In this issue
p. 0006

Should I return my Sahitya Akademi Award?
p. 0007 | Narlikar, Jayant V.

Chennai flood of 1–5 December 2015: an extreme climatic event?
p. 0009 | Balakrishnan, S.

Make in India – some suggestions
p. 0009 | Rao, A. S.

Higher education and Indian science – start with the school education
p. 0010 | Lavakare, P. J.

The dark side of thermal printed paper
p. 0011 | Gogoi, Ankur; Neog, Bijoy

Outbreak of dengue in Tamil Nadu, India – a rejoinder
p. 0012 | Arun, P. R.

Response: Outbreak of dengue in Tamil Nadu, India – a rejoinder
p. 0013 | Chandran, R.

2015 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
p. 0015 | Khan, Sameen Ahmed

A sci-fi film about a Mars survivor calls our attention to the importance of microbiome in agriculture
p. 0015 | Gopal, Murali; Gupta, Alka

Altmetric manifesto completes five years (2010–2015)
p. 0017 | Dutta, Bidyarthi

The JEE conundrum revisited: a time for course correction
p. 0018 | Mehra, Anurag

Nitric oxide protects the quiescent human normal lung fibroblast cells after γ-irradiation
p. 0023 | Dai, Jiawen; Baskar, Rajamanickam

Utility of DNA barcoding for identification of bird-strike samples from India
p. 0025 | Gaikwad, Swapnil Sopan; Munot, Hitendra; Shouche, Yogesh S.

Performance of Apis mellifera L. in cabbage hybrid seed production in net houses
p. 0028 | Chandel, Y. S.; Sagar, Vidya; Parmar, S.

Propagation techniques of Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb. (a Himalayan toothache shrub)
p. 0030 | Daudi, Parvez; Bisht, Kuber Singh; Pandey, Vivek

Rediscovery of Phyllanthus macrocalyx Mull. Arg. (Phyllanthaceae), a rare endemic species of the Western Ghats, India
p. 0033 | Kumar, V. V. Naveen; Prabhukumar, K. M.; Bhavadas, N.; Sunil, C. N.; Balachandran, Indira

Trends of publications and patents on metallic fuel development for fast reactors
p. 0036 | Banerjee, Joydipta; Prakasan, E. R.; Kutty, T. R. G.; Bhanumurthy, K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/36-43

Drosophila as a model for mosquito: olfactory signals and host seeking behaviour
p. 0044 | Paddibhatla, Indira; Mishra, Rakesh Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/44-46

Anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties of Malaysia Tualang honey
p. 0047 | Devasvaran, Kogilavanee; Yong, Yoke-Keong
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/47-51

1-Naphthaleneacetic acid in rice cultivation
p. 0052 | Basuchaudhuri, P.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/52-56

Studies on the maintenance of ‘self-sustained’ mosquito vector population in Vaigai river, South India
p. 0057 | Kamaladhasan, N.; Tyagi, B. K.; Swamy, P. S.; Chandrasekaran, S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/57-68

Statistical and analytical study of guided abstractive text summarization
p. 0069 | Kallimani, Jagadish S.; Srinivasa, K. G.; Reddy, B. Eswara
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/69-72

Calibration of NMR spectroscopy for accurate estimation of oil content in sunflower, safflower and castor seeds
p. 0073 | Yadav, Praduman; Murthy, I. Y. L. N.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/73-76

Arsenic and other metals in the groundwater samples of Ranchi city, Jharkhand, India
p. 0076 | Tirkey, Poonam; Bhattacharya, Tanushree; Chakraborty, Sukalyan
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/76-80

Assessment of flood vulnerability at village level for Kandi block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal
p. 0081 | Mollah, Swati
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/81-86

Glossifungites ichnofabric signifying Crustacean colonization in early Permian Barakar Formation, Talchir Coal Basin, India
p. 0086 | Bhattacharya, Biplab; Banerjee, Sudipto; Bandyopadhyay, Sandip
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/86-91

Ascertaining the neotectonic activities in the southern part of Shillong Plateau through geomorphic parameters and remote sensing data
p. 0091 | Imsong, Watinaro; Choudhury, Swapnamita; Phukan, Sarat
doi: 10.18520/cs/v110/i1/91-98

Recent Advances in Weed Management, Vol. 1, Bhagirath S. Chauhan and Gulshan Mahajan (eds)
p. 0099 | Srivastava, Rajani

Annual Review of Entomology, 2015, May R. Berenbaum, Ring T. Cardé and Gene E. Robinson (eds)
p. 0100 | Shakarad, Mallikarjun N.

A Systematic Revision of the Land Snails of the Western Ghats of India, Raheem, D. C. et al.
p. 0101 | Pethiyagoda, Rohan

Scientist Recruitment – 2015 - CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
p. 0103

Building Energy Efficiency Higher and Advanced Network - Indo-US Science and Technology Forum
p. 0104

Science Academies’ 75th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics
p. 0105

Refresher Course on Mountain Hydrology and Climate Change
p. 0106

Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellowship: 2015–16 - Department of Biotechnology
p. 0107

Call for Research Proposals for 2015–16 - Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
p. 0108

Call for Proposals for Himalayan Research Fellowships for 2015–16 - Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
p. 0109

Scientist/Engineer - National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
p. 0110

Research Positions Available - Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation
p. 0111

8th Call for Proposals - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms
p. 0112

Planetary Sciences and Exploration Programme - Physical Research Laboratory
p. 0113

Call for Hosting Scientists for Ramanujan, Ramlingaswami, DST Inspire Faculty or Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award at NIAB, Hyderabad
p. 0114

Invites Nominations for different Awards for the Biennium 2015–2016 - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
p. 0114

Summer Programme - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
p. 0115

Nominations Invited for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology – 2016
p. 0115

Junior Research Fellow - SRM University
p. 0116

Research Chairs - Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
p. 0116

Invites applications for the post of VICE CHANCELLOR - Homi Bhabha National Institute
p. 0117

Junior Research Fellow - B.V. Patel PERD Centre
p. 0117

DIRECTOR - National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
p. 0117

Vaccancy of Scientists - Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute for Basic Sciences
p. 0118

Call for Applications Fellow - National Biodiversity Authority
p. 0118