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The unit-2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu is likely to become operational in the next eight months. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, director sekhar basu said, as planned the second reactor would be operational at the most in a year’s time.

Veteran atomic scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr sekhar basu succumbed to COVID-19 early on Thursday at a private hospital here, a health department official said. He was 68. He had also pioneered the highly complex reactor for India's first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2014.

sekhar basu has headed BARC facilities since 1988 and was responsible for commissioning Land-Based Nuclear Submarine Propulsion Plant at Kalpakkam.

Eminent nuclear scientist sekhar basu died of Covid-19 in a Kolkata hospital early Thursday, bringing the curtain down on a career that saw him championing major research and development programmes as a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy.

The third graduation ceremony of St Aloysius College (autonomous) will be held in Loyola hall of the St Aloysius PU College here on June 1.

The third graduation ceremony of St Aloysius College (autonomous) will be held in Loyola hall of the St Aloysius PU College here on June 1.

If the Odisha government provides land, the department of atomic energy (DAE) under Union government would be keen to establish a nuclear power plant in the state, said sekhar basu, director Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and secretary, DAE.

Residents of DLF Phase 1, 2 and 3 have complained that they are living without electricity for more than four hours every day.

Dabaru's trailer launch highlighted Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly's inspiring life alongside the cast's emotional journey. The film delves into the parallels between chess and life, with a unique focus on the game in Bengali cinema.

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, while dismissing a plea by college-goer Arnav Choudhury to quash the culpable homicide charges against him, said a "prudent person" will always know that driving at high speed can lead to fatal accidents.

Vikram Chatterjee’s arrest a little after Thursday midnight came exactly 31 days after he filed an anticipatory bail plea in Calcutta high court. Incidentally, hours before his arrest, on Thursday morning, the HC had fixed a July 13 date to hear the anticipatory bail plea.

On Friday morning, director Sanghamitra Chaudhuri began shooting her film, Chhaya Juddho, with Indrani Halder at a South Kolkata residence.