In this issue
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Science for sustainable agriculture to achieve UN SDG Goal 2
p. 1585 | Swaminathan, M. S.; Kesavan, P. C.

Science indicators in development time
p. 1587 | Prathap, Gangan

Water management
p. 1588 | Harsha, J.

Science Last Fortnight
p. 1591

Essentiality of fast-growing tree species in Krushi Aranya Prothsaha Yojane
p. 1595 | Ramesha, M. N.; Jhenkhar, M.; Holscher, D.; Patil, S. L.; Gowda, H. C. Hombe

The role of technology in charting India’s progress towards climate change goals
p. 1596 | Pradhan, Shanal; Goswami, Gautam

ISRO releases the special issue on ‘Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator’
p. 1596

Physiotherapy
p. 1598 | Dutta, Abhijit; Unni, B. G.

Jennifer Graves
p. 1599 | Priya, S.

Science and technology diplomacy – some reflections
p. 1601 | Parthasarathi, Ashok

Autonomy and accountability in institutions of higher education
p. 1603 | Zare, Richard N.

Is export-oriented and currency dynamics-based Indian soybean revolution environment-friendly?
p. 1604 | Tiwari, Siddhartha Paul; Tiwari, S. P.

Wide area surveillance using ship wakes
p. 1606 | Barman, Jayanta; Kumar, Ashish; Warrior, H. V.; Maheswaran, P. A.; Kumar, Hareesh

LREE–Nb mineralization in the south western part of Ambadongar carbonatite complex, Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat, India
p. 1608 | Nagabhushanam, B.; Raju, S. Durai; Mundra, K. L.; Rai, S. D.; Purohit, R. K.; Verma, M. B.; Nanda, L. K.

Chronic flubendiamide exposure induces oxidative stress in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calves
p. 1610 | Ranjan, Amita; Dumka, V. K.; Ranjan, Rakesh

Measuring scientific value of Indian journals beyond impact factor: a case with physics–chemistry–biology journals
p. 1613 | Mukherjee, Bhaskar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1613-1623

Bibliometric analysis of greenhouse gas research on a global scale from 2000 to 2014
p. 1624 | Yang, Wei; Zhou, Haijin; Si, Fuqi; Liu, Cheng; Wang, Wei; Sun, Youwen; Liu, Wenqing; Shan, Changgong
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1624-1631

Vitamin B12 as a regulator of bone health
p. 1632 | Yadav, Vijay K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1632-1638

Intellectual property evolution and innovation ecosystem as effective tools in strengthening Indian healthcare sector
p. 1639 | Dixit, Tripta; Srivastava, Sadhana; Sahu, Smita; Selvamurthy, W.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1639-1649

Is mercury really toxic? The way forward for its judicious medicinal applications based on the therapeutic doctrines of Ayurveda
p. 1650 | Yadav, Kapil Deo; Chaudhary, Anand K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1650-1655

Luminescent solar concentrators – the solar waveguides
p. 1656 | Mohan, Brindha V. G.; Vasu, V.; Benjamin, A. Robson; Kottaisamy, M.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1656-1664

The GIVE ionospheric delay correction approach to improve positional accuracy of NavIC/IRNSS single-frequency receiver
p. 1665 | Desai, Mehul V.; Shah, Shweta N.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1665-1676

Spliceosomal proteins encoded by fungal genomes
p. 1677 | Sarde, Sandeep J.; Kempken, Frank; Kumar, Abhishek
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1677-1686

Phytosociological analysis of Myristica swamp forests of Kulathupuzha, Kerala, India
p. 1687 | Roby, T. J.; Jose, Joyce; Nair, P. Vijayakumaran
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1687-1696

Numerical and experimental studies in prediction of bed levels of aggrading channels
p. 1697 | Andharia, B. R.; Patel, P. L.; Manekar, V. L.; Porey, P. D.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1697-1708

Ground motion simulation for earthquakes in Sumatran region
p. 1709 | Dhanya, J.; Raghukanth, S. T. G.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1709-1720

