Friends, Here is a brief news story by Katharine Sanderson on high-profile efforts to tackle the menace of fake papers and paper mills in the latest issue of *Nature*. Please see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00159-9 . We in India should be concerned too. About seven months ago Frederik Joelving exposed how a Chennai-based dental college adopted a 'nasty' publishing scheme to improve its ranking. See *Science*, 9 June 2023, 380 (6649), pp. 1000-1001 (doi: 10.1126/science.adj1032. Epub 2023 Jun 8). That, I think, is only the tip of the iceberg. Bill Ackman, one Of Harvard University's major donors, recommended a thorough plagiarism review in top universities, and suggested the use of AI to scrutinize academic works. In fact, he is threatening to fund a large-scale investigation of plagiarism in academia. This raises concerns about academic integrity and faculty careers. With regards, Arun