In this issue
p. 0936

Drug research: A growing gap
p. 0937 | Balaram, P.

Geological lessons from nuclear tests at Pokhran, Rajasthan, India
p. 0939 | Nayak, V. K.

Reflections in the aftermath of Orissa cyclone
p. 0939 | Tiwari, S. C.

Vegetable oil as biofuel
p. 0941 | Rao, Y. K. Raghunatha

Infrastructure in S&T in India
p. 0941 | Ranganathan, S.

Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet
p. 0942

Prime Minister commits more R&D funds
p. 0942

Statistical methodology in decision sciences
p. 0943 | Borkar, V. S.

Vetiver grass technology for environmental protection and sustainable development
p. 0944 | Lavania, U. C.; Lavania, Seshu

International Symposium on Active Faulting
p. 0947 | Rajendran, C. P.; Rajendran, Kusala

Some recent investigations about dynamics of mantle upwelling
p. 0948 | Sankaran, A. V.

From the archives
p. 0952

Efficacy of the plant, Polygonum hydropiper against rice brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Stal
p. 0953 | Jena, Mayabini

Trends in post-WTO patenting by India in USA
p. 0955 | Gupta, V. K.

Gentle drugs: A new paradigm for drug development
p. 0959 | Sitaramam, V.

Microbial biosorbents: Meeting challenges of heavy metal pollution in aqueous solutions
p. 0967 | Gupta, Rani; Ahuja, Prerna; Khan, Seema; Saxena, R. K.; Mohapatra, Harapriya

Significance of human leukocyte antigens in immunobiology of renal transplantation
p. 0974 | Agrawal, Suraksha; Singh, Avneesh Kumar; Bharadwaj, Uddalak

Monocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis release increased amount of reactive oxygen intermediates
p. 0989 | Arora, Meenakshi; Arora, Reetakshi; Kumar, Ashok; Das, Nibhriti; Srivastava, L. M.

Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic analysis of Antarctic lake waters
p. 0992 | Sinha, R.; Navada, S. V.; Chatterjee, Asim; Kumar, Saravana; Mitra, A.; Nair, A. R.

Spatial and temporal variation in susceptibility of the American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) to Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki in India
p. 0995 | Gujar, G. T.; Kumari, Archana; Kalia, Vinay; Chandrashekar, K.

Resistance to 'Cry1Ac d-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis' in a laboratory selected strain of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)
p. 1001 | Kranthi, K. R.; Kranthi, S.; Ali, S.; Banerjee, S. K.

Inflated pahoehoe lavas from the Sangamner area of the western Deccan Volcanic Province
p. 1004 | Bondre, Ninad R.; Dole, Gauri; Phadnis, Vinit M.; Duraiswami, Raymond; Kale, Vivek S.

Stratification and mapping of Taxus baccata L. bearing forests in Talle Valley using remote sensing and GIS
p. 1008 | Behera, Mukunda Dev; Srivastava, Shalini; Kushwaha, S. P. S.; Roy, P. S.

Mapping of ophiolites: A study in the Indus Suture Zone of north-western Himalaya, using IRS-1C/1D data
p. 1014 | Philip, G.; Ravindran, K. V.; Thakur, V. C.

The Odd Quantum
p. 1020 | Singh, Virendra

Engineering in the Ancient World
p. 1021 | Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar

Silent Valley - Whispers of Reason
p. 1021 | Gokhale, Yogesh

Dynamic Himalaya
p. 1022 | Roy, A. B.

R. N. Tandon - An obituary
p. 1024 | Raychaudhuri, S. P.

Leaves from an unwritten diary S. Chandrasekhar: Reminiscences and reflections
p. 1025 | Vishveshwara, C. V.

Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar
p. 1032

Indian Science Congress Association
p. 1032

Directorate of Wheat Research (ICAR)
p. 1033

Council of Scientfic and Industrial Research (CSIR)
p. 1034

The Prof. T.N. Ananthakrishnan Foundation
p. 1036

Professor S. R. Palit Memorial Award - 2001
p. 1037

M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
p. 1038

Dr B.V. Rao Chair Food Security
p. 1038

Coordinator for National Network on Biovillages and Community Banking
p. 1038

JK Seeds
p. 1039

Current Science-Submission in Electronic Form
p. 1040