In this issue
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Tradition versus modernity in biomedical research: the choices for India
p. 0171 | Bachhawat, Anand Kumar

Indian scientific research and Indian research journals
p. 0173 | Tiwari, Ashok K.

Science Last Fortnight
p. 0175

CSIR-NPL establishes an apex-level calibration facility for defibrillator analyzer and defibrillator machine
p. 0179 | ., Rajesh; Tanwar, V. K.; Sumana, G.; Agarwal, V. V.; Ojha, V. N.; Aswal, D. K.

Understanding the universe through mega science projects
p. 0180 | Sheth, Parul R.

India needs long-term biodiversity monitoring in urban landscapes
p. 0181 | Nerlekar, Ashish N.; Onkar, Akshay A.; Das, Snehangshu; Bhagwat, Mayur; Mhaisalkar, Pranav; Lapalikar, Sairandhri A.; Chavan, Vinayak D.; Mahajan, Minakshi C.

Addressing poverty in India’s Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: are we failing to harness the opportunities?
p. 0182 | Ilangovan, Kumaravel; Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina

When nature decides who stays and who goes: Priority effects extirpating the non-native brown trout Salmo trutta fario L. population from a Himalayan river
p. 0186 | Sharma, Aashna; Dubey, Vineet Kumar; Nautiyal, Prakash; Johnson, Jeyaraj Antony; Rawal, Yogesh Kumar; Sivakumar, Kuppusamy

Science educational and recreational benefits of the Bioresources Nature Park at Nilambur, Kerala, India
p. 0188 | Chandrashekara, U. M.; Reshma, P. K.

Scientometric analysis of Current Science
p. 0190 | Marisha
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/190-197

Encystment and excystment in ciliated protists: multidimensional approach
p. 0198 | Kaur, Harpreet; Iqbal, Sara; Inga, Evelyn; Yawe, Dorcas
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/198-203

On the recent floods in India
p. 0204 | Ray, Kamaljit; Pandey, P.; Pandey, C.; Dimri, A. P.; Kishore, K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/204-218

Doubling farmers’ income through Populus deltoides-based agroforestry systems in northwestern India: an economic analysis
p. 0219 | Chavan, S. B.; Dhillon, R. S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/219-226

Individual borrowing and default behaviour in surplus and constrained credit environments: evidence from India
p. 0227 | Koride, Padmavathi; Gurtoo, Anjula
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/227-234

Slump test: laboratory and numerical simulation-based approach for consistency of mill tailings paste
p. 0235 | Behera, S. K.; Prashant; Ghosh, C. N.; Mishra, D. P.; Mandal, P. K.; Verma, Aniket; Mohanty, Sumeet; Mishra, Kanhaiya; Singh, P. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/235-241

Bleaching stress on Indian coral reef regions during mass coral bleaching years using NOAA OISST data
p. 0242 | Arora, Mohit; Chaudhury, Nandini Ray; Gujrati, Ashwin; Patel, Ramesh Chandra
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/242-250

Mineral magnetic characterization of archeological potsherds: an example from the Deccan Province, western Maharashtra, India
p. 0251 | Singh, Jyotibala; Sangode, S. J.; Sabale, P. D.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/251-259

Shear resistance behaviour of geogrid-confined RC elements under static and cyclic loading
p. 0260 | Chidambaram, R. Siva; Agarwal, Pankaj
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/260-271

Pencil trace on cellulose compounds: a heat source
p. 0272 | Morarka, Amit R.; Joshi, Aditee C.
doi: 0.18520/cs/v117/i2/272-274

Control of substrates on pothole geometry
p. 0275 | Das, Balai Chandra
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/275-281

Agriculture development-based mapping of agro-ecological sub-regions and its implications for doubling farmers’ income in India
p. 0282 | Srivastava, S. K.; Singh, N. P.; Singh, Jaspal; Rao, K. V.; Balaji, S. J.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/282-287

An efficient method for acclimatization: in vitro hardening of tissue culture-raised tea plants (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze)
p. 0288 | Bag, Niladri; Palni, Lok Man S.; Nandi, Shyamal Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/288-293

Molecular phylogeography of Ficus benghalensis Linnaeus using nrDNA ITS 1, cpDNA trnL and cpDNA rps16 from the Indian subcontinent
p. 0293 | Sharma, Sheetal; Mehra, Richa; Bast, Felix
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/293-298

Magmatic epidote in the Grenvillian granitoids of North Purulia Shear Zone, Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex, India and its significance
p. 0298 | Basak, Ankita; Goswami, Bapi; Singha, Ananya; Das, Somshubhra; Bhattacharyya, Chitta
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/298-303

Analysis of accidents due to slope failure in Indian opencast coal mines
p. 0304 | Dash, A. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v117/i2/304-308

The Mathematics of India: Concepts, Methods, Connections, P. P. Divakaran
p. 0309 | Narasimhan, M. S.

Annual Review of Medicine, 2018. C. Thomas Caskey, Mary E. Klotman and Peter Scardino (eds)
p. 0311 | Kartha, C. C.

Terrestrial Depositional Systems: Deciphering Complexities through Multiple Stratigraphic Methods. Kate E. Zeigler and William G. Parker (eds)
p. 0314 | Saha, Dilip

N. C. Subrahmanyam (1943–2019)
p. 0317 | Elchuri, Sailaja V.; Chirumamilla, Nagesh; Thomas, George

N. Anand (1947-2018)
p. 0319 | Nagaraj, S.

Inception of Entomological Society of India and inaugural issue of the Indian Journal of Entomology
p. 0321 | Raman, Anantanarayanan; Narayanasamy, Chitra

BIG 15th Biotechnology Ignition Grant - BIRAC
p. 0328

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
p. 0329

Janaki Ammal-National Women Bioscientist Award 2019
p. 0330

S. Ramachandran-National Bioscience Award for Career Development 2019
p. 0331

Assistant Professor - Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research
p. 0332

2019 SAILIFE-NOST Best Thesis Awards
p. 0332

JRF positions – 6, Accounts Assistant – 1 and Field Assistant – 1; SATHYABAMA
p. 0333

Invited Proposals - BIRAC
p. 0333

International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Sciences 2019
p. 0334

Visiting Fellowships Programme 2019–20 - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
p. 0334

Faculty Positions at All Levels - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India
p. 0334

G. D. Naidu Award – 2019
p. 0335

Invited Online Posts - CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre
p. 0335

Junior Research Fellows - Centre for Geoinformatics
p. 0335

Junior Research Fellow - SASTRA University
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Editorial Board - 2019
p. 0336

Workshop on Science Writing - Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal
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