Vol 118, No 2 (2020)

Table of Contents

Vol 118, No 2 (2020)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/174-174 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 174-174
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Guest Editorial

The Saha Equation Turns Hundred
Rajaram Nityananda
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/175-176 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 175-176
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News

Science Last Fortnight
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/177-180 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 177-180
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Science Education for the Visually Impaired
Raka Ray Mandal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/181-182 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 181-182
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Luminescence Dating
Sheikh Nawaz Ali, Shubhra Sharma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/182-183 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 182-183
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Opinion

Punitive Provision to Tackle Predatory Journals
Koushik Sau
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/184-185 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 184-185
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Commentary

The Department of Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi:A Success Story of 100 Years
N. V. Chalapathi Rao
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/186-188 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 186-188
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Emergence and Burden of Antibiotic Drug Resistance:An Endogenous Cycle
Bhawna Malik, Samit Bhattacharyya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/189-191 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 189-191
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Scientific Correspondance

Treeline Migration and Settlement Recorded by Himalayan Pencil Cedar Tree-Rings in the Highest Alpine Zone of Western Himalaya, India
Krishna G. Misra, Vikram Singh, Akhilesh K. Yadava, Sandhya Misra, Ram R. Yadav
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/192-195 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 192-195
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In Vitro Rearing and Gallery Tunnelling Pattern of Island Pinhole Borer, Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston), A Scolytid Associated with Pomegranate Wilt Complex
P. D. Kamala Jayanthi, T. Raghava, T. Nagaraja, K. Sreedevi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/195-198 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 195-198
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GENERAL ARTICLE

Policy Matrix for Sustainable Soil Management and Climate-Resilient Agriculture
P. Dey
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/199-201 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 199-201
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RESEARCH ARTICLES

Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 Onboard Chandrayaan-2 to Study the Lunar Neutral Exosphere
Tirtha Pratim Das, Smitha V. Thampi, M. B. Dhanya, Neha Naik, P. Sreelatha, P. Pradeepkumar, G. Padma Padmanabhan, B. Sundar, Dinakar Prasad Vajja, Amarnath Nandi, R. Satheesh Thampi, Vipin K. Yadav, J. K. Abhishek, Md. Nazeer, P. T. Lali, Rosmy John, A. V. Aliyas, Vijay Kumar Sen, M. Ramprabhu, A. Ajay Krishna
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/202-209 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 202-209
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Dual Frequency Radio Science Experiment Onboard Chandrayaan-2:A Radio Occultation Technique to Study Temporal and Spatial Variations in the Surface-Bound Ionosphere of the Moon
R. K. Choudhary, K. R. Bindu, Kumar Harshit, Rahul Karkara, K. M. Ambili, T. K. Pant, Devadas Shenoy, Chandrakanta Kumar, N. Hemanth Kumar Reddy, T. K. Rajendran, M. Nazer, M. Shajahan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/210-218 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 210-218
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Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer
V. Radhakrishna, A. Tyagi, S. Narendranath, Koushal Vadodariya, Reena Yadav, Brajpal Singh, G. Balaji, Neeraj Satya, Akash Shetty, H. N. Suresha Kumar, Kumar, S. Vaishali, Netra S. Pillai, S. Tadepalli, Venkata Raghavendra, P. Sreekumar, Anil Agarwal, N. Valarmathi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/219-225 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 219-225
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L- and S-band Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar on Chandrayaan-2 Mission
Deepak Putrevu, Sanjay Trivedi, Anup Das, Dharmendra Pandey, Priyanka Mehrotra, S. K. Garg, Venkata Reddy, Shalini Gangele, Himanshu Patel, Devendra Sharma, R. Sijwali, Nikhil Pandya, Amit Shukla, Gaurav Seth, V. M. Ramanujam, Raj Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/226-233 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 226-233
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Evaluation on Physico-Chemical and Corrosion Properties of Anodized Aluminium Surface Using Sodium Oxalate–Sodium Silicate Bath at Room Temperature
M. Mubarak Ali, S. Sathiya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/234-242 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 234-242
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Occupational Accidents:A Comparative Study of Construction and Manufacturing Industries
Shabir Hussain Khahro, Tauha Hussain Ali, Nafees Ahmed Memon, Zubair Ahmed Memon
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/243-248 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 243-248
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Performance Enhancement of Hexagonal-Patch Dual-Band Array Antenna with Omega-Shaped DGS for Dual Band RADAR Applications
Kanchan Wagh, S. S. Shriramwar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/249-254 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 249-254
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Field Experience of Fluoride Nilogon:A Method of Fluoride Removal from Groundwater
Rajkamal Mohan, Sweety Gogoi, Anup J. Bora, Gautam Baruah, Shreemoyee Bordoloi, Asadulla A. Ali, Hridip R. Sarma, Robin K. Dutta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/255-263 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 255-263
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Ecological Determinants of Occupancy and Abundance of Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) in Yadahalli Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
Dinesh Kumar, Avadhoot D. Velankar, Nitin Venkatesh Ranga Rao, Honnavalli N. Kumara, Partha Sarathi Mishra, Prodyut Bhattacharya, Vijay Mohan Raj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/264-270 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 264-270
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Linguistic Resources to Facilitate Science Education
Uma Maheswari Viswanathan, A. Shahin Sultana, Suhasini Shankar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/271-273 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 271-273
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Design And Development of a Low-Cost GNSS Drifter for Rip Currents
Surisetty V. V. Arun Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Luhar, Rashmi Sharma, Raj Kumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/273-279 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 273-279
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Bioprocess Development for Enhanced Production of Probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum
Suhail Mohammed Hussain, Manali Naik, L. Arbaaz Ahmed, Minal Udipi, Sunil Kumar Sukumaran
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/280-285 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 280-285
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Pigment Analysis of Palm Leaf Manuscripts of India
Deepakshi Sharma, Manager Singh, Gabriela Krist, M. Velayudhan Nair
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/285-292 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 285-292
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Mtb-HID:A Unified Database of Host–Pathogen Interaction for Various Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains
Kumud Pant, Devvret, Neema Tufchi, Ajay Pandaya, Ashish Thapliyal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/292-297 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 292-297
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Effect of Storage Conditions on Vermicompost Quality
Pankaj Kumar, Pawan Sharma, Tilak Ranjan Kumar, H. C. Sharma, R. C. Dubey
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/297-300 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 297-300
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A Comparative Study of Antioxidant Activity and Total Phenolic Content of Fresh Juices of Some Common Indian Fruits with their Commercial Counterparts
Brototi Roy, Jyoti Singh, Tanya Dewan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/300-304 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 300-304
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Book Reviews

Annual Review of Medicine, 2019
C. C. Kartha
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/305-307 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 305-307
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Ultrafast Optics and Spectroscopy in Physical Chemistry
Sivarama Krishnan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/307-308 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 307-308
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Personal News

M. V. George (1928–2019)
Suresh Das
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/309-311 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 309-311
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Historical Notes

Bhagawati Charan Guha and Discovery of the Molecular Magnet
Rajarshi Ghosh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/312-313 ,  Vol 118, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 312-313
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