29 May 2014 Current Affairs
India Test-Fires Pinaka Rockets Successfully
India on 29 May successfully test-fired the indigenously developed Pinaka from a base at Chandipur-on-sea near Balasore, off the Odisha coast. Three rounds of Pinaka rockets were successfully tested from the proof and experimental establishment ( PXE) at Chandipur. Pinaka, which has undergone several tough tests since 1995, has been inducted into the armed forces and the present trials were conducted with some improvements in the system. The unguided rocket system is meant to neutralise large areas with rapid salvos. Pinaka is an area weapon system with a range of 40 km. Pinaka system can fire a salvo of 12 rockets in 44 seconds. The battery of six launchers can neutralise at a time a target area of 3.9 sq km.
Mukul Rohatgi is the new Attorney General of India
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as the 14th Attorney General (AG) of India. He will succeed Gulam Vahanvati. He was the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) under the NDA regime in 1999. He has represented top companies in the 2G Scam trial.