In this issue
p. 0004

Researching the Past
p. 0005 | Balaram, P.

Nose-diving scientific temper: A clarion call for science enthusiasts
p. 0007 | Pandey, Kartikay

An alternate NAAC for assessment of teachers in universities and degree colleges
p. 0008 | Shukla, Santosh Kumar; Singh, Vivek; Shukla, Pradeep Kumar; Srivastava, Gopal Krishna

Blame it on the pharmaceutical companies
p. 0008 | Menezes, Ritesh G.; Srinivasan, Rangarajan; Kanchan, Tanuj; Monteiro, Francis N. P.; Kumar, T. S. Mohan

Making our science education trendier
p. 0009 | Ahluwalia, Arun D.

Bioherbicides: An eco-friendly approach to weed management
p. 0010 | Menaria, B. L.

Prospects of filariasis elimination programme in India
p. 0011 | Das, Dasarathi

The 'geopark' initiative
p. 0012 | Mazumdar, Manjit Kumar

Perspectives and future prospects in higher mathematics
p. 0013 | Bhogle, Srinivas

I don't want to be a mathematician
p. 0014 | Bhogle, Srinivas

Hydrogen bonding and other molecular interactions
p. 0017 | Arunan, E.

Closure of the East-West Gondwana divide: The dawn of 'Cambrian Explosion'
p. 0019 | Sankaran, A. V.

Invasion by alien Anthemis cotula L. in a biodiversity hotspot: Release from native foes or relief from alien friends?
p. 0021 | Shah, Manzoor A.; Reshi, Zafar

Micropropagation of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd. ) Miers ex Hook. F & Thoms - a multipurpose medicinal plant
p. 0023 | Gururaj, H. B.; Giridhar, P.; Ravishankar, G. A.

Traditions in oral hygiene: Chewing of betel (Piper betle L. ) leaves
p. 0026 | Bissa, Sharad; Songara, Dimple; Bohra, A.

BioSuite: A comprehensive bioinformatics software package (A unique industry-academia collaboration)
p. 0029 | Team, The Nmitli-biosuite

Bio-business in brief: the case of conotoxins
p. 0039 | Mehdiratta, Ritu; Saberwal, Gayatri

Cumulative bias in the new Digital Opportunity Index: sources and consequences
p. 0046 | James, Jeffrey

Nanomaterials for corrosion control
p. 0051 | Saji, V. S.; Thomas, Joice

High speed schlieren facility for visualization of flow fields in hypersonic shock tunnels
p. 0056 | Satheesh, K.; Jagadeesh, G.; Reddy, K. P. J.

Dynamics of coal fire in Jharia Coalfield, Jharkhand, India during the 1990s as observed from space
p. 0061 | Chatterjee, R. S.; Wahiduzzaman, Md.; Shah, Ankit; Raju, E. V. R.; Lakhera, R. C.; Dadhwal, V. K.

Glacial retreat in Himalaya using Indian Remote Sensing satellite data
p. 0069 | Kulkarni, Anil V.; Bahuguna, I. M.; Rathore, B. P.; Singh, S. K.; Randhawa, S. S.; Sood, R. K.; Dhar, Sunil

Ab initio study of chiral discrimination in alanine
p. 0075 | Thirumoorthy, K.; Nandi, N.

Effect of ectomycorrhizal fungal species on the competitive outcome of two major forest species
p. 0080 | Pande, Veena; Palni, Uma T.; Singh, S. P.

ACTN3: Athlete gene prevalence in North India
p. 0084 | Goel, Himanshu; Mittal, Balraj

In vitro culture of Chlorophytum borivilianum Sant. et Fernand. in liquid culture medium as a cost-effective measure
p. 0087 | Rizvi, Mohd. Zahid; Kukreja, Arun Kumar; Khanuja, Suman Preet Singh

Patterns of plant species diversity in the forest corridor of Rajaji-Corbett National Parks, Uttaranchal, India
p. 0090 | De, Aparajita

Azadirachtin-based insecticides induce alteration in Helicoverpa armigera Hub. head poly­peptides
p. 0094 | Neoliya, N. K.; Singh, Dwijendra; Sangwan, R. S.

Diagenetic talc of Jhiroli, Kumaun Himalaya
p. 0099 | Sengupta, H. P.; Yadav, R. N.

Shoreline changes during the last 2000 years on the Saurashtra coast of India: Study based on archaeological evidences
p. 0103 | Gaur, A. S.; Vora, K. H.; Sundaresh

An electromagnetic moving source system for detection of subsurface mineralized zones
p. 0110 | Rao, S. Nageswara; Gupta, O. P.

A glimpse of earthquake cycle in the Sumatra region
p. 0114 | Catherine, Joshi K.; Gahalaut, Vineet K.

Discovery of volcanic ash bed from the basal Subathu Formation (Late Palaeocene-Middle Eocene) near Kalka, Solan District (Himachal Pradesh), Northwest Sub-Himalaya, India
p. 0118 | Siddaiah, N. Siva; Kumar, Kishor

A Clone of Your Own: The Science and Ethics of Cloning by Arlene Judith Klotzko
p. 0126 | Ray, Suvendra Kumar

Value addition to Weather Data: Advisory Service to Farmers by V. Rajagopal and S. Naresh Kumar (eds)
p. 0127 | Gore, A. P.

A Textbook of Medical Instruments by S. Ananthi
p. 0128 | Ramani, A. V.

Current Science: Some early history
p. 0129 | Krishnan, Riki; Balaram, P.

Department of Biotechnology SECOND CALL FOR JOINT PROPOSALS UNDER INDO-FINNISH COLLABORATION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
p. 0139

AWARD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY OVERSEAS ASSOCIATESHIPC: 2006-07
p. 0141

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY CALL FOR PROPOSALS ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR APPLICATION IN BIOLOGY
p. 0143

Skalar Analytical, a worldwide leader in Automated Wet Chemistry analyzers
p. 0145

CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES PALA CAMPUS - DST sponsored SERC School April/May 2007
p. 0146

CENTRE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES PALA CAMPUS
p. 0146

Hands-on Training on Recombinant DNA technology and DNA Fingerprinting Analysis
p. 0147

Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases
p. 0147

University of Hyderabad
p. 0148

Indian Institute of Science Education & Research
p. 0148

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
p. 0149

University of Pune
p. 0149

DBT-sponsored Training Course on Bioresources: Documenting, Mapping and Prospecting Announcements
p. 0150