8 May 2014 Current Affairs
ATM 2014 Honours India with ‘New Frontiers Award’
Arabian travel Market (ATM) awarded India with New Frontiers Award 2014 on 8 May. It was awarded for its outstanding contribution to rebuild physical infrastructure and its rural tourism economy in the wake of the June 2013 floods, landslides in the northern state of Uttarakhand, the devastation wreaked by tropical Cyclone Phailin. The award includes crystal trophy, the New Frontiers Award comprises ATM exhibition space valued at 10000 US dollars along with additional marketing support in promoting the outstanding tourism opportunities offered by the India.
Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires Ballistic Missile Hatf-III (Ghaznavi)
Pakistan on 8 May successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads up to a range of 290 kilometres, that could cover parts of India. The field training exercise was performed with an aim to test the operational readiness of a Strategic Missile Group besides up gradation of various capabilities of Weapon Systems.