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Important Details you should know about India's Mars Orbiter Mission / Mangalyaan

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F riends, as all of you know, Today (24th September 2014), India has created space history by successfully placing its low-cost Mangalyan spacecraft  in orbit around the Red Planet. With this, India became the  first nation   to reach Mars   on its maiden attempt . Our Mangalyaan spacecraft successfully entered orbit around the Red Planet after a 10-month journey. The success of the mission, which is designed to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, is a huge source of national pride for India as it leaves its Asian rivals, including China, in the shade.  It is a significant achievement after Chandrayaan. India now joins an elite club of the  United States, Russia  and  Europe  who can boast of reaching Mars. The  United States  had its first success with a  1964  flyby by a spacecraft called Mariner 4, returning 21 images of the surface of the planet. The former Soviet Union  reached the planet in 1...

Important Details you should know about Sukanya Samriddhi Account

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Sukanya Samriddhi Account - New Saving Scheme for Girl Child Sukanya Samriddhi Account ( Girl Child Prosperity Account ) is a Government of India backed saving scheme targeted at the parents of girl children. It is a welcome step by the Indian Government which is a part of its  “Beti Bachao  - Beti Padhao” initiative. Sukanya Samriddhi Account was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22nd January 2015. It is a  small savings scheme. The account can be opened by the parents or a legal guardian of a girl child in any post office or authorized branches of some of the commercial banks. The age of the girl at the time of opening of account should not be more than 10 years. One year relaxation available this year. Minimum deposit amount is 1000 and maximum amount is 150000 per annum. Money must be deposited for 14 years. Amount can be deposited in cash or cheque. Initially, the interest rate was set at 9.1% per annum but later revised to 9.25 in late Marc...

Classification of Indian Missiles

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Hi I am  Sarath Chandra .. Here I am sharing  classification of Indian missiles . Happy reading :) Classification of Indian missile Air to Air Astra----------60-80 km K-100---------300-400 km Surface to Air Akash-------30-35 km Barak 8-----100 km Trishul------9-12 km  Surface to Surface Agni 1------700-1250 km Agni 2------2000-3000 km Agni 3------3500-5000 km Agni 4------3000-4000 km Agni 5------5000-8000 km Prithvi 1------150 km Prithvi 2 ------350 km Dhanus ------350-600 km Prahaar (Pragathi) ------ 150 km Shaurya ------ 750-1900 km Submarine Ballistic Missiles Sagarika ------ 700-1900 km K-4 --------------3500-5000 km K-5 --------------6000 km Anti tank Missiles Nag --------------4 km HELINA(HELIcopter launched NAg) ----- 7-8 km