‘Prahaar’ missile successfully test-fired
India successfully conducted the
first test-fire of its indigenously
developed surface-to-surface guided
short-range, solid fueled, quickreaction,
tactical missile, Prahaar (Sanskrit:हार , Strike) from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Chandipur,
off Odisha coast
The missile test fired from the Launch
Complex-III of the ITR at 0810 hours
The uniqueness of the missile with a payload
of 200 kgs is that “in one
salvo, six missiles can be fired at multiple
targets in all directions
covering the entire azimuth plane.”
Capable of hitting both tactical and
strategic targets
It is a road
mobile system and can also be deployed in a
few minutes time, without much preparation
Prahaar (Sanskrit:हार , Strike)
INFORMATION
Type: Tactical ballistic missile
Place of origin: India
Used by: Indian Army, Indian Air Force
Manufacturer: Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO), Bharat
Dynamics Limited (BDL)
SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 1280 kg
Length: 7.3 meters
Diameter: 0.42 meter
Warhead:200 kg
Propellant: Solid
Operational range: 150 km
Speed: Mach 2.03 (2160 km/h)
Launch platform: 8 x 8 Tatra Transporter
Erector Launcher
Women’s football: Japan beat USA on
penalties to win World Cup
Women’s Football World Cup Final at
Frankfurt, Germany
Japan won the women’s World Cup for the
first time, beating the United States 3-1
in a penalty shoot-out
Japan captain Homare Sawa won the tournament’s Golden Boot
PPL to expand its Sulphuric Acid,
Phosphoric Acid and Fertiliser plant
Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL): Asia’s
largest DAP (Diammonium
Phosphate) Fertiliser plant
PPL has lined up an expansion plan of ` 600 Crore for the
next 3 years in setting
up an all-new Sulphuric Acid plant with
2000 tonnes per day capacity, enhancing
capacity and efficiency of its existing Sulphuric
Acid, Phosphoric Acid and Fertiliser
plant at its project site at Paradeep in
Odisha
Manku Thampuran dies
Noted Musician and the First Chairperson of the Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Manku Thampuran, died in
Mysore
She was 97
She was an A Grade artist of All India Radio, and a disciple of
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
Senior most woman member (Valiyamma
Thampuran) of the erstwhile
Cochin royal family
A recipient of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi fellowship, Manku
Thampuran was awarded Sangeetha Sampoorna by the Sreepoornathrayeesha
Sangeetha Sabha
China issues stapled visas to
sportspersons
China issued stapled visas to the sportspersons from the state, due
to which
three Karatekas were unable to represent
India in the 11th Asian Karate-do
Championship being held at Quanghou City
in Fujian province of China
The Chinese Embassy in Delhi gave stapled
visas to Karatekas Likha Lej, Tage Saa
and Rei Yadi, with other two officials of Arunachal Karate Federation, which
prevented them from flying to China
Indian authorities at New Delhi’s IGI
Airport had to turn them away because of the
stapled visas
Stapled Visa: When the visas for a visiting
country are issued on a separate paper rather
than on the passport it is called stapled visa.
Often, the immigration officers won’t stamp
a passport if it carries a stapled visa.
NAIS covers over 17 Crore Farmers
NAIS = National Agricultural Insurance
Scheme
As per the Union Agriculture Ministry,
over 17 Crore farmers with total area of
more than 2 Lakh ha have been covered
under National Agricultural Insurance
Scheme (NAIS)
Claims of `
21,000 Crore are payable to over 4 Crore
farmers
Currently NAIS is operational in 25 States
and two Union Territories
Main objective of the scheme is to protect
the farmers against the crop losses
suffered on account of natural calamities
and diseases. The Scheme is available to
all the farmers irrespective of their land sizes
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