Dual Dermatophyte Infections in a Young Patient with Onychomycosis from Coastal Karnataka: A Rare Experience by Sathya Anandam, K Sateesh

“…To our knowledge and research, this dual association of dermatophytes is reported for the first time in India.…”
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Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Solan, a constituent of Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot, India by Shakoor Ahmed, Jatinder Mohan Julka, Hirdesh Kumar

“…These mainly include exotic and native peregrine species, including exotic per- egrine Amynthas hupeiensis (Michaelsen, 1895), which was recently recorded for the first time from India. A systematic account of earthworm species with their distribution and a dichotomous key is provided for their identification.…”
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Oral myiasis - a case report with clinical, radiographic and entomological findings from Puducherry Union Territory, Southern India by Neetu Punhani, M Jonathan Daniel, R Srinivasan

“…This article reports an oral myiasis case due to C. bezziana for the first time from India and also explains the importance of entomological examination for cases of oral myiasis.…”
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Taxonomic and ecological notes on some poorly known bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Meghalaya, India by Uttam Saikia, Adora Thabah, Manuel Ruedi

“…For three of these species, we also provide echolocation call data that are reported for the first time in India.  Together, these new data highlight the need for a more robust and critical examination of the rich bat fauna existing in the foothills of the Himalaya.…”
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Eight new records of family Erebidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India by Jagbir Singh Kirti, Navneet Singh, Harkanwal Singh

“…Eight species, spread over six subfamilies of family Erebidae, Ischyja hagenii (Snellen, 1885), Ophisma pallescens (Walker, [1863] 1864), Serrodes caesia Warren, 1915, Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1863], 1864), Diomea fasciata (Leech, 1900), Platyja acerces (Prout, 1928), Tamba delicata Prout, 1932, and Tiruvaca hollowayi Kobes, 1988 are reported for the first time from India.  All the newly reported species are distributed in northeastern India.  …”
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From “Outsider” to Insider: The Case of Reliance by Surajit Mazumdar

“…At the time of India’s liberalization, the Reliance group was already one of India’s leading business groups and in subsequent years it has only solidified its place at the top of India’s corporate hierarchy. …”
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Amphibians of the Dibang River Basin, Arunachal Pradesh: an annotated checklist with distribution records by Jayanta K. Roy, Ramie H. Begum, M. Firoz Ahmed

“…Five new distribution records for Arunachal Pradesh, and one genus Oreolalax was recorded for the first time from India.  Further, a rare report on Theloderma moloch and Rhacophorus tuberculatus from northeastern India provided significant information on species microhabitat and updated the amphibian distribution records from Arunachal Pradesh.…”
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Fungi associated with Pistacia integerrima with a description of a new species and one new record from India by Ajay Kumar Gautam, Shubhi Avasthi

“…One new species of rust fungi, namely Skierka himalayensis sp. nov., and Pestalotiopsis sp. are reported for the first time from India. The detailed descriptions and illustrations of these three phytopathogenic fungi are provided in this paper.…”
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First records of Tylopilus glutinosus Iqbal Hosen (Boletaceae) from Shorea robusta-dominated forests in tropical India: morphological description and phylogenetic estimation by Dyutiparna Chakraborty, Matteo Gelardi, Manoj Emanuel Hembrom, Aniket Ghosh

“…We report T. glutinosus for the first time from India and provide a detailed description, figures, a multigene phylogenetic analysis, and comprehensive comparisons with similar species. …”
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Taxonomic Studies on Three Caeneressa Species (Lepidoptera: Syntominae) from India with Special Reference to Their External Genitalia by Rahul Joshi, Jagbir Singh Kirti, Navneet Singh

“…Caeneressa diaphana muirheadi (Felder) and Caeneressa brithyris (Druce) have been recorded for the first time from India. Further, a new combination viz. Caeneressa melaena (Walker) comb. nov., has also been proposed on the basis of external genitalic features. …”
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Four new species of Zeugodacus Hendel (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacinae, Dacini) and new records of dacines from India by Karamankodu Jacob David, Venkateshaiah Abhishek, Ningthoujam Kennedy, K. M. Ajaykumara, R. G. Gracy, Cheday Bhutia Hissay

“…Bactrocera (Parazeugodacus) abbreviata (Hardy) and Dacus (Mellesis) vijaysegarani Drew & Hancock are recorded for the first time from India.…”
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Foliicolous fungi of Andaman Islands, India by V.B. Hosagoudar, S.P. Mathew, D. Babu

“…Meliola palmicola is reported here for the first time from India. All these taxa are listed but the novel taxa are described and illustrated in detail.…”
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Hemovigilance Program-India by Akanksha Bisht, Surinder Singh, Neelam Marwaha

“…A centralized hemovigilance program to assure patient safety and to promote public health has been launched for the first time in India on Dec 10, 2012 in 60 medical colleges in the first phase along with a well-structured program for monitoring adverse reactions associated with blood transfusion and blood product administration. …”
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Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laborat... by Amar Paul Singh, Kritish De, Shagun Mahajan, Ritwik Mondal, Virendra Prasad Uniyal

“…The nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the dung beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were studied under laboratory conditions for the first time in India.  The females made a brood chamber within the dung mass provided, wherein they made brood balls to lay eggs.  …”
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First record of a parasitoid, Megaselia (M) scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from India by Sharanabasappa S. Deshmukh, S. Kiran, Atanu Naskar, Palam Pradeep, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, K. N. Sharath

“…The humpbacked fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae), was recorded as a laboratory parasitoid of FAW, for the first time in India. Initially, 30–40 maggots of M. (M) scalaris emerged out from the dead pre-pupa and pupa of laboratory-reared FAW. …”
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Financial Institutions and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Indian Economy in the Post Liberalized Era by Shrutikeerti Kaushal, Amlan Ghosh

“…Keywords: Economic Growth, Financial Institutions, Banks, Insurance, Time Series, India. JEL Classifications: C22, E44, G20, G21, G22, O16 …”
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Financial Institutions and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Indian Economy in the Post Liberalized Era by Shrutikeerti Kaushal, Amlan Ghosh

“…Keywords: Economic Growth, Financial Institutions, Banks, Insurance, Time Series, India. JEL Classifications: C22, E44, G20, G21, G22, O16 …”
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Financial Institutions and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Indian Economy in the Post Liberalized Era by Shrutikeerti Kaushal, Amlan Ghosh

“…Keywords: Economic Growth, Financial Institutions, Banks, Insurance, Time Series, India. JEL Classifications: C22, E44, G20, G21, G22, O16 …”
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Dealing with Colonial Past by Antonina Łuszczykiewicz

“…Consequently, the author intends to enquire, how movies made after 2000 – among which Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), Water (2005) and Rang De Basanti (2006) are given special attention – deal with the difficult colonial past from an over 50-year-long perspective. …”
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Prokaryotic expression and molecular characterization of surface antigen 3 (SAG 3) protein of Toxoplasma gondii by VIKRANT SUDAN, ANUP KUMAR TEWARI, HARKIRAT SINGH, B C SARAVANAN

“…In the present communication, we report molecular cloning, heterologous expression and characterization of 1158 bp complete open reading frame (ORF) of surface antigen 3 (SAG3) of T. gondii, RH strain, IVRI stock for the first time from India. The rSAG3 protein was expressed in E. coli as a 46kDa histidine-tagged fusion protein. …”
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