New Delhi, Jan 20 : In a move to assure its accuracy for future battles, the Army, on Tuesday, tested the land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile near Pokhran in Rajasthan.
The test was declared as successful, having met all the parameters.
Earlier, on December 18, an air-breathing missile, with a strike range of 290-km, was tested for the first time from a vertical launcher fitted on a moving warship in the Bay of Bengal.
The government inducted the first battery of the BrahMos land-attack cruise missile (LACM) in July 2007.
New Delhi, Jan. 20 : An international agreement signed today between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will support and facilitate India''s rice research for the next three years, helping the nation''s rice production at a time of unprecedented price volatility and subsequent need for the revitalization of food production.
New Delhi, Jan 20 : Vice President Hamid Ansari today said that India is a land whose diversity includes religious minorities. Every sixth Indian is in this category. In absolute terms, it amounts to almost 200 million people.
New Delhi, Jan 20 : India today ruled out handing over Lt. Colonel Srikant Purohit, who is allegedly involved in the Malegoan blast case, to Pakistan, giving a serious blow to Pakistani tactics to link it with the Samjhauta Express blast of 2007.
By launching Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Bharti Airtel has become the first private player to offer the service in the country. 
New Delhi, Jan 19 : Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said that even in the current global crisis, India will continue to be a magnet for foreign direct investment 
