India won three medals in shooting on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games with Shreyasi Singh winning the gold while Ankur Mittal and Om Mitharval settling for bronze.
On Day 7, Shreyasi Singh won the gold medal for India in Women’s Double Trap on Wednesday. Varsha Varman finished in the 4th position. Ankur Mittal settled for the bronze medal in Men’s Double Trap while Ashab Mohd finished in the 4th position. Jitu Rai, who earlier clinched gold in 10m air pistol, failed to add another for India after he finished in the 8th position. Om Mitharval, who had earlier won a bronze in 10m air pistol, won another bronze after he finished in the third position in the event. India total won 1 gold and 2 bronze in shooting on Day 7
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Countdown of Indian navigation satellite launch progressing smoothly
The 32-hour countdown for Thursday’s early launch of the IRNSS-1L navigation satellite is progressing smoothly at the Sriharikota rocket port, around 105 km from here, Indian space agency officials said.
The countdown began at 8.04 p.m. on Tuesday.
The 1,425-kg satellite — part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) — will be carried by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket XL variant that will blast off on Thursday at around 4.04 a.m., said an official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
This will be the ninth of the IRNSS satellite series and will be a replacement for IRNSS-1A as its rubidium atomic clocks have failed. The atomic clocks are important to provide the accurate positional data.
Simply put, the IRNSS or NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) is similar to the US-owned GPS.
The Rs 1,420-crore Indian satellite navigation system NavIC consists of nine satellites — seven in orbit and two as substitutes.
The IRNSS-1L will be the second satellite that will be sent up as replacement for IRNSS-1A. The first replacement IRNSS-1H satellite launch mission ended in a failure.
Each satellite has three Rubidium atomic clocks and a total of 27 clocks for the navigation satellite system (including the standby satellites) were supplied by the same vendor.
Like its other IRNSS predecessors, IRNSS-1L also carries two types of payloads for navigation and ranging.
The navigation payload of IRNSS-1L will transmit navigation service signals to the users. This payload will be operating in L5-band and S-band.
The ranging payload of IRNSS-1L consists of a C-band transponder, which facilitates accurate determination of the range of the satellite. IRNSS-1L also carries Corner Cube Retro Reflectors for laser ranging.
The four stage/engine PSLV-XL stands 44.4 metres tall and weighs 321 ton at the
lift-off stage.
Around 19 minutes 20 seconds after the lift-off, the rocket will sling IRNSS-1L at an altitude of around 507 km.
According to ISRO, NavIC is useful for fishermen to reach potential fishing areas. The fishermen can also get alert messages relating to bad weather, high waves or when they approach international maritime boundary line.
These services are provided through a software application on a smart phone.
The Indian space agency also said NavIC is useful for merchant ships in their navigation and also during search and rescue operations.
In the road transport sector, NavIC helps commuters to traverse distances and also enable transport operators to track their vehicles.
According to ISRO, the navigation system is also helpful for railways in tracking trains and also giving an alert in the case of unmanned level crossing.
The Indian space agency said NavIC is also used for other applications like location-based services, survey and alignment, time synchronised services
NavIC provides two types of services — standard positioning service and restricted service. The former is for all users while the latter is an encrypted service only for authorised users.
Starting in July 2013, the Indian space agency has launched eight navigation satellites, with the last one launched on Aug 31, 2017.
The Aug 31 mission was a failure as the rocket’s heat shield did not separate three minutes after the rocket’s lift-off. As a result, the IRNSS-1H remained housed inside the heat shield.
Each satellite has a life span of 10 years.
(IANS)
Dalit leaders angered after CM Siddaramaiah, son cut call off meeting midway
Dr Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, had to be called off a meeting with the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes leaders’ midway, as the participants sought this as an opportunity to air their grievances and were not ready to listen to him.
The meeting was held at a private hotel in the city of the participants from Varuna and Chamundeshwari Assembly constituencies on Tuesday. There was commotion for sometime after the participants raised uncomfortable questions.
The leaders were displeased with both Siddaramaiah and Dr. Yathindra and complained, “You people remember us only when election approaches. When we need your help, nobody is available at your house. Without helping us in any way, now you want us to vote for you. You treat us as mere voters, nothing more.”
“Even while issuing benefits to the SC and ST community people, the beneficiaries are the same set of people. For others, no loan or financial assistance is extended, despite numerous and repeated applications to the department concerned,” they expressed.
The Dalit leaders sought opportunity to air the complaints of every single aggrieved person in the hall. The meeting had to be called off as the combined effort of Dr. Yathindra and others to pacify the participants failed.
