In this Issue
p. 1198

Cases of pharma companies might vs developing countries rights
p. 1199 | Janodia, Manthan D.; Sreedhar, D.; Ligade, Virendra S.; Pise, Ajay G.; Udupa, N.

Mythology and geology
p. 1199 | Ahluwalia, Arun D.

Filarial hydrocele management in global programme on elimination of lymphatic filariasis
p. 1200 | Das, D.; Kumar, S.

Role of SSV
p. 1200 | Nath, Narendra

The Saas Bhi Bahu Thi concept as applicable to review and refereeing
p. 1201 | Sashidhar, V. R.

Indian students in Germany
p. 1201 | Ganguli, Ranjan

Why are Indian standards not strict?
p. 1202 | Bharti, Pawan Kr.

Bio-molecules as bio-fertilizers: Safe food for better health
p. 1202 | Sen, Sribir

Occurrence of exotic Hyptis suaveolens
p. 1203 | Murthy, E. N.; Raju, Vatsavaya S.; Reddy, C. Sudhakar

Revegetation of coal-mine spoils using Prosopis juliflora in Singrauli coalfield is a harmful practice from an ecological viewpoint
p. 1204 | Singh, Arvind

Lessons on good science from great scientists
p. 1205 | Chitra, P.

Wrinkles provide a simple method for determination of elasticity and thickness of an ultrathin film
p. 1208 | Srinivasan, C.

Future prospects of the grape industry
p. 1210 | Louime, Clifford; Vasanthaiah, Hemanth K. N.; Lu, Jiang; Basha, Sheikh M.; Uckelmann, Hannah

Should endemic and threatened freshwater ornamental fishes of Kerala part of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot be captive bred for international trade?
p. 1211 | Raghavan, Rajeev; Tlusty, Michael; Prasad, G.; Pereira, Benno; Ali, Anvar; Sujarittanonta, Lavanchawee

Fabrication of photonic crystal fibre
p. 1214 | Joshi, Purushottam; Sharma, R. K.; Kishore, Jai; Kher, Sanjay

Differential expression of two metallothionein encoding genes during heavy metal stress in the mangrove species, Avicennia marina (Forsk. ) Vierh
p. 1215 | Usha, B.; Prashanth, S. R.; Parida, Ajay K.

Rapid determination of iodine in soils using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
p. 1219 | Mani, Devleena; Rao, T. Gnaneshwar; Balaram, V.; Dayal, A. M.; Kumar, B.

Road deposited sediment characteristics of Middle Brahmaputra Plain, India
p. 1221 | Hoque, Raza Rafiqul; Devi, Upasona; Thakur, Ritu

Analysis of phytoplankton composition from southern Malabar Coast during the 2005 monsoon as a follow-up of September 2004 stench event
p. 1223 | Ramaiah, N.; Catul, Venecia; Kurian, Siby; Rodrigues, Veera; Paul, Jane T.; Fernandes, Veronica; Imtiaz, C. A.

Could the 12 September 2007 earthquake of southern Sumatra, Indonesia, have generated a large tsunami causing damage to the east coast of India?
p. 1228 | Srivastava, Kirti; Swaroopa, V.; Srinagesh, D.; Dimri, V. P.

Radiation effects, nuclear energy and comparative risks
p. 1230 | Gopinath, D. V.

A scourge of mankind: From ancient times into the genomics era
p. 1249 | Maheshwari, Ramesh

Energetics of the Kirkendall effect
p. 1257 | Narasimhan, T. N.

Multiple optical traps with a single laser beam using a simple and inexpensive mechanical element
p. 1265 | Dharmadhikari, J. A.; Dharmadhikari, A. K.; Makhija, V. S.; Mathur, D.

Structural intricacies: Emergent thrusts and blind thrusts of Central Kachchh, western India
p. 1271 | Karanth, R. V.; Gadhavi, M. S.

Performance of the AQUA and NOAA-16 soundings over India
p. 1281 | Singh, Devendra

Finite difference modelling of scattered hydrates and its implications in gas-hydrate exploration
p. 1287 | Dewangan, P.; Ramprasad, T.; Ramana, M. V.

Spectral signatures of teak (Tectona grandis L. ) using hyperspectral (EO-1) data
p. 1291 | Christian, Binal; Krishnayya, N. S. R.

Dinitrogen fixation activity of Azospirillum brasilense in maize (Zea mays)
p. 1296 | Saikia, S. P.; Jain, Vanita; Khetarpal, Sangeeta; Aravind, Samitha

Enhancement of cytotoxicity and DNA binding of cisplatin in Dalton's lymphoma cells by a-tocopherol
p. 1300 | Sarna, Suniti; Bhola, Rakesh K.

Development of in ovo vaccine against Newcastle disease of birds
p. 1305 | Manna, Chandana; Manna, S. K.; Das, R.; Batabyal, K.; Roy, R. N.

Annual Review of Nutrition, 2006, R. J. Cousins et al. (eds)
p. 1310 | Kurpad, Anura

Sen'trees' of Mumbai by S. B. Chaphekar, C. S. Lattoo and Mugdha Karnik (eds)
p. 1311 | Meher-homji, V. M.

Groundwater Management in India: Physical, Institutional and Policy Alter­natives by M. Dinesh Kumar (ed. )
p. 1312 | Ramachandra, T. V.

Ashesh Prosad Mitra (1927-2007)
p. 1314 | Mitra, A. N.

A requiem to an environmental scientist
p. 1314 | Gautam, P. K.

Veeravalli Venkata Ranga Varadachari (1925-2007)
p. 1316 | Murty, C. S.

Type-II superconductors, vortex lattice and role of an Indian scientist
p. 1317 | Sharma, Hari Prasad

Wiley-Blackwell
p. 1319

US-India Joint Training Program Workshop
p. 1320

Vibrational Spectroscopy
p. 1321

Elsevier
p. 1322

Centre for Earth Sciences
p. 1323

INSA Medal for Young Scientist - 2008
p. 1323

BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
p. 1324

ExCel Matrix Biological Devices P. Ltd
p. 1324

TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
p. 1325

Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology
p. 1325

International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIBAT)
p. 1326

Karnatak University
p. 1326

Indo-Brazil S&T Cooperation
p. 1326

JEST-2008 Second Cover Announcements
p. 1327