This item was about the death of a famous physicist Dr. R K Asundi. He has passed away at an age of 86. He had a notable career in molecular spectroscopy and was a graduate of Wilson College in physics, obtaining his Ph.D. from King's College, London. After retiring as the Head of the department in Aligarh and BHU, he was invited by Dr. Bhabha to join BARC as an advisor.

This item was about nuclear astrophysics and one of its accomplished practitioners, Bhaskar Dutta of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, who passed away at the early age of fifty in Bangalore. The item also speaks of his remarkable achievements in nuclear physics. During his journey in the US for education and research and subsequent to his return from abroad, he started working in TIFR, followed by IIA, Bangalore.