Karnataka government grants permission to over 17,000 loudspeaker applications in state
Bengaluru: The usage of a total of 17,850 loudspeakers, including in religious centers, has been approved in Karnataka by the state government.
The Department of Home Affairs released a circular on May 10, facilitating the submission of applications seeking a license to use loudspeakers under the loudspeaker control regulations. After reviewing the applications, including the use of loudspeakers at religious places, the Department of Home Affairs has granted permission for a total of 17,859 loudspeakers to function in the state.
The state government, which has released another circular in this regard, has specified that the permission for loudspeaker usage would be applicable for two years, with an allotted fee of Rs 450.
The activists of the Sangh Parivar had earlier demanded that, in line with the Supreme Court’s orders, even mosques should not be allowed to use loudspeakers in the duration of 10 pm to 6 am, and protested against the azan by organizing the recital of ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ in several temples.
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
