In this issue
p. 0835

Current Science: Then and now
p. 0837 | Balaram, P.

Extinction of microbes
p. 0839 | Sachdeva, Pooja; Virdi, J. S.

Dots, dashes and hydrogen bonds
p. 0839 | Bhat, Ramakrishna G.; Gudihal, Ravindra

Activity index vs standard of science education
p. 0840 | Singh, Rajinder

Ayurveda for the West
p. 0841 | Roy, Rustom

UGC model curriculum: Some suggestions for the next edition
p. 0841 | Rao, A. S.

Deteriorating quality of Ph D theses in India
p. 0842 | Shukla, Santosh Kumar; Shukla, Pradeep Kumar; Singh, Vivek

MEMS initiative in India
p. 0842 | Sen, Nirupa

Neutron scattering, quantum entanglement and chemical formula of water
p. 0848 | Rao, K. R.

A molecular voltmeter: Solution to a fifty-year-old puzzle?
p. 0850 | Mathew, M. K.

Indian journals: Scope for improvement
p. 0853 | Gopalan, K.

From the archives
p. 0855

Possible explanation for the extended UV emission lines from helium--hydrogen plasma
p. 0856 | Sathyamurthy, N.

A rapid method for measuring olfactory responses of Drosophila larva
p. 0857 | Hussaini, Abid; Krishnan, Parthasarathy; Abhishek, Vibhanshu; Siddiqi, O.

Fun and joy of science: Learning from anomalies and discontinuities
p. 0860 | Mashelkar, R. A.

Neutron crystallography -- Then and now
p. 0871 | Chidambaram, R.; Sikka, S. K.

Structural genomics of microbial pathogens -- An Indian programme
p. 0878 | Vijayan, M.

Enhancing our agricultural competitiveness
p. 0886 | Swaminathan, M. S.

Seismogenesis in the stable continental regions and implications for hazard assessment: Two recent examples from India
p. 0896 | Rajendran, Kusala; Rajendran, C. P.

Indian dinosaurs revisited
p. 0904 | Sahni, Ashok

Sonoluminescence and bubble fusion
p. 0911 | Arakeri, Vijay H.

Androgenesis and conservation of fishes
p. 0917 | Pandian, T. J.; Kirankumar, S.

Quantum information processing by NMR using strongly coupled spins
p. 0932 | Mahesh, T. S.; Sinha, Neeraj; Ghosh, Arindam; Das, Ranabir; Suryaprakash, N.; Levitt, Malcolm H.; Ramanathan, K. V.; Kumar, Anil

Multialkali phosphate glasses: A new window to understand the mechanism of ion transport
p. 0945 | Rao, K. J.; Kumar, Sundeep

Single-walled carbon nanotube bundles intercalated with semiconductor nanoparticles
p. 0956 | Nath, Manashi; Teredesai, Pallavi V.; Muthu, D. V. S.; Sood, A. K.; Rao, C. N. R.

Dissipation
p. 0961 | Dattagupta, Sushanta

Ruthenium carbonyl clusters of diphosphazanes bearing axially chiral moieties
p. 0969 | Venkatakrishnan, T. S.; Nethaji, Munirathinam; Krishnamurthy, Setharampattu S.

On the use of biorthogonality relations in the solution of some boundary value problems for the biharmonic equation
p. 0975 | Shankar, P. N.

Codes and decoding on graphs
p. 0980 | Shankar, Priti

The engineer grapples with Theorem 1. 1 and Lemma 6. 3 of Strang and Fix
p. 0989 | Prathap, G.; Mukherjee, S.

Square networks based on the Br···NO₂ supramolecular synthon
p. 0995 | Thallapally, Praveen K.; Basavoju, Srinivas; Desiraju, Gautam R.; Bagieu-beucher, Muriel; Masse, René; Nicoud, Jean-françois

Stereochemistry of gabapentin and several derivatives: Solid state conformations and solution equilibria
p. 1002 | Ananda, K.; Aravinda, S.; Vasudev, Prema G.; Raja, K. Muruga Poopathi; Sivaramakrishnan, H.; Nagarajan, K.; Shamala, N.; Balaram, P.

Is the peacock merely beautiful or also honest?
p. 1012 | Gadagkar, Raghavendra

A beautiful mind: Attribution and intentionality in wild bonnet macaques
p. 1021 | Sinha, Anindya

Reactivation of Himalayan Frontal Fault: Implications
p. 1031 | Valdiya, K. S.

Nanocrystals of metals, semiconductors and oxides: Novel synthesis and applications
p. 1041 | Rao, C. N. R.; Kulkarni, G. U.; Thomas, P. John; Agrawal, Ved Varun; Gautam, Ujjal K.; Ghosh, Moumita

Structural and dynamical consequences on various high-pressure phase transitions in laser host fluoroscheelites LiYF₄ and LiYbF₄
p. 1045 | Sen, A.; Chaplot, S. L.; Mittal, R.

First principles theories and MgB₂ at ambient and high pressures
p. 1050 | Godwal, B. K.; Modak, P.; Verma, A. K.; Gaitonde, D. M.; Rao, R. S.

High pressure studies on a nematogen with highly polar molecules: Evidence for a nematic--nematic transition
p. 1056 | Manjuladevi, V.; Madhusudana, N. V.

Twist grain boundary smectic A phase in compounds derived from cholesterol
p. 1061 | Shubashree, S.; Sadasiva, B. K.

Approaches to relieve the burden of cataract blindness through natural antioxidants: use of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
p. 1065 | Thiagarajan, Geetha; Venu, Talla; Balasubramanian, Dorairajan

Interatomic contacts in viral capsids
p. 1071 | Murthy, M. R. N.

Application of molecular sexing to free-ranging Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in southern India
p. 1074 | Vidya, T. N. C.; Kumar, V. Roshan; Arivazhagan, C.; Sukumar, R.

Ramaseshan and anomalous scattering
p. 1078 | Venkatesan, K.

Sivaraj
p. 1079 | Rao, C. N. R.

Ramaseshan's Chitra connection
p. 1080 | Valiathan, M. S.

S. Ramaseshan, the teacher
p. 1082 | Nityananda, Rajaram; Ramesh, T. G.; Ranganath, G. S.

Ramaseshan's contributions to Indian Academy of Sciences and Current Science
p. 1084 | Madhavan, G.

The Legacy of Charaka
p. 1087 | Satyavati, G. V.

Return of the Crazy Bird -- The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo
p. 1090 | Borges, Renee M.

Lectures on Quantum Mechanics
p. 1093 | Sen, Diptiman

Institute of bioresources and sustainable development (IBSD)
p. 1095

Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research
p. 1098

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute
p. 1099

All India Institute of Medical Sciences
p. 1100

XIX Main SERC School in Theoretical High Energy Physics
p. 1100

Jubilant Biosys
p. 1101

Department of Biotechnology
p. 1101

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
p. 1102

3rd Course on Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Mineral Exploration
p. 1102

Physical Research Laboratory
p. 1103

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
p. 1103