Photographer duo electrocuted in Mandya while putting up banner
Mandya: Two photographers in Besagarahalli of Maddur taluk died of electrocution when they were putting up a banner outside their studio on Saturday.
Vivek of Maraliga village and Madhu of Gejjalagere village of Maddur have been identified as the victims. It is learned that Vivek had a studio in a room on the first floor of the building while Madhu worked as his assistant.
At around 11 am on Saturday, both were working at putting up the banner when, accidentally, the banner fell off their hands and touched the electricity wire nearby. The duo holding up the banner that had an iron wiring was electrocuted with the power that passed through the wiring, said sources.
Citizens nearby rushed to their help and got them admitted to a primary health centre nearby. When the photographers were being shifted to the district hospital, however, both Vivek and Madhu died on the way, said sources.
Besagarahalli Police have registered a case in this regard.
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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."
