BARC plans 3,000-acre R&D campus in Andhra Pradesh

IANS | December 14, 2025 5:11 PM

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is planning to set up a large new research and development campus in Andhra Pradesh as part of India’s broader push to strengthen nuclear science and advanced reactor technology.

Inaugural CIDCO Open set to begin from December 16

IANS | December 14, 2025 5:11 PM

Navi Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and CIDCO on Sunday jointly announced the staging of the inaugural CIDCO Open. PGTI’s first-ever event in the city carries a prize purse of INR 1 crore and is scheduled to be held here at the magnificent Kharghar Valley Golf Course from December 16 to 19.

Aces, Pipers, Eagles and Rangers eye TPL season 7 crown

IANS | December 14, 2025 4:53 PM

Ahmedabad, Dec 14 (IANS) The final of the Tennis Premier League (TPL) Season 7 will be held at the Gujarat University Tennis Stadium on Sunday. Following five days of continuous tennis matches, GS Delhi Aces, SG Pipers, Yash Mumbai Eagles, and Rajasthan Rangers will compete for the title of TPL champion.

FairPoint: The politics of selective secularism

Deepika Bhan | December 14, 2025 4:25 PM

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) It becomes impossible to ignore -- when a centuries-old Deepam lighting ritual in Tamil Nadu is projected as a threat to communal harmony, while political attempts to resurrect the Babri Masjid narrative in West Bengal are met with studied silence -- as an uncomfortable truth.