Vol 118, No 6 (2020)

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Vol 118, No 6 (2020)

In this Issue

In this Issue
K. P. Madhu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/854-854 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 854-854
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Guest Editorial

Will Coronavirus Pandemic Eventually Evolve as Pan-Endemic?
T. Jacob John
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/855-856 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 855-856
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Correspondence

International Year of Plant Health 2020 to Focus on Threat of Pests on Food Security
H. R. Gautam, M. L. Bhardwaj
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/857-857 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 857-857
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News

2020 King Faisal International Prize for Science and Medicine
Sameen Ahmed Khan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/858-858 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 858-858
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Science Last Fortnight
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/859-862 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 859-862
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Commentary

Preaching Objectivity – Practicing Obfuscation
Deepak Pental
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/863-867 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 863-867
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A Reply by Gutierrez et al.
Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Peter. E. Kenmore, Aruna Rodrigues
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/867-868 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 867-868
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A Century of Biochemistry at IISc
K. Muniyappa
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/869-871 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 869-871
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General Article

Low Cost Drinking Water Technology – Rainwater Harvesting With Solar Purification
Shivam D. Patange, Nandini Nimbkar, Anil K. Rajvanshi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/872-876 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 872-876
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Challenges in Geospatial Documentation of Unprotected Built Heritage Sites in India
Kuili Suganya
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/877-882 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 877-882
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Review Article

Sources and Leaching of Nitrate Contamination in Groundwater
Saurabh Shukla, Abhishek Saxena
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/883-891 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 883-891
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Research Articles

Anti-Tumour and Immune Enhancing Activities of MLAA-22379–387 on Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Jing Li, Wanggang Zhang, Ju Bai, Bo Zhong, Huiyuan Wang, Yan Geng, Qiaoyan Jin, Juanjuan Hao, Yang Zhang
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/892-900 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 892-900
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Blasting Technique for Stabilizing Accident-Prone Slope for Sustainable Railway Route
N. K. Bhagat, A. K. Mishra, M. M. Singh, Aditya Rana, S. Tewari, P. K. Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/901-909 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 901-909
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Petrogenesis of the Palaeoarchean Keonjhar Granite, Singhbhum Craton, India: Product of Crustal Reworking or Subduction?
Ajay Dev Asokan, Kumar Krishna, R. Elangovan, M. Ram Mohan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/910-919 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 910-919
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Aqueous Extract of Cleistanthus collinus Induces Activity of Peroxidase and Catalase in the Seedlings of Cucumber and Chilli
Monal R. Kadoo, Rupesh S. Badere
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/920-930 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 920-930
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Averrhoa bilimbi in Organic Transformation:A Highly Efficient and Green Biosurfactant for the Synthesis of Multi-Functional Chromenes and Xanthenes
Bhagyashree M. Patil, Snehali R. Mali, Bhimrao M. Patil, Suresh S. Patil
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/931-945 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 931-945
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Stigmasterol-3-O-Glucoside, An Allelopathic Molecule Responsible For Pest Resistance of Thenkaali (AAB), a Musa Cultivar against Odoiporus longicollis [Olivier]
K. J. Kavitha, J. Anil John, D. A. Evans
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/946-953 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 946-953
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Research Communications

Efficient and Improved Edge Detection Via a Hysteresis Thresholding Method
Sajid Khan, Dong-Ho Lee, Muhammad Asif Khan, Abdul Rehman Gilal, Junaid Iqbal, Ahmad Waqas
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/954-960 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 954-960
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Fractionalization of H-Index for Multiple Authorship – An Impact-based Interpretation Conserving Counts
Gangan Prathap
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/961-965 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 961-965
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Effect of Extractive Content on Fuelwood Characteristics of Certain Woody and Non-Woody Biomass
Ritesh Kumar, N. Chandrashekar, N. R. R. Prasad, Ritesh Tailor
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/966-969 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 966-969
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Smart Automatic Irrigation Controller
Faruk Poyen, Sayan Hazra, Nabarun Sengupta, Apurba Ghosh, Palash Kundu
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/969-976 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 969-976
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Ingestion of Unusual Items by Wetland Birds in Urban Landscapes
Abey Francis, B. Anjan Kumar Prusty, P. A. Azeez
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/977-983 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 977-983
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Tunnel Wells, the Traditional Water Harvesting Structures of Kasaragod, Kerala: Re-Visited
E. Shaji, K. V. Sarath, Pranav Prakash, Adithya Pazhoor Abraham, V. Deepchand, V. Kunhambu, A. P. Pradeepkumar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/983-987 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 983-987
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Book Reviews

Clay, Craft, Music and Science: Purnima Sinha’s Life
Hardev Singh Virk
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/988-989 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 988-989
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Voyage to Antarctica: An Odyssey to the Past, Present and Future of the Ge-lid Mysterious Continent
Rahul Mohan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/989-991 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 989-991
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Personal News

Sambasiva Swaminathan (1923–2020)
S. Chandrasekaran, K. Nagarajan
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i6/992-993 ,  Vol 118, No 6 (2020), Pagination: 992-993
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