NATIONAL NEWS | NAMAMI GANGE | 17 DEC | RAS | PRE | MAINS
National News
1.India has successfully carried out the night trials of nuclear capable ballistic missile AGNI-5 from Abdul Kalam island,off the coast of Odisha. -This missile has a capacity of 5000km. -It is fire and forget missile which cannot be stopped without an interceptor missile.
2.India’s ‘Namami Gange’- river Ganga rejuvenation project has been recognised as one among world 10 most “ground- breaking” initiative for restoration of natural ecosystem, according to a report in UN biodiversity conference(COP-15).
3.India will be the first country to Auction satellite communications(satcom).
4.Rafael Nadal was crowned the ITF world champion for the fifth time in his career.
5.India launches ‘Group of friends’to promote for crime.
6.European Union (EU) agrees to give candidate status to Bosnia.
