In this issue
p. 1147

Science and Society: Bernal, Needham and Pauling
p. 1149 | Balaram, P.

Why shouldn't non-residents pay larger conference registration fees?
p. 1151 | Vidyasagar, M.

Smoking and cataract
p. 1151 | Sulochana, K. N.

The teaching of mathematics
p. 1152 | Chatterjee, D.

Plight of scientists at the Bose Institute
p. 1152 | Gupta, Sujoy K. Das; Das, K. P.

On scientific re-evaluation of traditional herbal medicine
p. 1153 | Bhandary, M. J.; Chandrashekar, K. R.

Saraswati - the ancient river wrongly identified?
p. 1154 | Padhye, G. V.

India's imminent water scarcity is a concern for people and environment
p. 1155 | Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy; Hsu, Minna J.

Major resource management problems in the arid zone of Rajasthan
p. 1156 | Sharma, A. N.

Vision Document on biotechnology
p. 1157 | Sen, Nirupa

Stability of ancient cratons and lithospheric mantle composition
p. 1158 | Sankaran, A. V.

On the state of physics in India -- Personal viewpoint
p. 1160 | Dattagupta, S.

From the archives
p. 1162

Coefficient of variation in field experiments and yardstick thereof -- An empirical study
p. 1163 | Patel, J. K.; Patel, N. M.; Shiyani, R. L.

Photoprotection of green leaves by zeaxanthin, a two-channel process
p. 1165 | Nayak, L.; Raval, M. K.; Biswal, B.; Biswal, U. C.

Silver nitrate influences in vitro shoot multiplication and root formation in Vanilla planifolia Andr.
p. 1166 | Giridhar, P.; Reddy, B. Obul; Ravishankar, G. A.

Rare sighting of poisonous spider Latrodectus hasseltii indicus Simon (Araneae: Theridiidae) in a cotton field in Baroda district, Gujarat
p. 1170 | Manju, Siliwal; Kumar, Dolly

Guidelines for research and utilization of genetically modified fish
p. 1172 | Pandian, T. J.

Imbalance in antioxidant defence and human diseases: Multiple approach of natural antioxidants therapy
p. 1179 | Tiwari, Ashok K.

Late Quaternary drainage disorganization, and migration and extinction of the Vedic Saraswati
p. 1188 | Roy, A. B.; Jakhar, S. R.

Future climate change: Implications for Indian summer monsoon and its variability
p. 1196 | Lal, Murari; Nozawa, T.; Emori, S.; Harasawa, H.; Takahashi, K.; Kimoto, M.; Abe-ouchi, A.; Nakajima, T.; Takemura, T.; Numaguti, A.

Anthropogenic impact on aerosol black carbon mass concentration at a tropical coastal station: A case study
p. 1208 | Babu, S. Suresh; Moorthy, K. Krishna

Prevention of endemic arsenism with selenium
p. 1215 | Wuyi, Wang; Linsheng, Yang; Shaofan, Hou; Jianan, Tan; Hairong, Li

Evaluation of various image fusion techniques and imaging scales for forest features interpretation
p. 1218 | Prasad, Nupoor; Saran, Sameer; Kushwaha, S. P. S.; Roy, P. S.

Possible relationship between temporal electrical resistivity variation and occurrence of the earthquake of 30 September 1993 in Latur region, Maharashtra, India
p. 1224 | Narayanpethkar, A. B.; Vasanthi, A.; Mallick, K.

18 Ka BP records of climatic changes, Bay of Bengal: Isotopic and sedimentological evidences
p. 1231 | Chauhan, Onkar S.; Suneethi, J.

First docodont mammals of Laurasian affinity from India
p. 1235 | Prasad, G. V. R.; Manhas, B. K.

Somatic embryogenesis in Pimpinella tirupatiensis Bal. and Subr., an endangered medicinal plant of Tirumala hills
p. 1239 | Prakash, E.; Khan, Sha Valli; Meru, Elusing; Rao, K. R.

In vitro micropropagation of Citrus aurantifolia (lime)
p. 1242 | Al-khayri, Jameel M.; Al-bahrany, Abdulaziz M.

Erratum: Taxonomic entomology research and education in India
p. 1246 | Narendran, T. C.

Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics: Basic Physics Through Problem Series
p. 1247 | Choudhury, N.

Saraswati
p. 1248 | Radhakrishna, B. P.

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2001
p. 1249 | Rajendran, C. P.

Anna Modayil Mani -- A tribute
p. 1251 | Ashford, Oliver M.

ICAR Awards, 2001
p. 1253

DST: Swarnajayanti Fellowships
p. 1256

Golden Jubilee Issue: Recent Trends in Plant Sciences
p. 1258

National Inst. Pharmaceut. Edu. Res. (NIPER), Punjab
p. 1259

Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Adv. Res.
p. 1260

AstraZeneca
p. 1261

Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
p. 1261

Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
p. 1262

Ocean Science and Technology Cell, Bhavnagar Univ.
p. 1262

Anna University, Chennai
p. 1263

Bose Institute, Kolkata
p. 1263

University of Delhi, South Campus
p. 1264

Annamalai University, Parangipettai
p. 1264

Sree Chitra Tirunal Inst. Med. Sci. & Tech.
p. 1265

Bombay Textile Research Association
p. 1265