1. In a new controversy, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra of demanding money for postings based on a video that purportedly shows Mr. Yathindra talking on the phone, on the sidelines of a programme, asking the person on the other end to give postings to ‘only those recommended’. This comes a day after the ruling Congress accused Mr. Kumaraswamy of drawing power directly from an electric pole, thereby ‘stealing’ power’, for Deepavali lighting in his house. An FIR has been filed by Bescom against Mr. Kumaraswamy.
2. Bengaluru-based Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that the cryogenic upper stage of the LVM3 M4 launch vehicle, which launched India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, has made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on November 15.
3. Department of Information and Public Relations and Karnataka Media Academy are jointly organising a seminar on “Media in the Age of artificial intelligence” on the occasion of National Press Day. K.V. Prabhakar, Media Adviser to Chief Minister, and Jayaram N., Secretary to Government, Department of Information and Public Relations and ex-officio Chairman, Karnataka Media Academy, will inaugurate. Hemant N. Nimbalkar, Commissioner, Information and Public Relations Department, will preside over the programme, which will be held in Sulochana Auditorium, Vartha Soudha, Department of Information and Public Relations, Infantry Road, 11.30 a.m. onwards.