Spectral response of few important textural variants of chromitite and its potential in estimating relative grades of chromitite – a case study for chromitite of Nuggihalli Schist Belt, India
p. 1721 | Guha, Arindam; Ghosh, Biswajit; Chaudhury, Sukanya; Rani (Pasricha), Komal; Kumar, K. Vinod
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1721-1731

Demography and birth seasonality in the Nicobar long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosus)
p. 1732 | Pal, Arijit; Kumara, Honnavalli N.; Velankar, Avadhoot D.; Mishra, Partha Sarathi; Singh, Mewa
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1732-1737

Comparison of culture and PCR methods for diagnosis of group B Streptococcus in women
p. 1738 | Nasrollahi, Mohtaram; Moghadaszadeh, Masoud; Abdollahi, Maryam; Marzhoseyni, Zeynab; Salehian, Maryam; Nazar, Eisa; Sharif, Shukufe; Hashemi, Behnam
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1738-1741

Development and validation of marker-free constructs based on nucleocapsid protein gene of watermelon bud necrosis orthotospovirus in watermelon
p. 1742 | Holkar, S. K.; Mandal, Bikash; Jain, R. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1742-1747

Dual transmitter–receiver electromagnetic system for lateral boundary detection of subsurface formations
p. 1747 | Rajesh, R.; Sarma, V. S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1747-1751

Overestimated groundwater ¹⁴C ages triggered an inexpediency of water policy in China
p. 1751 | Wang, Tao; Chen, Jiansheng
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1751-1755

Inbound tourism in Uttarakhand, India, before and after the 2013 Kedarnath disaster – evidence derived from social networking sites using GIS
p. 1755 | Gupta, Stutee; Anand, Shikha; Gwal, Srishti
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1755-1759

Supplementation of an immunomodulator, Ergosan in early larvae rearing of Indian white prawn, Fenneropenaeus indicus
p. 1760 | Chithambaran, Sambhu; Ayaril, Nasser K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1760-1762

Spectral modelling of estuarine coloured dissolved organic matter
p. 1762 | Sarma, Nittala S.; Pandi, Sudarsana Rao; Chari, N. V. H. K.; Chiranjeevulu, Gundala; Kiran, Rayaprolu; Krishna, K. Shiva; Rao, D. Bhaskara; Venkatesh, P.; Kumar, B. Charan; Raman, A. V.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1762-1767

Impact of elevated CO₂ on Oryza sativa phenology and brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) population
p. 1767 | Guru-Pirasanna-Pandi, G.; Chander, Subhash; Pal, Madan; Soumia, P. S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1767-1777

Annual Review of Medicine, 2017. C. Thomas Caskey, Mary E. Klotman and Peter Scardino (eds)
p. 1778 | Kartha, C. C.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Zoological Terms: Sanskrit–Sanskrit–English. Compiled by B. Thirumalachar
p. 1780 | Joshi, Purushottam V.

7th National Level Workshop on Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Ex Situ Conservation and Applications of Fungi - National Fungal Culture Collection of India
p. 1781

Science Academies’ Refresher Course on ‘Biotechnology Techniques in Biodiversity Conservation’ 10–24 September 2018
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Science Academies’ 100th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics
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Admissions 2018 - SRM University
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Junior Research Fellow - SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur
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Announces admission to M.Sc. in ‘Biotechnology and Bioinformatics’- Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
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Admission to the Ph.D. Program of Manipal Academy of Higher Education
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Project Assistant, Project Technical Officer and Project Technician-II - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
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Junior Research Fellow - Yenepoya
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AcSIR invites Applications for admission to Ph.D. and Masters’ Program in disciplines of SCIENCE and ENGINEERING
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Junior Research Fellow - Department of Genetic Engineering
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Junior Research Fellow - SRM Institute of Science and Technology
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Junior Research Fellow - Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science
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Junior Research Fellow - M. L. Sukhadia University
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Junior Research Fellow and Post-Doctoral Fellow - Vellore Institute of Technology
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DST Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme – Nano Science and Technology Overseas Visiting Fellowships - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
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Invites Expression of Interest for project regarding Inventorization of all water bodies in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) other than Greater Mumbai
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