In this issue
p. 1278

India needs more policy research
p. 1279 | Subramanya, H. S.; Saberwal, Gayatri

The TWAS–Lenovo Science Prize-winning work of R. A. Mashelkar
p. 1281 | Sivaram, S.

Science Last Fortnight
p. 1283

Why challenges of doubling farmers' income by 2022 are acceptable in context of the present Indian agricultural scenario
p. 1287 | Barua, Sukanya; Kumar, Rajeev; ., Satyapriya; Singh, Premlata

Current scenario of air pollution in relation to respiratory health
p. 1289 | Paramesh, H.

Genesis of Dhuadhar Falls, Bhedaghat, Madhya Pradesh, India
p. 1292 | Mallik, Jyotirmoy; Das, Ayanangshu; Das, Shreeja; Bandyopadhyay, Krishanu

Uranium mineralization in Kappatralla outlier of Gulcheru quartzite formation, Mesoproterozoic Cuddapah Supergroup, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh India
p. 1294 | Rajaraman, H. S.; Jain, S. K.; Bisht, B. S.; Jeyagopal, A. V.; Verma, M. B.

How accomplished are we for writing our natural flora?
p. 1299 | Venu, Potharaju; Sanjappa, Munivenkatappa
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1299-1303

Comparing research performance of private universities in India with IIT's central universities and NITs
p. 1304 | Banshal, Sumit Kumar; Singh, Vivek Kumar; Mayr, Philipp
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1304-1313

Potential of surplus crop residues, horticultural waste and animal excreta as a nutrient source in the central and western regions of India
p. 1314 | Bhattacharjya, Sudeshna; Sahu, Asha; Manna, M. C.; Patra, A. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1314-1323

Impact of Salinity and zinc application on growth, physiological, and yield traits in wheat
p. 1324 | Rani, Sonia; Sharma, Manoj Kumar; Kumar, Neeraj; ., Neelam
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1324-1330

Dynamic modelling and parameter identification of cable-driven manipulator
p. 1331 | Yan, Fei; Wang, Yaoyao; Ju, Feng; Yao, Jiafeng; Chen, Bai; Wu, Hongtao
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1331-1345

Treatment of wastewater generated from coke oven by absorption on steelmaking slag and its effect on cementitious properties
p. 1346 | Dhoble, Yogesh Nathuji; Ahmed, Sirajuddin
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1346-1355

Resolution enhancement for geoelectrical layer interpretation of electrical resistivity model from composite dataset: implication from physical model studies
p. 1356 | Rekapalli, Rajesh; Kumar, Dewashish; Sarma, V. S.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1356-1362

Preparation of nanomaterials from strategic placer heavy minerals recovered from red sediments of badlands topography along the South East Coast of India
p. 1363 | Mishra, Bignaraj; Srikant, Satya Sai; Routray, Sunita; Laxmi, Tumula; Rao, Raghupatruni Bhima
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1363-1372

Archaeobotanical studies at Suabarei, Puri District, Odisha, India
p. 1373 | Naik, Satish S.; Patnaik, Jeeban Kumar; Kingwell-Banham, Eleanor; Murphy, Charlene; Fuller, Dorian Q.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1373-1380

Feasibility assessment of distributed generation systems in Sagar Island, West Bengal, India
p. 1381 | Sikder, Partha Sarothi; Pal, Nitai
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1381-1386

Attachment to shifting cultivation among Konyak Naga tribe in Eastern Himalaya: choice or compulsion?
p. 1387 | Pandey, D. K.; Adhiguru, P.; De, H. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1387-1391

Did Romans have direct maritime trade contact with Odisha on the Eastern Indian littoral?
p. 1391 | Tripati, Sila; Behera, Rudra Prasad
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1391-1397

Optimized culture conditions for enhanced recovery of exopololysaccharide from Pseudolagarobasidium acaciicola: a novel fungus isolated from the fruit body of a Russian nigricans a wild edible mushroom of Odisha, India
p. 1397 | Behera, Smita; Gupta, Nibha
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1397-1406

Palaeo- seawater of Kutch region, Gujarat, India
p. 1407 | Keesari, Tirumalesh; Sinha, Uday Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1407-1410

Origin and distribution of shallow gas-charged sediment on the inner continental shelf of central west coast of India
p. 1410 | Dubey, K. M.; Chaubey, A. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1410-1417

Carbon sequestration potential of mango orchards in the tropical hot and humid climate of Konkan region, India
p. 1417 | Ganeshamurthy, A. N.; Ravindra, K. V.; Rupa, T. R.; Bhatt, R. M.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v116/i8/1417-1423

The Indian Nitrogen Assessment: Sources of Reactive Nitrogen, Environmental and Climate Effects, Management Options, and Policies. Yash P. Abrol et al.
p. 1424 | Kumari, Supriya; Malik, Aakansha

Story of Universe. Govind Bhattacharjee
p. 1425 | Panchapakesan, N.

Immunological Techniques using Fish Model: A Laboratory Manual. R. Dinakaran Michael
p. 1427 | Pitchappan, Ramaswamy

P. T. Manoharan (1935–2019)
p. 1428 | Subramaniam, Sankaran; Pradeep, Thalappil; Srinivasan, T. K. K.

Records of supernovae from India
p. 1430 | Shylaja, B. S.

Indo-US Fellowship for Womens in STEMM
p. 1434

Junior Research Fellowships - Yenepoya University
p. 1435

Call for the Position of Raja Ramanna Chair Professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies
p. 1436

Call for Nominations - INSA Teachers Award – 2019
p. 1436

International Symposium on ‘Advances in Coastal Research with special reference to Indo Pacific – 2019 - Ministry of Earth Sciences
p. 1437

M.Sc. Degree in Human Disease Genetics: 2019–21 - Centre for Human Genetics
p. 1437

Junior Research Fellow - SRM Institute of Science and Technology
p. 1438

Admission to Master's and Ph.D. Program - Academy of Scientific Innovative Research
p. 1438

Junior Research Fellow - SRM University
p. 1439

Junior Research Fellows - Annamalai University
p. 1439

Junior Research Fellow - SRM University
p. 1439

Junior Research Fellow - Banaras Hindu University
p. 1439