Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of significant public health concern, especially due to its ability to survive in a wide range of foods and cause severe illness in vulnerable populations. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and antibiotic resistance of L. monocytogenes across a variety of food commodities collected from four districts of Sikkim, India, between April 2023 and May 2025. A total of 2,829...

Accurate estimation of air-sea fluxes is essential for advancing ocean modeling, observational studies, and understanding air-sea interactions. To address this need, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) developed and deployed a Flux Reference System (INCOIS-FRS) onboard ORV Sagar Nidhi . This article provides an overview of the system, its components, data acquisition methods, flux computation tec...