Congress will be announce candidates list on April 14
The Congress is probably going to report its candidates for the May 12 elections on Saturday.
The Central Election Committee of the Congress is relied upon to meet on Friday to put its seal of endorsement on the list of candidates for all the 224 constituencies.
Following two days of serious considerations including screening committee administrator Madhusudan Mistry, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara, Congress leaders said they don’t catch much inconvenience in finalizing the candidates.
“We have gotten our work done well, it will be a list of agreement candidates,” a senior Congress leader said.
While the Chief Minister left for Bengaluru on Tuesday evening after the two-day discussions, a few state Congress leaders were still in the national capital for discussions with the screening committee. The board is relied upon to proceed with its consultations throughout the following two days and tie the remaining details before making its proposals to the CEC. In excess of 1,000 aspirants had applied for the Congress tickets for the 224 constituencies.
Congress sources said the Chief Minister and the KPCC president were relied upon to have their say in the hopeful determination process on the lines of Gujarat and Punjab.
Party leaders guaranteed that the ticket conveyance would be adjusted and comprehensive, with competitors from minorities, Dalits and women getting satisfactory portrayal.
A senior Congress leader said the gathering would sit tight for the BJP to report the names of every one of its candidates. The BJP has effectively reported its first list of 72 candidates and is relied upon to turn out with the second list on Wednesday.
Anti Corruption Bureau raids six government officials
Six government authorities were raided by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday for owning assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
The ACB sleuths looked 22 premises over the state.
The authorities attacked Mallikarjun N Savanur, assistant executive engineer, KPTCL Hubballi; Parishwanath Varoor, assistant conservator of forests, Dharwad; Ravishankar, JE, taluk panchayat, Kundapur; G M Shivakumar, tax inspector, BBMP Hemmigepura; T S Krishne Gowda, water inspector, Mysuru City Corporation, Mysuru and Nagaraj, PDO, Gurusiddapura Gram Panchayat, Jagaluru, Davangere.
Various ACB police headquarters in the state filed complaint against the authorities.
A senior police official said that searches were still on and insights about resources seized will be known in a day or two.
S M Krishna happy, BJP offers ticket to his family member
The BJP on Tuesday, April 10, offered to field a member of senior leader S M Krishna’s family in the upcoming polls, in an effort to keep the former chief minister happy. Earlier in the day, it was reported in certain media that Krishna would quit BJP and will join Congress soon.
Krishna, a Vokkaliga, who was chief minister from 1999 to 2004 under Congress regime, quit the party in January last year and formally joined the BJP in March. He had cited the reason of being sidelined as a mass leader. But since joining the BJP, Krishna was only seen during a Parivarthana Yatra in Mandya in January this year and then at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Bengaluru in February.
“If any of Krishna’s family member is willing to contest, the BJP is ready to give the ticket to any Assembly seat in either Mandya or Bengaluru,” BJP leader and former deputy chief minister R Ashoka told reporters.
Krishna has two daughters – Shambhavi, who is married to liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s stepbrother and Malavika, married to businessman V G Siddhartha. Krishna had considered fielding Shambhavi in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
“Krishna is not leaving the BJP. He is not in India right now, but I spoke to a friend of his. He is expected back home on April 13. We will discuss the election issue with him then. I am hundred per cent sure that Krishna will not leave. He is committed to strengthen the party,” Ashoka added.
Ashok also criticized Congress on the Krishna issue. “I have seen in the media Congress shedding crocodile tears. When Krishna left them, no one shed a tear. Today, knowing they will lose the election, Congress is feeling the need for a leader like Krishna. I congratulate the Congress for the wisdom has finally dawned on them,” he said.
Candidate list circulated on social media ‘fake’: Congress
Soon after a fake list of Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka was circulated on social media on Tuesday, the party clarified that it was a “fake press release and AICC has not issued anything regarding this”.
“A fake press release from AICC regarding the names of Congress candidates for the legislative assembly election Karnataka is being circulated in social media,” said AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal, in a statement.
“I would like to clarify that this is a fake press release and AICC has not issued any press release regarding this,” he added.
Venugopal also said: “Now, the screening committee meetings are going on and any list regarding the same will be released only after the Central Election Committee meeting.”
“Until now no CEC meeting has happened regarding the Karnataka Assembly Election,” he added.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tweeted: “I am told a list of Congress candidates for Karnataka Election is under circulation. The AICC has not approved the list of candidates yet. The “list” under circulation is fake. It has been done to create confusion.”
“Please don’t patronize products of the fake news factory,” he added.
