In this issue
p. 1079

Saha and Raman
p. 1081 | Bose, D. N.

Altruism of selfish DNA and evolution
p. 1081 | Brahmachary, R. L.

Flashes and bursts--Mysterious happenings in the sky
p. 1082 | Ramaseshan, S.

New appointments
p. 1083

Comments on 'Endemic, rare and threatened flowering plants of South India'
p. 1083 | Meher-homji, V. M.

Fluctuating sexual characters in Drosophila pseudoobscura from Colombia
p. 1084 | Campos, H. A.; Hoenigsberg, H. F.

Immunodiagnostics--Unfulfilled promises and needs
p. 1085 | Tandon, P. N.

Condensed matter at ultra high pressures
p. 1087 | Godwal, B. K.

p53: The molecular guardian of cell cycle
p. 1096 | Gupta, Anu; Singh, Jarnail

A PC-based operational storm surge prediction system for disaster management in coastal India
p. 1103 | Dube, S. K.; Gaur, Vinod K.

Differential rates of seed abortion among trees of Dalbergia sissoo: Role of post-dispersal sibling competition
p. 1114 | Raju, B. Mohan; Shaanker, R. Uma; Ganeshaiah, K. N.

A new class of nonlinear optical materials based on push-pull quinonoid molecules
p. 1119 | Ravi, M.; Rao, D. Narayana; Cohen, Shmuel; Agranat, Israel; Radhakrishnan, T. P.

Transcriptional expression of LDL receptor gene in aortic atherosclerotic lesions induced by cholesterol-rich diet
p. 1124 | Gupta, Anu; Mehta, Uma; Kukreja, R. S.; Kaul, D.

A polyurethane-polyvinylpyrrolidone interpenetrating polymer network for mammalian cell encapsulation
p. 1126 | Nair, Prabha D.

Fractal relation of perimeter to the water body area
p. 1129 | Sagar, B. S. Daya; Rao, B. S. Prakasa

Effect of glutaraldehyde on sulphide production and sulphate reduction by sulphate -reducing bacteria
p. 1131 | Vatsala, T. M.; Mah, R. A.

Radiocarbon dates of sediment cores from inner continental shelf off Taingapatnam, southwest coast of India
p. 1133 | Nambiar, A. R.; Rajagopalan, G.

Effective utilization geomorphology in uranium exploration: A success story from Meghalaya, northeast India
p. 1136 | Mamallan, R.; Awati, A. B.; Kak, S. N.; Gupta, K. R.

Monitoring functional property of the transgene through rapid amplification of cDNA ends in indica rice transformants
p. 1140 | Basu, D.; Das, S.; Nayak, P.; Sen, S. K.

Changes in nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase activities in Ziziphus mauritiana by different VAM fungi
p. 1144 | Mathur, Nishi; Vyas, Anil

Perspectives in Theoretical Nuclear Physics
p. 1147 | Pasupathy, J.

Annual Review of Immunology 1994
p. 1147 | Manjunath, R.

Volcanism
p. 1148 | Ramakrishnan, M.

Professor S. K. Mitra--His pioneering work on radio science
p. 1150 | Ghosh, S. N.; Ghosh, Atanu

Indian Science Congress Association
p. 1160