Daily Update

1. Agni 5, successfully test-fired

i. India 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 

ii. The three stage, solid propellant “missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8.06 hours.

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1) Who among the following was appointed as the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi on 29 January 2015?

(A) Shekhar Sen

(B) N Gopalaswami

(C) Leela Samson

(D) S Jayasankar