(IANS)
CBI Arrests Kendriya Vidyalaya School’s Principal For Accepting Bribe Of 1 Lakh
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here has arrested a central school principal for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs one lakh
The CBI has arrested the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. The principal was arrested after a person filed a complaint, stating that the accused was demanding money for admission of is son to the school.
Following the complaint, the investigative agency had chalked out a plan to nab the principal red handed. Raids were also conducted at the residence of the accused which led to the recovery of certain documents and keys of three lockers.
A case under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has been registered against the accused. The accused was later produced before the Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai and remanded to judicial custody up to April 24.
A thrilling win for CSK beating KKR by 5 wickets
Sam Billings played a little gem as Chennai Super Kings once again pulled off a thrilling chase, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in an IPL encounter here on Tuesday.
Chasing a stiff target of 203, CSK won the match with a ball to spare as Ravindra Jadeja deposited military medium stuff from R Vinay Kumar into stands. The India discard bowled a forgettable final over where CSK needed 17 runs to win.
This was after Englishman Billings set it up nicely with a magnificent 56 off 23 balls that contained five huge sixes apart from a couple of boundaries.
The pressure put by Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s slow batting (25 off 28 balls) was neutralised by Billings.
Chasing a target of 203 needed a blazing start and veteran Shane Watson was up for a challenge, hitting 42 off 19 balls with three fours and an equal number of sixes in a 75-run opening stand with Ambati Rayudu (39 off 26 balls). Tom Curran making his IPL debut got rid of Watson with a short ball and Rayudu was accounted by Kuldeep Yadav as he tried an inside-out shot.
Suresh Raina (14) sustained a calf muscle injury which hampered his running between the wickets with Sunil Narine sending him back. Dhoni and Billings got the chase back on track with a 54-run stand.
Earlier, Andre Russell hit an incredible 11 sixes in his 36-ball-88 as Kolkata Knight Riders scored a competitive 202 for six after being put into bat.
In one of the finest counter-attacking innings in recent editions of IPL, Russell came in at 89 for 5 and then took the bowling apart with as many as seven sixes being hit off West Indies team-mate Dwayne Bravo, including three in an over.
Russell was involved in a 76-run sixth wicket partnership with skipper Dinesh Karthik (26) as KKR went onto post a good total. In fact, the last five overs yielded 79 runs that got KKR back into the match.
CSK captain MS Dhoni’s strategy to use his slow bowlers in the initial stages on a surface aiding spin worked well but Russell had other ideas as he attacked the pacers including Shardul Thakur (1/37 in 4 overs) and Bravo (0/50 in 3 overs).
Bravo, who was frugal against Mumbai Indians in the first game, was taken for 50 runs in three overs with Russell hammering him all over the park, sending two balls out of the stadium.
Earlier, Sunil Narine got off to a flying start as he did in the game against RCB by hammering Deepak Chahar for two big sixers on the leg-side in the first over of the match.
However, he departed off the first ball he faced from the experienced Harbhajan Singh (1/11 in 2 overs) in the second over, going for a big hit to be caught by Suresh Raina.
Chris Lynn, the dangerman, appeared to be getting into his groove and had hit four boundaries, before being castled by Ravindra Jadeja for 22.
Nitish Rana underlined his potential in his brief knock of 16 before an edge lobbed up to Dhoni. Robin Uthappa, who appeared in good touch, hitting three sixes in his 16-ball-29 was run-out as Raina’s throw caught him short of his ground.
The talented young Rinku Singh didn’t last long and fell to Shardul Thakur to leave KKR in a spot of bother at 89 for 5 in 10 overs. Although Russell rescued KKR with a blistering knock, CSK pulled off another heist.
MEP will emerge as second largest party in Karnataka Assembly Elections, according to survey
According to a recent survey conducted by Satellite Political Survey (SAS), the newly launched All India Mahila Empowerment Party’s (MEP), is going to emerge as the second largest party in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Elections.
According to SAS, MEP is going to bag 70 seats out of the 224 seats, claiming 31.2%.
The survey has put the incumbent Congress party, at 71 seats, BJP at 53 seats, JD(s) at 17 seats and others at 13 seats.
Founded by Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Dr. Nowhera Shaik, MEP is contesting in all the 224 constituencies in the state.
The party, which was launched on 12th November 2017 at New Delhi, announced its participation in the Karnataka elections a month later on December 12th in Bangalore.
After the launch, hundreds of people have joined the party all over the state. More than 6,000 candidates have applied for the position of MLAs.
According to Dr. Shaikh, MEP will reserve 33% of seats to women from all sections of society.
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