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Science Vol. 57 No. 5 MAY 2020 ISSN 0036-8512

CSIR-NationalInstituteofScienceCommunicationAndInformationResources(NISCAIR)
REPORTER Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

COVER STORY
EDITORIAL
Mitigating a Health Crisis: United in the Fight Pg 10
Pg 10
CSIR Fights Corona................................................................Pg 9 Indian S&T Establishments
Come Together to Challenge
ARTICLES/SHORT FEATURES COVID-19
Ignaz Semmelweis: Father of
Hand Hygiene.............................................................................Pg 21
Susheela Srinivas

The Epic War on Pandemics..........................................Pg 24

Jaydev Jana

REPORT
National Conference on Creative Science
Communication
Susan Varghese Pg 42
Paper-based diagnostics for COVID-19 developed
by CSIR-IGIB............................................................................Pg 28
G. Mahesh

Can a modest microfibre cloth help us to fight

novel Coronavirus?..........................................................Pg 30
Felix Bast SCIENCE FICTION
Perspective
Can Graphene-based Materials Play a Role Gariyashi Deka Pg 45
in the Fight against COVID-19?...............................Pg 32
A.K. Srivastava, N. Dwivedi, C. Dhand, R. Khan, N.
Sathish SCIENCE CARTOONS Pg 48

ICT for Quality Education in BOOK REVIEW

India.........................................................................................Pg 36 Space Assets and National Security
A.K. Bakhshi & Vimal Rarh Kuldip Singh Dhir Pg 50

DEPARTMENTS
PUZZLE CORNER .................................. 52 INNOVATIVE MINDS ............................... 58 CROSSWORD ......................................... 64

WHAT’S NEW ............................................54 NATURE’S MARVEL.................................60

PHOTO FEATURE.................................... 56 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE......................62

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