Latest Tidbits

• Agni-5, intercontinental ballistic missile with a strike range of over 5000 kms, successfully test-fired from Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast. 
  • It was the 3rd developmental test of this surface-to-surface nuclear capable missile that can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne.
  • Few more trials are required before it becomes usable for our armed forces.

  Agni Series: the previous 4 version of this series has already been inducted.

  • Agni-1 : 700 km range 
  • Agni-2 : 2000 km
  • Agni-3 and Agni-4 : ranging from 2500 km to 3500 km
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• DRDO gets approval for setting up a missile launch testing facility near Krishna Delta Complex (Andhra Pradesh). 
  • The ecologically sensitive zone is home to endangered species 'Olive Ridley turtles'.
  • The construction, however, is subject to a final green clearance from Supreme Court.
  • Government for its part has put few precautionary measures in place to minimize the harm to the ecology, like: No activities in night, and during the turtles’ nesting season.
  • Regeneration of mangroves is also planned.
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• In a historic first; Trains flagged off remotely through telepresence. read more
• Krishna Chaudhary is appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). 
  • He is currently serving as the Director General of the Railway Protection Force.
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