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           Marking another milestone in the country’s deterrence capability,  India on Saturday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5, which has a strike range of over 5000 kms and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne, from Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast.             Saturday's launch was the third developmental trial of the long range missile. The first test was conducted on 19 April, 2012 and the second test on 15 September, 2013 from the same base.           India has at present in its armoury of Agni series, Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with 2000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2500 km to more than 3500 range. After a few more trials, Agni-5 will be inducted into the services.         Unlike other mis...

        "The FATWA has no place in Independent INDIA and can't be used to punish innocent"  the Supreme Court on Monday 7th July ruled. "A Shariat court, issuing fatwa and order against a person who is not before it, has no sanction of law and has no legal status. But if people still want to approach these courts, it's their will," The apex court said that "Islamic judges, who interpret religious law, could only rule when individuals submitted voluntarily to them and their decisions, or fatwas, were not legally binding.  Some fatwas may be wise and may be for general good also. People in this country are wise enough. If two Muslims agree for mediation, who can stay it? It is a blend of arbitration and mediation, but it is not binding on anyone including the person who had asked for it"         The petitioner a Delhi based lawyer, Vishwa Lochan Madan filed a petition in 2005, challenging the legality of p...

       Filled with pride over PSLV-C23 successful launch in Satish Dhavan Space Center at Sriharikota Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India said "Congratulations to our brilliant Space Scientists for yet another successful launch of the Polar Satellite. India's Space programme is driven by a vision of service to humanity, not for a desire of power. Technology is central to Development. It touches one and all and it  is important  instrument of our national progress"  He proposed Scientists of ISRO to develop SAARC Satellite. Really appreciate the action of our Prime Minister attended the launch site because this will encourage the Scientists to put in to that extra for the recognition that they got by having the PM among themselves and not just a note from PMO. Such small actions are huge moral  boosters. Events like these fill the hearts of 125 crore Indians with immeasurably joy and make us all immensely proud.    ...

          Polavaram Project is a multipurpose irrigation project which has been accorded national project status by the then UPA Central government. National river linking project which works under the aegis of the Indian Ministry of Water Resources was designed to overcome the deficit in water in the country.  As a part of this plan the Godavari River basin is considered as a surplus one, while the Krishna River basin is considered to be a deficit one. Based on the estimated water requirements in 2025, the study recommended that seizable surplus water was to be transferred from the Godavari basin to the Krishna River basin.         In 1980, the Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh Tanguturi Anjaiah laid the foundation stone for the project stayed idle until 2004 when Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy led government came to power. In 2004 the government sanctioned and soon after tenders were issued for the commensurate worth of servic...

            On the evening of June 8, at least 24 students, including six girls, from the Hyderabad-Telangana based VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology were feared washed away by strong currents in the Beas near Thalot village in Mandi district of the Himachal Pradesh state, when a large quantity of water was allegedly released from the dam’s reservoir. Nearly 60 students on their way from Shimla to Manali had stopped near Thalot to walk to the River bank to take pictures with the Beas. However things went array when a sudden flow of water from the reservoir washed them away with in unlucky 24 minutes.  The students were thrown into the middle of the river. While some managed to reach the bank, others were swept away. Some students were drowned while trying to save others, the students escaped from the tragedy  said. It is not only the loss to the parents of deceased students, but to the Nation as well. Every chi...

           The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus. It is worshiped as Goddess Ganga in Hinduism. Ganges which is the life line of millions of people and great religious significance is being polluted by both Domestic sewage and Industrial pollutants that are being dumped in to the river untreated.  In Varanasi rivers "Varuna" and "Asi" have been polluted beyond recognition that now they flow not rivers but just torrents sewage and waste water mixing at the start and end of the city Varanasi. The Ganga action plan launched in 1986 by the Govt of India achieved any success despite expenditure of over Five billion rupees. This has been a major failure due to Corruption, lack of technical expertise good environmental planning and support from religious authorities.         River Bhagirathi and river Alakananda originate in Garhwal Himalayas and join at Devaprayaga to form river Ganga. River Ganga travels through Uttarakhand,...

       The United Nations issued a statement condemning the gang rape and murders and said "Violence against woman is a human rights issue, not a woman's issue. Violence against woman is preventable, not inevitable. The recent Badaun incident highlights the dangers women in India are exposed to due lack of Toilets".            The incident came close on the heels of the countrywide outrage over the gang rape and murder of two teenage cousins in UP's Badaun district. The girls, reported missing by their families on May 27 nights, were found hanging from a tree the next morning.  In this most recent case taken place in the state of Uttar Pradesh has been on poor policing and prejudice on Indian caste system. The police officers in the village and the alleged attackers are from a caste with higher status. The young girls always traveled in pairs when walking to the wheat fields near their village at night to relieve themselves befo...