In this issue
p. 1048

Curing the Ills of Indian Science: Is the Remedy Worse than the Malady?
p. 1049 | Joshi, N. V.

Identity is developed and not searched
p. 1051 | Singh, R. N.

Ethical values and scientific research
p. 1051 | Nagar, P. K.

Ayurveda: how long will it survive?
p. 1052 | Dhakal, M. R.

Chromosomes and genes in situ cannot be patented
p. 1052 | Goswami, H. K.

Climate change and crop breeding objectives in the twenty first century
p. 1053 | Kumar, Sushil

Counterfeit drugs: problem of developing and developed countries
p. 1054 | Sreedhar, D.; Subramanian, G.; Udupa, N.

Quark-gluon plasma: fifteen years of Indian effort
p. 1055 | Viyogi, Y. P.

Innovations in biosciences as applied to biotechnology
p. 1058 | De, Minakshi

Guava symposium
p. 1059 | Reddy, B. M. C.; Chandra, R.; Pandey, G.

Erythrina gall wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae, yet another invasive pest new to India
p. 1061 | Faizal, M. H.; Prathapan, K. D.; Anith, K. N.; Mary, C. A.; Lekha, M.; Rini, C. R.

Activities of some catabolic and anabolic enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism during developmental phases of fruit-bodies of Dictyophora indusiata and Geastrum fornicatum
p. 1062 | Bakshi, Debasish; Mandal, Narayan C.

Efficacy of natural product, Clerodendron inerme against dengue mosquito vector Aedes aegypti
p. 1064 | Patil, P. B.; Holihosur, S. N.; Kallapur, V. L.

Effects of the 2005 Muzaffarabad (Kashmir) earthquake on built environment
p. 1066 | Rai, Durgesh C.; Murty, C. V. R.

Reassessment of earthquake hazard in the Himalaya and implications from the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
p. 1070 | Thakur, V. C.

Numerical modelling concepts for tsunami warning systems
p. 1073 | Murty, T. S.; Rao, A. D.; Nirupama, N.; Nistor, I.

Adaptation and human migration, and evidence of agriculture coincident with changes in the Indian summer monsoon during the Holocene
p. 1082 | Gupta, Anil K.; Anderson, David M.; Pandey, Deep N.; Singhvi, Ashok K.

Ab initio structure determination of the triple mutant (K53,56,121M) of bovine pancreatic phospholipase A₂ at atomic and high resolution using ACORN
p. 1091 | Velmurugan, D.; Rajakannan, V.; Gayathri, D.; Banumathi, S.; Yamane, T.; Dauter, Z.; Dauter, M.; Sekar, K.

Free radical scavenging reactions and phytochemical analysis of triphala, an ayurvedic formulation
p. 1100 | Naik, G. H.; Priyadarsini, K. Indira; Mohan, Hari

Rapid and specific detection of luminous and non-luminous Vibrio harveyi isolates by PCR amplification
p. 1105 | Chari, P. V. Bramha; Dubey, Santosh Kumar

Detection of genetic variability among chrysanthemum radiomutants using RAPD markers
p. 1108 | Kumar, Sudhir; Prasad, K. V.; Choudhary, M. L.

Seed germination behaviour of some medicinal plants of Lahaul and Spiti cold desert (Himachal Pradesh): implications for conservation and cultivation
p. 1113 | Sharma, Rajender Kumar; Sharma, Shashi; Sharma, Shanti S.

RAPD analysis reveals the presence of mainland Indian and Indonesian forms of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz. ) Jeswiet in the Andaman-Nicobar Islands
p. 1118 | Nair, N. V.; Mary, Sheji

A 1584-year ring width chronology of juniper from Lahul, Himachal Pradesh: Prospects of developing millennia-long climate records
p. 1122 | Yadav, Ram R.; Singh, Jayendra; Dubey, Bhasha; Misra, Krishna G.

Utilization of lime sludge waste from paper mills for fish culture
p. 1126 | Deka, S.; Yasmin, S.

Use of peripheral blood lymphocyte culture in the karyological analysis of Indian freshwater turtles, Lissemys punctata and Geoclemys hamiltoni
p. 1130 | Rohilla, Manoj Singh; Rao, R. J.; Tiwari, P. K.

Radioactive Minerals by R. Dhana Raju
p. 1135 | Viswanathan, S.

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 21. R. Schekman, L. Goldstein and J. Rossant(eds)
p. 1136 | Parnaik, Veena K.

Democratizing scientific knowledge through building scientific institutions in nineteenth century India: the sociology of science perspective
p. 1138 | Mallick, Sambit

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
p. 1146

FIRST NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MEGHA-TROPIQUES SATELLITE MISSION
p. 1149

INTERNATIONAL BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON GEOCHEMICAL PRECURSORS FOR EARTHQUAKES
p. 1150

SECOND COURSE ON APPLICATION OF GEOINFORMATICS FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT: ANNOUNCEMENT
p. 1151

Ranbaxy Research Awards 2005
p. 1152

REFRESHER COURSE ON PHYLOGENETIC BIOLOGY
p. 1153

CDFD - Admission for Ph.D. program 2006
p. 1154

Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
p. 1155

Guru Nanak Dev University
p. 1155

INDIAN INSITUTE OF SCIENCE
p. 1156

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
p. 1156

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
p. 1157

Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems
p. 1157

A Workshop on Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research (SIBER)
p. 1158