The Missile is an indigenously developed, low weight missile developed by DRDO in association with a private Indian Defence Contractor. It is an Indian third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile derived from Nag ATGM.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched a Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization in 2014-15, to increase the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions where farm power availability is low.
Researchers from SNM College Maliankara, the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, and the Payyanur College have reported two new plant species from the biodiversity-rich Western Ghats regions in Thiruvananthapuram.