Assembly elections: BJP leader Ayanur Manjunath to enter fray, to resign as MLC
Shivamogga: BJP MLC Ayanur Manjunath has said that he will soon resign as legislator to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka, calling the recent ‘words of contempt’ by Eshwarappa a challenge for him to show his worth.
Addressing a press meet in the city on Monday, Ayanur said, “I have declared that I wish to contest the Assembly polls this year. I had also asked the party heads for ticket, but there are no signs of the leaders giving me ticket. I am, therefore, resigning as MLC.”
Further, he said that he decided to contest after thinking over the words of party leader Eshwarappa recently. “I especially considered Eshwarappa’s use of singular in his speech, which only reflects his lack of language skills. He went to the extent of saying ‘he cannot stand up to me’, and I accept it as a challenge,” he declared.
“I am well aware of Eshwarappa’s poll tactics. Officials concerned have confiscated things worth around Rs 4.5 crore and cash of Rs 1.5 crore on different occasions. Eshwarappa has loads of funds, which he has deposited in wards for the upcoming elections. Yet, his funds will prove ineffective in the current polls,” Ayanur said.
Saying that Eshwarappa had achieved nothing in his 32 years as a representative of the people, Ayanur said that Eshwarappa was good at only making provocative speeches during elections, but this trick would not work for him this time.
People with the sole aim of winning the elections are more often than not the reason for any sort of ‘impurity’ in temples and other places of worship. “I request people not to lose their cool – not even the police. There is always a possibility of difficult, unwanted situations rising up during elections. We must all handle such situations carefully, always,” he reminded.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
ISRO reschedules Proba-3 launch after detecting 'anomaly' in satellite's propulsion system
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 4: The ISRO has rescheduled the launch of European Space Agency's Proba-3 satellite, meant for solar experiment, for Thursday, after an anomaly was detected minutes before the launch on Wednesday.
The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency had originally planned to launch European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 at 4.08 pm on Wednesday from the spaceport here.
"As per the ESA's request, the launch of PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 has been rescheduled as follows: Date: 05th December 2024 Time: 16:04" (4.04 pm), the space agency said in its latest update. The revised launch was earlier fixed at 4.12 pm on Thursday.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said the anomaly occurred in the redundant propulsion system of the Coronagraph spacecraft which was onboard the PSLVC59 mission and currently the scientists were involved in identifying the cause of the incident.
"During Proba3's pre-launch preparations at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India, an anomaly in the redundant propulsion system of the Coronagraph Spacecraft occurred. This propulsion system is part of the attitude and orbit control subsystem of the satellite and used to maintain orientation and pointing in space." Aschbacher said in a social media post.
"The anomaly is currently under detailed investigation. The use of a software solution by the mission control team at @ESA’s ESEC centre at Redu, Belgium is being evaluated to allow a launch on Thursday 5 December at 11:34 CET (10:34 GMT, 16:04 local time)." he said .
Dubbed as world's first initiative of its kind, the Proba-3 (Project for Onboard Anatomy) consists of two satellites -- Coronagraph (310kgs) and Occulter (240kgs) -- in which two spacecraft would fly together as one, maintaining precise formation down to a single millimetre to study the Corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere.
The European Space Agency (ESA) said the Corona is much hotter than the Sun itself and it is where space weather originates. It is also a topic of widespread scientific and practical interest.
For ISRO, this launch would provide key insights on taking up scientific experiments on the Sun after its maiden mission--Aditya-L1 which was successfully launched in September 2023.
Proba-3 is a technology demonstration mission funded via the General Support Technology Programme. The instruments onboard the satellites would travel closer to the solar rim for up to six hours at a time and each spacecraft would take up approximately a 19-hour orbit around the Earth.
NewSpace India Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO has bagged the order from the ESA.
The 25-hour countdown was progressing smoothly since it commenced on Tuesday at 3.08 pm and scientists at the spaceport here have been working on preliminary works for the launch.
'Probas' is a Latin word, meaning 'Let's try'.
The mission objective is to demonstrate precise formation flying and the two spacecraft inside the satellites would be launched together in a stacked configuration after the desired orbit level is reached.
PSLV-C59 is a 44.5 metre tall rocket and is on its 61st flight and the 26th with the PSLV-XL variant which is normally used to place heavy satellites.
The two satellites (Coronagraph and Occulter) would undertake an 18-minute journey to reach the desired orbit.
After reaching the preparatory conditions, the two spacecraft would fly 150 metres apart (as one large satellite structure) in tandem so that the 'Occulter' spacecraft would block out the solar disk of the sun enabling 'Coronagraph' to study the corona of the Sun or the surrounding atmosphere, for scientific observation.
