In this issue
p. 1414

Chemical Synthesis and the Synthetic Cell
p. 1415 | Balaram, P.

Admission to IISERs: why 2009 cut-off marks for 2010 applicants?
p. 1417 | Nangia, Ashwini

Will the NCHER Bill help take research back to educational institutes?
p. 1419 | Chaddah, P.

Remuneration for distinguished scientists
p. 1419 | Rao, Kalluri Subba

Is the future of oak (Quercus spp. ) forests safe in the Western Himalayas?
p. 1420 | Singh, Gajendra; Rawat, G. S.

Extramural research funding
p. 1421 | Singh, B. P.; Gupta, Rita

Rice genetics
p. 1422 | Sundaram, R. M.; Viraktamath, B. C.; Rani, N. Shobha; Sarla, N.

The biotechnology of Bacillus thuringiensis and its environmental impact
p. 1426 | Biswal, Akshaya K.; Balachandran, S. M.; Padmakumari, A. P.; Mohan, M.; Viraktamath, B. C.

Influence of virtual conferences on bioinformatics in India and developing nations
p. 1428 | Suravajhala, Prashanth; Bizzaro, Jeffrey W.; Varadwaj, Pritish; Singh, Tiratha Raj; Gupta, Arun

Toads as astrologers of earthquakes
p. 1429 | Gururaja, K. V.

Be nice to crows, otherwise they will scold you!
p. 1430 | Bhadra, Anindita

Gender asymmetry in selection tests at the pre-college level
p. 1432 | Singh, Vijay A.; Pathak, Praveen

Status of Himalayan yews in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh
p. 1434 | Nimachow, Gibji; Rawat, J. S.; Dai, Oyi

Extension of Gundlakamma River Fault over Eastern Continental Margin of India
p. 1438 | Sarma, K. V. L. N. S.; Subrahmanyam, V.; Subrahmanyam, A. S.; Murthy, G. P. S.; Murthy, K. S. R.

In vitro propagation of the endemic and threatened Indian liverwort: Cryptomitrium himalayense Kash.
p. 1440 | Awasthi, Vishal; Nath, Virendra; Asthana, A. K.

Fuelling the Indian economic engine by retooling Indian technical education
p. 1442 | Yadav, Vikramaditya G.; Yadav, Ganapati D.

Applications of stable and radioactive isotopes in soil science
p. 1458 | Bhat, M. I.; Bhat, M. A.; Faisul-ur-rasool

Tectonic history and occurrence of 2. 4 Ga mafic dyke swarms adjacent to Godavari Basin, Karimnagar, India
p. 1472 | Rao, J. Mallikharjuna; Rao, G. V. S. Poornachandra; Widdowson, M.; Yellappa, T.; Kelley, S. P.

Sustainable development planning in Pathri Rao sub-watershed using geospatial techniques
p. 1479 | Kushwaha, S. P. S.; Mukhopadhyay, Suchismita; Prasad, V. Hari; Kumar, Suresh

Isotopic characterization of dual monsoon precipitation - evidence from Kerala, India
p. 1487 | Warrier, C. Unnikrishnan; Babu, M. Praveen; Manjula, P.; Velayudhan, K. T.; Hameed, A. Shahul; Vasu, K.

Study of sunspots and sunspot cycles 1-24
p. 1496 | Pandey, S. K.; Shrivastava, Rahul; Borkar, L. K.; Tripathi, A. K.; Tripathi, Aka; Dubey, S. C.

Polarized microwave and RF radiation effects on the structure and stability of liquid water
p. 1500 | Rao, Manju Lata; Sedlmayr, Steven R.; Roy, Rustum; Kanzius, John

Chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements for validating the tolerant bryophytes for heavy metal (Pb) biomapping
p. 1505 | Tuba, Zoltan; Saxena, Dinesh K.; Srivastava, Kajal; Singh, Shivom; Czobel, Szilard; Kalaji, Hazem M.

Unique graft combination of tea, Cr-6017/UPASI-9
p. 1508 | Balasubramanian, S.; Netto, L. A.; Parathiraj, S.

Probable role of sediments in blinding the rupture - lessons from the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and implication for the Himalayan earthquakes
p. 1518 | Gahalaut, V. K.

Linear sex ratio change in the clutch sequence of Melopsittacus undulatus
p. 1520 | Philip, Sunitha A.; Oommen, Mathew M.; Baiju, K. V.

Erratum: Is the biological productivity in the Bay of Bengal light limited?
p. 1523 | Kumar, S. Prasanna

Correction: Cloning of Sclerotium rolfsii lection gene and its nematicidal activity
p. 1523 | Bhat, R. S.

The Making of India: Geodynamic Evolution by K. S. Valdiya
p. 1524 | Rajendran, C. P.

Tribute to a Titan - Birth Centenary of Homi Jehangir Bhabha by Dipan K. Ghosh and Arun K. Grover (eds)
p. 1525 | Malhotra, Richa

Nature at Work: Ongoing Saga of Evolution by V. P. Sharma (ed. )
p. 1526 | Dev, Vas

K. S. Viswanathan (1929-2009)
p. 1528 | Ramdas, A. K.

Madurai Kamaraj University
p. 1529

Millipore
p. 1530

Department of Science and Technology
p. 1531

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR
p. 1532

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024
p. 1533

THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INDIA
p. 1534

Ministry of Science and Technology Call for Preliminary Research Proposals for Research in Avian Biology
p. 1535

Ministry of Science and Technology Call for Preliminary Research Proposals on Faunal Research of NE Region
p. 1535

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
p. 1536

CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
p. 1536

RADIO ASTRONOMY CENTRE
p. 1537

Sanjay Projects and Instruments Co.,
p. 1537

Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
p. 1538

INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY
p. 1538

Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI)
p. 1539

Wellcome Trust
p. 1539

MANGALORE UNIVERSITY
p. 1540

The University of Burdwan
p. 1540

National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa
p. 1541

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA
p. 1541

KARNATAK UNIVERSITY'S
p. 1541

Bharathidasan University
p. 1541