In this issue
p. 0631

The United Academy of Sciences of India--A piece of history
p. 0633 | Ramaseshan, S.

Historical papers relating to (a) the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
p. 0641

(b) Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
p. 0654

(c) National Academy of Sciences of India, Allahabad
p. 0671

NSU: Is it a solution?
p. 0677 | Narsimhan, R.

The National Science University-A holistic conceit?
p. 0678 | Prathap, Gangan

NSU: The Mahajan proposal
p. 0679 | Rao, K. Vasudeva

The National Science University
p. 0681 | Burma, D. P.

Pancharatnam
p. 0682 | Siddhartha, V.

Plagiarism
p. 0682 | Kale, V. S.

A report on the brainstorming session in the area of Plant Reproductive Biology
p. 0683 | Shivanna, K. R.; Farooqui, Parveen

A report on the VIII International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture
p. 0684 | Bhojwani, Sant S.

Reproductive biology: An aid in the classification of bamboos
p. 0685 | John, C. K.; Nadgauda, R. S.; Mascarenhas, A. F.

First report of a fossil marsh crocodile Crocodylus palustris from the Nanneru Valley, Andhra Pradesh
p. 0687 | Shankar, K.; Rao, C. V. N. K.

Occurrence of segmental distortion in larvae and pupae after refrigeration of non-diapause eggs of silkworm Bombyx mori L.
p. 0689 | Chauhan, T. P. S.; Verma, Meera

India and the new global balance, Rustum Roy
p. 0690 | Roy, Rustum

The new mineral policy
p. 0695 | Radhakrishna, B. P.; Curtis, L. C.

Mapping interplanetary weather
p. 0698 | Hewish, A.

Quinacrine nonsurgical female sterilization
p. 0706 | Hieu, Do Trong; Tan, Do Ngoc

Family planning in Vietnam
p. 0708 | Feuerstein, Marie Therese

An update on plague
p. 0710 | David, Sunil A.; Mathan, V. I.

Shaping up with hedgehogs--how a fruit fly gene and its vertebrate homologues function in generating patterns during animal development
p. 0714 | Gupta, Bhagwati P.; Vijayraghavan, K.

The existence of oceanic islands in the Neotethys: Evidence from Ladakh Himalaya, India
p. 0721 | Mishra, Meenal; Sinha, Anshu K.

Excision of uracil from the ends of double stranded DNA by uracil DNA glycosylase and its use in high efficiency cloning of PCR products
p. 0728 | Kumar, N. Vinay; Varshney, U.

Faunal affinity and zoogeography of Recent marine ostracoda from Karwar, West Coast of India
p. 0735 | Vaidya, A. S.; Mannikeri, M. S.

Growth ring features in Sahnioxylon from Rajmahal Hills and their climatic implications
p. 0739 | Yadav, R. R.; Bhattacharya, A.

Growth-phase-dependent binding of hematoporphyrin derivative to human glioblastoma (U-87MG0 cells
p. 0740 | Sreenivasan, Rajesh; Joshi, Preet G.; Joshi, Nanda B.

Production of intergeneric hybrid between Oryza sativa L. and Porteresia coarctata T.
p. 0744 | Jena, K. K.

Science and Engineering Indicators
p. 0747

Risk Communication--A handbook for communicating Environmental, safety and Health Risks
p. 0748 | Arunachalam, Subbiah

Karl Raimund Popper (1902-1994)--The philospher of critical rationalism and rational moderation
p. 0749 | Prathap, G.

Sir. Karl Popper - Philosopher of science
p. 0751 | Thosar, B. V.

A teacher, a scientist and a guide, as I knew him, an obituary of Sachi Prasad Ray Chaudhuri (1907-1994)
p. 0753 | Singh, Lalji

Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Vasant Rao Naik Award
p. 0755

Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Jawaharlal Nehru Award
p. 0756

Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Hari Om Ashram Trust Awards
p. 0757

Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award
p. 0758

Indian Institute of Science
p. 0759