In this issue
p. 1409

Symposia and congresses
p. 1411 | Balaram, P.

Promoting science vs promoting scientists
p. 1413 | Vidyasagar, M.

Some new inputs on the Ghauri
p. 1414 | Chandrashekar, S.

Healing plants - some comments
p. 1415 | Chattopadhyay, M. K.

Technology Day invention awards for meritorious non-military inventions presented
p. 1415

TIFAC's Home Grown Technology Scheme yields commercial launch of rapid diagnostic kits
p. 1416

Contemporary issues in olfaction
p. 1416 | Bhalla, U. S.

Atom laser
p. 1420 | Manohar, K. G.; Jagatap, B. N.

The need for removal of restriction on maps
p. 1423 | Srikantia, S. V.

Journal impact factors for the individual scientist: An unnecessary evil
p. 1424 | Gowrishankar, J.

A potential biocontrol agent for pigeonpea nematode (Heterodera cajani Koshy)
p. 1425 | Kannan, C.; Lingaraju, S.

Oxygen (¹⁸O) isotopic enrichment in the leaves as a potential surrogate for transpiration and stomatal conductance
p. 1427 | Madhava, H. Bindu; Sheshshayee, M. S.; Devendra, R.; Prasad, T. G.; Udayakumar, M.

The iron pillar at Kodachadri in Karnataka
p. 1428 | Anantharaman, T. R.

INSAT-2E: Launch and early orbit phase operations
p. 1431 | Rangarajan, S.; Annadurai, M.

Meteorological imaging instruments on-board INSAT-2E
p. 1436 | Iyengar, V. S.; Nagrani, C. M.; Dave, R. K.; Aradhye, B. V.; Nagchenchaiah, K.; Kumar, A. S. Kiran

Use of charged coupled device payload on INSAT-2E for meteorological and agricultural applications
p. 1444 | Bhatia, R. C.; Gupta, H. V.

Applications of water-vapour imagery received from INSAT-2E satellites
p. 1448 | Bhatia, R. C.; Bhushan, Brij; Rao, V. Rajeswara

Walter Kohn: Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998
p. 1451 | Majumdar, C. K.

Unnurtured and untapped super sweet nonsacchariferous plant species in India
p. 1454 | Dwivedi, R. Snehi

Molecular biology of Leishmania: Kinetoplast DNA and DNA topoisomerases as novel therapeutic targets Asit
p. 1462 | Chakraborty, K.; Majumder, Hemanta K.

Rational design of solid materials: A case study of lithium-ion conductors
p. 1473 | Gopalakrishnan, J.; Shukla, A. K.; Thangadurai, V.

Experimental forecasts of all-India monthly and summer monsoon rainfall using neural network
p. 1481 | Goswami, P.; Crasta, Gration; Sreekanth, V.; Shobha, K. V.; Naik, M. Kavitha

Use of silicon carbide fibers for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in wheat
p. 1483 | Singh, Neeta; Chawla, H. S.

Effect of mRNA secondary structure in the regulation of gene expression: Unfolding of stable loop causes the expression of Taq polymerase in E. coli
p. 1486 | Mukund, Mandayam Alasingachar; Banerjee, Tanmay; Ghosh, Indira; Datta, Santanu

Anther dimorphism, differential anther dehiscence, pollen viability and pollination success in Caesalpinia pulcherrimma L. (Fabaceae)
p. 1490 | Sarala, B. S.; Lokesha, R.; Vasudeva, R.

A new gravity interpretation: A case study from Pahute Mesa, Nevada test site
p. 1495 | Mallick, K.; Rao, V. K.; Sharma, K. K.

Coralline algae from the Kakana Formation (Middle Pliocene) of Car Nicobar Island, India and their implications in biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironment and palaeobathymetry
p. 1498 | Chandra, Anil; Saxena, R. K.; Ghosh, Amit K.

Fracture: A Topical Encyclopaedia of Current Knowledge
p. 1503 | Simha, K. R. Y.

Modelling in the Neurosciences: From Ionic channels to neural networks
p. 1504 | Bhalla, U. S.

New Trends in Dynamic Games and Applications
p. 1505 | Ghosh, Mrinal K.

INSDOC's - FTJS: Full Text Journal Service
p. 1507

INSDOC's - SOAS: Standing Order Abstracts Service
p. 1507

Anna University
p. 1508

CSIR Scheme for Science Students
p. 1509

Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre Office of the Dean(R and D)
p. 1510

Ch. Charan Singh University
p. 1511

Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
p. 1511

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
p. 1512

AIBA Awards for 1998-1999
p. 1512

Chemical Research Society of India
p. 1513