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This article fills a notable gap in existing research on outcome-based education (OBE) in India. It reports findings from a multi-sited field-based investigation of OBE across five relatively highly ranked institutions in India. Building on actor–network theory the article argues that attempting to study OBE opens up a range of concerns such as disciplinary dispositions, teacher training, methodological limitations of OBE, concerns of labour, management and the problem of designating the scalar boundaries of OBE.

Over the past two decades, technological advancements have significantly increased image-based methodologies, particularly the use of camera traps, which have become invaluable tools in ecology for examining a wide range of phenomena, including animal activity patterns, habitat selection, abundance, densities and distributions.

There are demographic and development differences between the North and the South, but concerns about labour migration to the South are not warranted since the movement of labour is an important channel for reaping the demographic dividend as well as achieving regionally balanced development.

In this paper we discussed about application of minerals in environmental science.. Furthermore, this talk highlights the significance of mineral chemistry in mitigating environmental pollution through the remediation of contaminated sites. Minerals' ability to sequester water- pollutants and facilitate the restoration of ecosystems underscores their potential in contributing to sustainable development goals.We also explores the role of mineral chemistry in fostering economic development, particularly in regions rich in mineral resources.

Human-elephant conflict (HEC) is a multifaceted issue in many parts of the world due to its catastrophic impacts. Hence, it is critical to address this issue with an integrated approach. We analyzed an unprecedented geolocated database of 1.31 lakh HEC incidents in Karnataka from 2019 to 2023, sourced from e-parihara (an Android application-based system for sanctioning compensation for man animal conflict cases) by the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD). This study highlights critical information on HEC and its annual trends, damage types, and compensation over space and time.

This special issue memorial volume is dedicated to the late Professor Jean Cleymans, who made a visible contribution to high-energy nuclear physics and the search for the primordial matter of quarks and gluons, called quark-gluon plasma (QGP). An extraordinary scientist, educator and motivator, Prof.