Experts said India has possessed the anti-missile technology for several years but needed the political go-ahead to actually test it in live conditions.
Of the 15 people who led the 132-year-old party post independence, four have belonged to the Gandhi-Nehru family.
Noam Chomsky maintained that India is "not the only country where educational institutions are being subjected to such attacks, though the sequence of events at JNU signal towards a culture of authoritarian menace".
Nepal draws tourists from China, Europe, USA, Australia and India.
People in the interior parts of the country are yet to receive any aid.
Diseases like diarrhoea and respiratory infections are a major concern in quake-hit Nepal.
Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala was greeted with protests on Wednesday at in relief camps as anger spilled over to the streets.
Two days after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, terror-stricken people in Kathmandu are still staying outdoors with powerful aftershocks adding to their fears.
Chaos prevailed at Nepal's only international airport with hundreds waiting to be evacuated from the earthquake-ravaged country.
The eighth edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off on Wednesday to a grand start with a bevy of authors, poets, Nobel Laureates along with some Bollywood celebrities, trooping in to the pink city to participate in one of Asia's biggest literary jamboree.
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