In this issue
p. 0563

India's first Polar satellite IRS-P2 launched by PSLV-D2
p. 0565

The recent plague epidemic-Was there gross scientific incompetence?
p. 0571 | Pandya, Sunil K.

Optimal utilization of yound researchers' potential
p. 0572 | Padhi, B. K.

QAIS-Quick access information system database of CSIR
p. 0573 | Murugesan, T.

Non-neutral plasmas
p. 0573 | John, P. I.

Surat-will we learn the lessons?
p. 0575 | Soman, C. R.

India's biodiversity: Tasks ahead
p. 0577 | Khoshoo, T. N.

Abnormal growth response in the host-parasite association
p. 0583 | Balasubramanian, A.; Fathima, Mujeera; Hanna, Mendoza Ordetta

Molecular dynamics simulations on transputer networks
p. 0585 | Paithankar, Abhijit T.; Tembe, B. L.; Ranade, Dilip M.

A hypothesis for the origin of peninsular seismicity
p. 0590 | Khattri, K. N.

Identification of a specific, high affinity imipramine-binding protein from human and rat platelet membranes
p. 0598 | Sah, Renu; Agrawal, Ashok K.; Sanwal, G. G.; Seth, Prahlad K.

Fullerenes: C60 from camphor-A novel approach
p. 0602 | Mukhopadhyay, Kingsuk; Krishna, Kalaga Murali; Sharon, Maheshwar

'Invisible' gold in arsenopyrites of the auriferous zones of Gadag gold field in Karnataka
p. 0605 | Ugarkar, A. G.; Devaraju, T. C.; Halkoaho, T. A. A.

Heteropigmentation of plant impressions, Karai, Ariyalur, Tamilnadu
p. 0606 | Achyuthan, Hema; Nagendra, R.; Mohanadoss, C.

A bioassay technique for the detection of aflatoxin by using Chlorella pyrenoidosa
p. 0609 | Muralimohan, G. Uma; Reddy, C. N.

Synergistic action of different strains of Bacillus thuringiensis against cotton leaf worm spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval)
p. 0610 | Nadarajan, L.; Martouret, D.

Prospects and problems in cage culture of giant tiger shrimp in Vellar estuary
p. 0612 | Shanmugam, A.; Selvamani, John Peter; Kannupandi, T.

Effect of bacterial ulcer on the haematology of Channa punctatus (Bloch. )
p. 0614 | Yadav, S. M. P.; Akela, B. P.

Our place in the Cosmos: The Unfinished Revolution
p. 0616 | Sharma, R. N.

Ayurvedic Drugs and their Plant Sources
p. 0616 | Rao, P. Gundu; Iyengar, M. A.

Anil Ramanbhai sheth (1933-1994) an obituary by T. C. Anand Kumar
p. 0618 | Kumar, T. C. Anand

Subramanyan suryanarayanan (1927-1994) an obituary by T. S. Sadasivan
p. 0619 | Sadasivan, T. S.

From the annals of plague
p. 0620 | Kartha, C. C.; Jeetendra, E.

Winter School on 'STM for Imaging Biological Macro-Molecules'
p. 0625

Ministry of Science and Technology Department of Biotechnolgy (DBT)
p. 0626