Khalid remains in Tihar jail as the Supreme Court, in its verdict, denied his and Sharjeel Imam’s bail, while granting bail to five other activists in the same case-Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd. Saleem Khan and Shadab Ahmad.

ONGC officials have reached the site to assess the situation and analyse the cause of the incident.

After 70 years and billions spent on thorium research, BARC missed the commercial breakthrough. US startup Clean Core developed ANEEL thorium fuel with Dr Anil Kakodkar in an advisory role.