Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 121 - Issue 11: 10 Dec, 2021
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Science Academies’ Refresher Course in ‘Organization, Complexity and Evolution of Living Systems’
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Editorial
Molecular taxonomy and morpho-taxonomists’ concerns
p. 1387 | Venu, P.; Sanjappa, M.

News
Intake of fruits and vegetables is essential for mental well-being among children
p. 1389 | Krishnan, Arjun R.

Nobel Prize for climate science in 2021
p. 1390 | Seshadri, Ashwin; Srinivasan, J.

Nobel Prize in Physics for 2021
p. 1391 | Dasgupta, Chandan

Current Science Reports
p. 1393

Opinion
Ecological imbalances affect the population of peafowl, jackal and giant honeybee colonies in Palakkad district, Kerala, India
p. 1397 | Balan, Pradeep

Commentary
Quest for disaster-resilient roads in the Himalaya
p. 1399 | Sharma, Shubhra; Sati, S. P.; Sundriyal, Y. P.; Sharma, Vikram; Dobhal, Harsh

Scientific Correspondence
A strategy for the development of a combination SARS-CoV-2 vaccine containing a DNA vaccine (ZyCoV-D) and an inactivated virus vaccine (Covaxin)
p. 1402 | Rangarajan, Pundi N.

General Articles
Possible early universe signals in proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
p. 1403 | Sahoo, Raghunath; Nayak, Tapan K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1403-1408

Research Articles
Using citizen science to build baseline data on tropical tree phenology
p. 1409 | Ramaswami, Geetha; Sidhu, Swati; Quader, Suhel
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1409-1416

Variability of ionospheric total electron content at low-latitude station during twin solar maxima and solar minima of the 24th solar cycle and its comparison with different versions of IRI models
p. 1417 | Parwani, Mahesh; Mansoori, Azad Ahmad; Sharma, P. K.; Purohit, P. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1417-1424

The spatio-temporal trajectory of COVID-19 in India: insight into past pandemics and future recommendations
p. 1425 | Poonia, Neeraj; Azad, Sarita
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1425-1432

Development of cloud-based rainfall–run-off model using Google Earth Engine
p. 1433 | Jain, Sukant; Jaiswal, R. K.; Lohani, A. K.; Galkate, Ravi
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1433-1440

Study of steel mass spring system with varying speeds in a tunnel
p. 1441 | Chowdhary, Aamir Rashid; Akhtar, Nasim
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1441-1451

Lockeia: the bivalves resting trace fossils from Early Jurassic to Bajocian Thaiat Member of Lathi Formation of the Jaisalmer Basin, Western Rajasthan, India
p. 1452 | Parihar, V. S.; Meghwal, V. K.; Singh, Abhimanyu; Nama, S. L.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1452-1458

High uranium concentration in groundwater used for drinking in parts of eastern Karnataka, India
p. 1459 | Srinivasan, R.; Pandit, S. A.; Karunakara, N.; Salim, Deepak; Kumara, K. Sudeep; Kumar, M. Rajesh; Khatei, Ganesh; Ramkumar, Kavitha Devi
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1459-1469

Land resources evaluation and drainage network analysis of watershed for site specific crop planning using GIS
p. 1470 | Kar, Gouranga; Patra, Prasanta Kumar; Raychaudhuri, M.; Anand, P. S. B.; Alam, N. M.; Panigrahi, Sunita; Sahoo, Himadrinath; Chaudhari, S. K.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1470-1479

Research Communications
Particulate matter concentration in the microenvironment of wheat thresher
p. 1480 | Anvesha; Mehta, Abhay Kumar
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1480-1482

Causes and consequences of Rishiganga flash flood, Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, central Himalaya, India
p. 1483 | Mehta, Manish; Kumar, Vinit; Sain, Kalachand; Tiwari, Sameer K.; Kumar, Amit; Verma, Akshaya
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1483-1487

Economic analysis of pesticide expenditure for managing the invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) by maize farmers in Karnataka, India
p. 1487 | Deshmukh, Sharanabasappa S.; Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M.; Prasanna, B. M.; Sannathimmappa, H. G.; Kavyashree, B. A.; Sharath, K. N.; Pradeep, Palam; Patil, Kiran Kumar R.
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1487-1492

Alternaria alternata causes leaf and fruit blight in makhana
p. 1492 | Kumar, Santosh; Kumar, Tribhuwan; Singh, Mahendra; Saha, Tamoghna; Kumar, Mahesh
doi: 10.18520/cs/v121/i11/1492-1495

Book Reviews
Practical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals, Second Edition. Sora Ludwig
p. 1496 | Mohan, V.

Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2019. Sabeeha S. Merchant, Wilhelm Gruissem and Donald R. Ort (eds)
p. 1496 | Madan, Bhumika; Malik, Aakansha; Tyagi, Ashu; Chakraborty, Navjyoti

Personal News
Indira Nath (1938–2021)
p. 1499 | Sinha, Subrata; Prasad, H. Krishna

Jitendra Paul Khurana (1954–2021)
p. 1501 | Tyagi, Akhilesh K.; Sopory, Sudhir K.

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