4 May 2014 Current Affairs
India Successfully Test-Fired Astra Missile
India has successfully test-fired its first indigenously developed beyond visual range (BVR) Astra missile from a Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet. On 4 May , the air-to-air missile was fired from a Sukhoi-30MKI military aircraft at a naval range in western India, and met all its mission objectives.The missiles have undergone rigorous testing on Su-30 in the captive mode for avionics integration and seeker evaluation in 2013. The project has thus reached the final stage of testing and evaluation, and the Mark-II variant with higher range capability is also planned to be tested by the end of 2014.
Sania Mirza and Cara Black Won Portugal Open Women’s Doubles Title
India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black won their first WTA title of the season beating Eva Hrdinova (Czech) and Valeria Solovyeva (Russia) in the women’s doubles final of the Portugal Open in Oeiras (Portugal) on 3 May.