Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

844	In this issue

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EDITORIAL

845	Chemistry: A Discipline in Decline
	P. Balaram

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CORRESPONDENCE

847	Science and English
	Chandu Subba Rao
847	Scientific writing, English and related matters
	A. S. P rasnis
848	English composition as a professional skill
	Gayatri Saberwal
848	Herbal toxicity
	Vineet Soni
849	The supreme energy
	B. C. Harinath
849	Plight of earth sciences
	Vishwas B. Joshi
850	Hydro-electric power plant projects in northeastern India
	Umesh C. Tahbildar and Ramesh P. Singh
850	Enhancing quality of research
	S. Vathsal; reply by Om P. Sharma
851	Is River Ghaggar, Saraswati?
	B. P. Radhakrishna; reply by Jayant K. Tripathi and V. Rajamani

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NEWS

852	Collaborations to improve biotech industry in India
	Monika Koul Moza
853	Role of mathematical modelling in groundwater resources management
	N. C. Mondal
854	Emerging trends in tuberculosis research
	Krishnamurthy Natarajan and Anand Ranganathan

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COMMENTARY

856	Measures of progress in science and technology
	R. Chidambaram

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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

861	In vitro plantlet regeneration of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb., an endangered leguminous tree
	M. Anis, Mohd Kashif Husain and Anwar Shahzad
864	Phaeoceros kashyapii Asthana et Sriv. new to eastern Himalayas
	A. K. Asthana, Virendra Nath and Vinay Sahu
865	Plant proteins in fish feed
	N. Krishnankutty
867	Palaeolithic tools from the surface of optically stimulated luminescence dated alluvial fan deposits of Pinjaur Dun in NW sub-Himalayas
	Anujot Singh Soni and Vidwan Singh Soni

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GENERAL ARTICLES

872	Women scientists in India: Nowhere near the glass ceiling
	Vineeta Bal
879	Magnetotactic bacteria, magnetofossils and the antiquity of life
	P. V. Sukumaran
886	Transgenic crops: Priorities and strategies for India
	S. R. Bhat and V. L. Chopra

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REVIEW ARTICLE

890	Epidermal growth factor receptor family and its role in cancer progression
	Pradip Nair

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SPECIAL SECTION: MOUNTAIN WEATHER FORECASTING

899	Mountain weather forecasting using MM5 modelling system
	Someshwar Das
906	Mesoscale forecasts with Eta model over Indian region
	E. N. Rajagopal and G. R. Iyengar
913	Prediction of western disturbances and associated weather over Western Himalayas
	H. R. Hatwar, B. P. Yadav and Y. V. Rama Rao
921	Usefulness of mesoscale weather forecast for avalanche forecasting
	K. Srinivasan, A. Ganju and S. S. Sharma
927	Minimum temperature forecast at Manali, India
	A. P. Dimri, U. C. Mohanty and L. S. Rathore
935	Sensitivity of land surface parameterization on Regional Spectral Model forecasts
	Saji Mohandas and E. N. Rajagopal
942	Daily rainfall characteristics from a high density rain gauge network
	G. Srinivasan and Sushma Nair
947	Analysis of thermodynamics of the atmosphere over northwest India during the passage of a western disturbance as revealed by model analysis field
	Soma Sen Roy and S. K. Roy Bhowmik

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RESEARCH ARTICLES

952	Aqueous extract of black tea (Camellia sinensis) prevents chronic ethanol toxicity
	D. Das, S. Mukherjee, M. Mukherjee, A. S. Das and C. Mitra

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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

962	Semiconductor catalysis of solar photooxidation
	C. Karunakaran and S. Senthilvelan
967	Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion genotype is associated with premature coronary artery disease in Indian population
	C. Emmanuel, S. Kanthimathi, R. Saibabu, K. M. Cherian and A. Ramesh
972	Encapsulation of pineapple micro shoots in alginate beads for temporary storage
	Gaurab Gangopadhyay, Tanoy Bandyopadhyay, Ramit Poddar, Sangita Basu Gango­padhyay and Kalyan K. Mukherjee
977	Conservation priority and phytogeographical significance of Rhynchanthus longi­florus Hook. f. (Zingiberaceae): A rare, endangered species from Mizo Hills, NE India
	M. G. Prasanthkumar, J. Skornickova, M. Sabu and S. Jayasree
980	First record of Middle–Late Jurassic palynomorphs from the Lamayuru Complex, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh, India
	Rajeev Upadhyay, Ram-Awatar, R. K. Kar and Anshu K. Sinha
986	Natural analogue study of Resubelpara Group of thermal springs at Garo Hills, Meghalaya for demonstration of safe geological disposal of nuclear waste
	R. K. Bajpai and P. K. Narayan

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BOOK REVIEWS

990	Microbial Evolution. Gene Establishment, Survival, and Exchange by Robert V. Miller and Martin J. Day (eds)
	reviewed by J. S. Virdi
991	The Greying of India – Population Ageing in the Context of Asia by Rajagopal Dhar Chakraborti
	reviewed by K. S. Umamani

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PERSONAL NEWS

993	S. V. Singh (1947–2004)
	Someshwar Das, Akhilesh Gupta and Swati Basu
994	Krishnamurthy Ganapathi (1911–2004)
	N. Sathyamurthy
994	P. S. Goel (1930–2004)
	N. Sathyamurthy
995	Science and Music: Truth and Beauty
	S. Ramanathan

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