Karnataka: Former CM Siddaramaiah slams CM Bommai over his frequent trips to Delhi
Karwar: Former Chief Minister, leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah spoke about the newly appointed CM’s trips to Delhi and said, “We have already experienced a lot of hardship because of COVID. Without suitable hospitals, beds, ventilators, oxygen, thousands of people have died. A repeat of this must be prevented. Leaving all of this, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is running around to assemble his cabinet of ministers. Going to Delhi once is okay, what is the need to go there again and again? BJP high command should also understand the problems of the state”, he said.
Speaking at a press conference at Karwar, he said, “It is the state government’s primary task to work towards the prevention of Corona’s 3rd wave in our state. In the neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Kerala, the 3rd wave has already come with the rising number of infections that are being reported. There has been an increase of people coming from these states to our state and therefore the state’s border must maintain strict precautions”, he demanded.
“More people from Kerala come to the Coastal regions, Chamarajanagar, Coorg districts in the state. Conduct strict screening at the state’s borders, don’t permit entry to those who have not taken 2 doses of vaccination and perform tests to only allow those whose results come out as negative”, Siddaramaiah requested.
“BJP MLAs have invested in Bengaluru and are lobbying for Ministerial positions. Not one MLA has gone to his respective constituency to work. For them becoming a Minister is more important than people’s lives.”
“Basavaraj Bommai has just become the Chief Minister. I will not criticize him. However, I will emphasize that attention must be paid to the problems of the state”, he said.
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 launches Mission MITRA for safety of human spaceflight mission crew
Bengaluru (PTI): ISRO on Friday said it has undertaken mission MITRA in Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh, from April 2 to 9, a first-of-its-kind team behavioural study for the benefit of human spaceflight missions such as Gaganyaan.
The mission, inaugurated by the ISRO chairman V Narayanan, was mainly for the crew safety and performance.
"Mission MITRA is a first-of-its-kind team behavioural study designed by ISRO and IAF-Institute of Aerospace Medicine to examine the physiological, psychological, and operational dynamics of Crew and ground teams functioning in a high-altitude environment," ISRO said in a statement.
This study is targeted to generate vital understanding on the team interoperability between crew (Gaganyatris) and ground control teams and the effectiveness of decision making under environmental & operational stress, the space agency said.
Noting that the crew safety and performance are the most critical elements of all Human Spaceflight Missions, ISRO said the ability of the crew to communicate effectively, adapt to stress, maintain psychological resilience and support one another determines the success and safety of any mission.
Analogue missions conducted under controlled yet realistic conditions are utilised to understand how crews perform under challenging conditions, it added.
The space agency said the high altitude of approximately 3,500 meters at Leh having the environmental conditions of hypoxia, low temperature, and isolation, is a natural analogue for spaceflight operations.
