18 June 2014 Current Affairs
India Successfully Test Fires Medium-Range Akash Missile
India on 18 June successfully test fired the medium-range surface-to-air missile Akash from a defence base in Odisha. The indigenously developed missile, with a 27-km range and an effective ceiling of 15 km, was test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore district, 230 km from Bhubaneswar. The supersonic missile intercepted a very small unmanned fast moving Banshee aerial vehicle at 30-metre altitude above sea level, proving the system’s capability against subsonic cruise missiles. With this flight trial, the Indian Army accomplishes all the validation trials on the first-off production models and the system is being delivered for induction.
Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt Resigned
Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt has resigned from his post on 18 June. He tendered his resignation to Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. Dutt’s tenure as the Governor was supposed to end in January 2015. He was appointed as the Chhattisgarh on 23 January 2010.