The top five states in terms of increase in forest cover are Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km), Telangana (632 sq km), Odisha (537 sq km), Karnataka (155 sq km) and Jharkhand (110 sq km).
This advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was launched from INS Visakhapatnam, a stealth guided-missile destroyer of the Indian Navy.
The Telangana government will launch the 'Mana Ooru-Mana Badi' programme soon across Telangana with a focus on improving the existing infrastructure and the quality of education in government schools.
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the Sainik School in Mainpuri after the country's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash recently.