BioThink – National Academy of Bio Sciences, Volume -2 Issue-3, July 2025

1. Medicinally Important Weed Flora of Rampur, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (India) – Dr. Anita Kumari

2. “Chaulayee, the Green Gold of Lower Himachal: A green Medicine for Health and Nutrition with Remarkable Ethno medicinal Significance of Amaranthus viridis” – Anju Kumari Thakur, ¹Deep Narayan Pandey ¹ Gulshan Kum,ar, ²Nitesh Kumar

3. The Vanishing Villages of Uttarakhand: How Outmigration Is Eroding the Rural Economy– Anshu Basera

4. Dev Bhoomi Under Pressure: The Unsustainable Cost of Mass Tourism in Uttarakhand– Dinkar Joshi

5. Leucorrhoea: Addressing a Common but Overlooked Condition through Herbal and Home Remedies– Nikita Bankoti

6. Scope of Sesame crop as a Cash Crop for farmers of Uttarakhand –Meenakshi Joshi, Shailendra Tiwari, Sonali Rajput

7. Bioremediation: An innovative method of vegetable waste managemention-Anubha Kaushal¹,Mitali Sharma² , Ramesh Kumar Bhardwaj¹, Sherup Otzer¹

8. Moringa oleifera: A Natural Reservoir of Pharmaceutical Potential – Pooja Barthwal, Shivani Tyagi, Abhishek Kumar Mukhiya

9. Microscopic Allies: Nanoparticles in the Seed’s Journey to Life – Juhi Khanal

10. The Multifaceted Role of  Zanthoxylum armatum DC.: From Folk Remedies to Modern Pharmacology – Pooja Uniyal

11. Trust on Screen: What Social Media means for Rural Consumers – Priya Tiwari

12. A Closer Look at How Artificial Base Apple Waxing May Impact Health and Fruit Quality : Rajeshwar Mahto, Priya Raj

13. The Ghost in the water: Micro-pollutants and Macro- Impacts of Herbicides on Aquatic health: Inder Singh Rana¹, Sushma Sharma¹, Rajinder Kumar¹, Nitesh Kumar¹

14. The Significance of Medicinal Plants as Possible Sources For Antitumor Applications – Ms. Lovely Tyagi

15. Conceptualizing Ethnobotany from Traditional Methods to Inclusive Ethnobotanical Research Practices: Monika¹, Neha Yadav¹, Kavita¹, Ranjeet Singh², Balkar Singh³, Jyoti Chauhan⁴

16. Major Threats to Wildlife in Himachal Pradesh, India: A Comprehensive Review : Harinder Singh Banyal¹, Neha Bains², Navneet Kaur³

17. Convolvulus prostratus Forssk. A Review on its Medicinal Applications: Neha Yadav¹, Aarti¹, Monika¹, Jyoti Chauhan², Balkar singh³, Ranjeet Singh⁴

18. Welfare without Dignity : How India’s Scheme Fail its Villages – Parul Singh

19. Essential Oils as Green Herbicides: A Sustainable Approach to Weed Control : Sangeeta Sharma¹, Preeti Kaundal*¹, Jitender Thakur² and Titiksha Kamal¹

20. Biofortification: A Strategic Approach to Combat Micronutrient Malnutrition : Shivani Seraik¹*and Shweta Bhatia²

21. Advancements and Challenges in Horticultural Science: A Contemporary Review: Vishnu Raja Vijayakumar¹*, Lekhavani Ramesh,²Suguna Krishnamoorthy², Nitesh Kumar

22. Aquatic Vulnerability: Pyrethroid Pesticides and Their Detrimental Impacts on Fish: Rajinder Kumar^1*, Sushma Sharma¹, Inder Singh Rana¹, Nitesh Kumar¹

23. Characterization of Withania somnifera dunal Powder Materials and analysis of Heavy Metal  : Satya Prakash Chaudhary¹*, Kirtika Prakash Chaudhary²_, Saket Kumar³ and Nitesh Kumar⁴

24. Climate Change and Honeybees: Potential threat to pollination in the North Western Himalaya: Dr. SUnita Saklani

25. The Potential of Api-tourism in India: A Sustainable Development Opportunity : Nabdeep Singh¹, R.S Negi¹, Santosh Singh^1*, Ankit Sati¹, Eshwar Singh², Shailendra Tiwari² and Abhay Singh³

26. Urban Horticulture for Food Security: Scope and Challenges : Abhay Singh¹, Vivek Singh¹*, K.N. Shah¹, D.K. Rana¹ and Nabdeep Singh²

27. AI-IoT Integrated Agrivoltaic Systems. A Sustain- able Engineering Framework for Dual Harvest of Energy and High-Value Crops in Precision Agri- culture : Talvinder Singh, Raman Kumar

28. Harvesting Sustainability: The Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Consumer Impacts of Organic Farming : Himanshu Malhotra

Special Story on ” Exploring Synergies of Business in Selected Value Chains among LCs/CLFs/GCs & Social Enterprises” – SHubham Pandey, Dipankar Routh, Neeraj Baluni

Himalayan Windflowers: The Untold Beauty of Anemone L. in Himachal Pradesh – Sanjeev Kumar*¹, Neha Thakur², Neeraj Sankhyan¹ , Ruchika Devi²