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India test-fires Agni-III successfully
Balasore/New Delhi: India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous Agni-III ballistic missile with a range of 3,500 kms from the Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa, making the nuclear-capable platform ready for induction into the armed forces. “The Agni-III missile was for the full range and it hit the target with pin-point accuracy and met all the mission objectives,” a Defence Ministry spokesman said.
No one dies due to not eating sugar: NCP organ
Mumbai/New Delhi: As sugar prices rise, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s NCP offered a recipe — consume less of the sweetener as “no one dies due to not eating sugar”. “No one dies due to not eating sugar. On the other hand, by eating items made from sugar, diabetes increases. So, it is not necessary that everyone consume sugar,” the NCP mouthpiece — Rashtravadi — said.
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