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Congress wins 3 Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka, BJP

one a er cross-vo ng

On Tuesday, the Congress emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha
elections in Karnataka, securing three seats, while the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) managed to secure only one seat due to cross-voting by one
of its MLAs in favor of the ruling party.
The voting for the four Upper House seats took place on Tuesday.
Congress candidates Ajay Maken, Nasser Hussain, and GC
Chandrashekar triumphed with 47, 47, and 45 votes, respectively, earning
the opportunity to represent the party in the Rajya Sabha. Narayanasa
Bhandage from the BJP was elected to the Upper House.
Five candidates contested for the four available seats, with JD(S)
contestant D Kupendra Reddy also in the fray.
Notably, Karnataka BJP MLAs Somashekar and Hebbar, expressing discontent with the party leadership,
had been observed aligning themselves more closely with the Congress in recent months. Somashekar
represents the Yashwantpur assembly constituency, while Hebbar hails from the Yellapur segment.

Gaganyaan: ISRO reveals four astronauts for India’s first

human spaceflight mission

On Tuesday, India's space agency unveiled the four
astronauts-designate who are undergoing training for the
country's inaugural human spaceflight mission scheduled for
2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi bestowed "wings" upon
the four astronauts-designate, all of whom are test pilots from
the Indian Air Force, during a ceremony at the Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. These wings,
worn as badges on the chest, symbolize their designation.
The four pilots include Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan
Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad
Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla. Their extensive training included a year at the Yuri
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Moscow (2020-21), where they focused on studies related to
parabolic flights, orbital mechanics, astro-navigation, and survival training in diverse environments such as
snow, water, and steppes. Subsequently, they returned to Bangalore and have been undergoing further
training at facilities operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).