMail|Jamshedpur|September19,2016

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