In this issue
p. 1004

Presenting science
p. 1005 | Balaram, P.

The condition of science in India: A serious issue
p. 1007 | Pandey, Vachaspati

Kind words
p. 1007 | Agarwal, S. S.

Stray thoughts of a retired scientist
p. 1008 | Rajappa, S.

Why should we not ignore the criticisms against nuclear defence preparedness?
p. 1009 | Bhattacherjee, S. K.

Sanctions - A personal experience
p. 1010 | Sunder, R.

Millennium' meetings
p. 1011 | Chatterji, Dipankar

Printing errors
p. 1012 | Roy, Mahesh

The structure of azadirachtin
p. 1012 | Govindachari, T. R.

Advanced geophysical fluid dynamics and geological fluid mechanics
p. 1012 | Rai, S. N.

Earthquake recurrence: State-of-the-art and directions for future
p. 1013 | Sukhija, B. S.

Determination of water vapour column using IRS-P3 MOS data
p. 1015 | Singh, Ramesh P.; Roy, Sudipa

Isolation, biochemical characterization and in vitro tests of pathogenecity of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from pork
p. 1019 | Singh, I.; Virdi, J. S

Cyanobacteria from extreme acidic environments
p. 1021 | Dominic, T. K.; Madhusoodhanan, P. V

Cost analysis of losses caused by the Malpa landslide in Kumaun Himalaya: A basic framework for risk assessment
p. 1023 | Kumar, Kireet; Satyal, G. S.

Possible functions of a RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in eukaryotic cells
p. 1029 | Gopalakrishna, R.

IRS-P4 mission
p. 1033 | Tyagi, R. N.

PSLV-C2 mission
p. 1038 | Ramakrishnan, S.; Tyagi, R. N.; Balakrishnan, S. S.; Thomas, Sojan

Molecular markers and their applications in livestock improvement
p. 1045 | Mitra, Abhijit; Yadav, B. R.; Ganai, Nazir A.; Balakrishnan, C. R.

Saraswati - the ancient river lost in the desert
p. 1054 | Sankaran, A. V.

Earthquake prediction - Any hope?
p. 1061 | Rao, K. R.

Histopathological studies on the repair of the excised skin wounds of the air-breathing scalyfish Channa striata (Bloch)
p. 1065 | Banerjee, Tarun Kumar; Mittal, Ajay Kumar

Unusual ring-shaped oligonucleotide crystals
p. 1076 | Kumar, P. Sateesh; Gautham, N.

Variation in podophylloresin and podophyllotoxin contents in different populations of Podophyllum hexandrum
p. 1078 | Purohit, M. C.; Bahuguna, Raman; Maithani, U. C.; Purohit, A. N.; Rawat, M. S. M.

Fungal diversity inside caves of Southern India
p. 1081 | Koilraj, A. John; Marimuthu, G.; Natarajan, K.; Saravanan, S.; Maran, P.; Hsu, Minna J.

Evaluation of two in vitro test systems employing Brugia malayi parasite for prescreening of potential antifilarials
p. 1084 | Murthy, P. K.; Chatterjee, R. K.

Myxobacterial diversity of Indian soils - How many species do we have?
p. 1089 | Watve, Milind G.; Shete, Anita M.; Jadhav, Nalini; Wagh, Shilpa A.; Shelar, Sheetal P.; Chakraborti, Sudeshna S.; Botre, Ashwini P.; Kulkarni, Ajit A.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity of stressed soils of Bailadila iron ore sites in Bastar region of Madhya Pradesh
p. 1095 | Sastry, M. S. R.; Johri, B. N.

Petrochemical studies on the epicentral region of the recent Jabalpur earthquake
p. 1100 | Shrivastava, J. P.; Pattanayak, S. K.; Giridhar, Mukta; Chouhan, P. K. S.; Mohanty, W. K.

Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography
p. 1105 | Nayak, M. R.

The State of Food and Agriculture 1998
p. 1105 | Swaminathan, M. S.

Annual Review of Entomology 1999
p. 1106 | Shakarad, Mallikarjun

Nurturing Biodiversity: An Indian Agenda
p. 1107 | Daniels, R. J. Ranjit

C. S. Vaidyanathan: In memoriam
p. 1109 | Ramakrishnan, T.

The amoral scientist - Notes on the life of Fritz Haber
p. 1110 | Ramaseshan, S.

Division of Agricultural Chemicals (NATP Project on Environment Friendly Pesticides)
p. 1113

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR)
p. 1114

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
p. 1115

Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Regional Station
p. 1115

Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
p. 1116

Anna University
p. 1116