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English Release 19-June 2013
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  • Presidents Secretariat
  • President of India to visit Tripura from June 20 to 21
  • Prime Minister's Office
  • PM announces 1000 crore rupee disaster relief for Uttarakhand
  • PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran
  • Min of Comm. & Information Technology
  • Extension of time for receiving comments on draft amendments to the Interconnection Regulations applicable for Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems (DAS) and Tariff Order applicable for all addressable systems
  • Min of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
  • National Consumer Helpline Records 12,704 Calls in may, 2013
  • Min of Defence
  • Armed Forces Mount Massive Relief Operations in Uttarakhand and Himachal
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Government Approves 1 Proposal of Foreign Direct Investment Amounting to About Rs.7.00 Crore
  • India and World Bank Sign Us$ 216 Million Agreement for Kerala State Transport Project
  • Min of Health and Family Welfare
  • Smt. Santosh Chowdhary takes over as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
  • Min of Human Resource Development
  • MoS for HRD Shri Jitin Prasada visits Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) 2013
  • HRD Ministry to Strengthen Monitoring System of Mid Day Meal Scheme
  • Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
  • MoPNG rebuts allegations regarding KG D-6 Field
  • International crude oil price of Indian Basket declines to 103.20/US$ bbl on 18.6.2013
  • Ministry of Railways
  • Commodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Railways Goes up by 8.66 Per Cent During April-May 2013
  • Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways
  • Min of Shipping
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Signs Concession Agreement with M/s. Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal Pvt. Ltd
  • Min of Textiles
  • K S Rao Takes Charge as New Textiles Minister
  • Ministry of Tourism
  • Tourism Minister Announces New Campaign to Promote Himalayas

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Ministry of Defence19-September, 2012 16:42 IST
Successful Flight Testing of AGNI-IV
DRDO developed, 4000 kms range Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile AGNI-IV, was successfully flight tested from Wheeler’s Island in Odisha today. This long range missile propelled by composite rocket motor technology, was tested for its full capability. The Agni-IV, launched from the road mobile launcher, reached the pre-defined target in about 20 minutes. The missile equipped with state of the art Avionics, 5th generation On Board Computer and with distributed architecture has the latest features to correct and guide for inflight disturbances. The most accurate Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS) and supported by highly reliable redundant Micro Navigation System (MINGS), ensured the missile reach the target within two digit accuracy. The re-entry heat shield withstood temperatures of more than 3000 degree centigrade and made sure the avionics function normally with inside temperature less than 50 degree centigrade.

All Electro-Optical Tracking systems (EOTS), Radars located all along the coast have tracked and monitored all the parameters throughout the flight. Two ships located near the target point tracked the missile and witnessed the final event.

Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, SA to RM, Secretary Dept of Defence R&D and DG DRDO, Shri Avinash Chander, Programme Director AGNI, DS & CC R&D (MSS) reviewed the total launch activities and guided the team. Smt Tessy Thomas, Project Director AGNI-IV led the team of scientists during the operation. Dr S.K. Chaudhuri, Director RCI, Shri A.K. Chakrabarti, Director DRDL, Dr V.G. Sekaran, Director ASL, Shri MVKV Prasad, Director ITR witnessed the launch.

Defence Minister Shri AK Antony congratulated all scientists of DRDO for the successful flight test of AGNI-IV.

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(Release ID :87855)

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