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Point of View

Japan’s chemical industry: seeking profits in the shadow of China 117
Top Stories

DCM Shriram buying Hindusthan Specialty Chemicals for Rs. 375-crore 120
Epsilon Carbon inaugurates second phase of Vijayanagar carbon black facility 122
Pune’s MIT-WPU sets up battery research centre focused on Li-ion and Na-ion technologies 124
Anupam Rasayan eyes battery chemicals supply deal with German firms; signs purchase agreement with
Japanese fluorochemicals firm 126
TDB funds Clearsynth for making deuterated reagents and building blocks 128
Midwest Advanced Materials to invest Rs. 1,000-crore for rare earth magnet production 129
‘Unfair to blame India’s farmers for high pesticides use and industry for dubious products’ 130
INOX launches India’s first ultra-high-purity ammonia ISO tank container 132
Toyo and MODEC inaugurate Global Capability Centre in Bengaluru 133
Inter-State transmission waiver for energy storage extended by three years 134
TP Solar crosses 4-GW of solar module production at its Tamil Nadu unit 135
Pharmaceuticals

Aragen’ Bengaluru biologics facility to begin making first GMP batches in July 136
THSTI hosts symposium on ‘Discovery and development of monoclonal antibody therapeutics’ 137
Hydrocarbons

Over 37% of bids under OALP have come from previous no-go areas: Minister 138
News from Abroad 143

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