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Agni: India carries out successful training launch of Agni-1 ballistic missile | India News

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NEW DELHI: India on Thursday carried out a successful training launch of the Agni-1 ballistic missile that validated all operational and technical parameters of the strategic weapon. The defence ministry said the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) carried out the missile launch from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. “A successful training launch of a medium-range … Read more

OROP arrears to be paid from July 2019 to June 2022 will amount to Rs 23,638cr | India News

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NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Friday approved the revision of pension for ex-servicemen and their widows under the ‘one-rank, one-pension’ (OROP) scheme with effect from July 2019. The decision of the Cabinet was announced by I&B minister Anurag Thakur who emphasised that it was the Modi government that implemented OROP in 2015 that had been … Read more