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p. 1164

Statistics in India Today - Past Perfect, Future Tense!
p. 1165 | Balaram, P.

Compartmentalization of science in India – for whose benefit?
p. 1167 | Dharmapalan, Biju

Additional recommendations to the UGC task force for basic scientific research in universities
p. 1167 | Rao, A. S.

Opportunity for Indian palaeontology
p. 1168 | Shah, S. K.

Where are we going in science? Publish and perish!
p. 1169 | Sanal, M. G.

The need for enrichment programmes for in-service undergraduate science teachers
p. 1169 | Chakrabarti, Bhupati

On the variability of Cry1Ac expression in commercialized Bt cotton varieties in India(Response)
p. 1170 | Kranthi, K. R.

On the variability of Cry1Ac expression in commercialized Bt cotton varieties in India
p. 1170 | Shantharam, S.; Rao, C. Kameswara

Physics of accelerator-driven sub-critical systems for energy and transmutation
p. 1173 | Nema, P. K.; Kumar, V.

New developments in rapeseed mustard
p. 1174 | Moza, Monika Koul

Scientists anonymous
p. 1175 | Gopinathan, Asha

Lung function abnormalities among petrol-pump workers of Lucknow, North India
p. 1177 | Kesavachandran, C.; Rastogi, S. K.; Anand, M.; Mathur, N.; Dhawan, A.

A simple nail polish imprint technique for examination of external morphology of Drosophila eyes
p. 1179 | Arya, Richa; Lakhotia, S. C.

Imprints of Chilika Lake in the offshore region – a geomorphologic evidence
p. 1180 | Subrahmanyam, V.; Murthy, K. S. R.; Subrahmanyam, A. S.; Rao, K. Mohana; Sarma, K. V. L. N. S.; Reddy, N. P. C.; Murty, G. P. S.; Devi, D. Kameswari

CORRECTION: The International Linear Collider: A new paradigm for doing science globally
p. 1182 | Godbole, Rohini

Enhancing learner capabilities in undergraduate science programmes through small-scale research activity: teaching of the subject ‘agricultural ecology’
p. 1183 | Raman, Anantanarayanan; Mckenzie, Anthony D.; Cochrane, Kerry W.

Heavy rainfall episode over Mumbai on 26 July 2005: Assessment of NWP guidance
p. 1188 | Bohra, A. K.; Basu, Swati; Rajagopal, E. N.; Iyengar, G. R.; Gupta, M. Das; Ashrit, R.; Athiyaman, B.

Extreme events, intrinsic landforms and humankind: post-tsunami scenario along Nagore–Velankanni coast, Tamil Nadu, India
p. 1195 | Mascarenhas, Antonio

Potential of autonomous underwater vehicles as new generation ocean data platforms
p. 1202 | Desa, Elgar; Madhan, R.; Maurya, P.

Nesting habits, floral resources and foraging ecology of large carpenter bees (Xylocopa latipes and Xylocopa pubescens) in India
p. 1210 | Raju, A. J. Solomon; Rao, S. Purnachandra

Interannual variability of summer monsoon rainfall over Orissa in relation to tropospheric circulation features
p. 1218 | Mohapatra, M.; Mohanty, U. C.

Multivalency in lectins – A crystallographic, modelling and light-scattering study involving peanut lectin and a bivalent ligand
p. 1230 | Natchiar, S. Kundhavai; Srinivas, O.; Mitra, Nivedita; Dev, Sagarika; Jayaraman, N.; Surolia, A.; Vijayan, M.

Tree diversity and stand structure in inland and coastal tropical dry evergreen forests of peninsular India
p. 1238 | Mani, S.; Parthasarathy, N.

Ball lightning: elusive behaviour depending upon proton conductivity
p. 1247 | Tennakone, K.

Molecular geometry from molecular tensegrity: A case study of gas-phase MX₂ compounds
p. 1251 | Ganguly, Parthasarathy

Molecular differentiation in Murraya Koenig ex L. species in India inferred through ITS, RAPD and DAMD analysis
p. 1253 | Ranade, S. A.; Rana, T. S.; Srivastava, A. P.; Nair, K. N.

ATP levels and adenylate energy charge in soils of mangroves in the Andamans
p. 1258 | Dinesh, R.; Chaudhuri, S. Ghoshal; Sheeja, T. E.

Biosorption of metals from contaminated water using seaweed
p. 1263 | Kumar, V. Vinoj; Kaladharan, P.

Co-existing compressional and extensional regimes along the Himalayan front vis-à-vis active faults near Singhauli, Haryana, India
p. 1267 | Philip, G.; Virdi, N. S.

Spatial variability in erosion in the Brahmaputra basin: causes and impacts
p. 1272 | Singh, Sunil Kumar

A new record of calcareous algae from Shella Formation (Jaintia Group) of South Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India
p. 1276 | Sarma, Ajanta; Ghosh, Amit K.

Palynological constraints on the age of mammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean beds of Naskal, Rangareddi district, Andhra Pradesh
p. 1281 | Singh, R. S.; Kar, Ratan; Prasad, G. V. R.

Perspectives in Environmental Health – Vector and Water-Borne Diseases
p. 1286 | Raghunath, D.

Variational Methods in Shape Optimization Problems – Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and their Applications
p. 1287 | Vaze, Vinay

Mrinal Kumar Dasgupta (1923–2005)
p. 1288 | Ananthakrishnan, S.; Basu, Prasanta Kumar

REFRESHER COURSE ON ADVANCED TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY
p. 1290

CENTRAL MINING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
p. 1291

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY CALL FOR PROPOSAL TO SET UP CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING CENTRES
p. 1292

KVPY
p. 1293

National Institute of Advanced Studies
p. 1294

INTENSIVE COURSE ON INVERSE MODELLING
p. 1295

JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (ONE)
p. 1295

Ph.D. and Postdoctoral positions available
p. 1296

Quest Specialty Chemicals
p. 1296

RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
p. 1297

Manipal Academy of Higher Education
p. 1297

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy
p. 1298

CH. CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY Third Cover
p. 1298