It hit a target dropped from an AN-32 aircraft.
Astra is an indigenously developed air-to-air missile.
DRDO scientists, who conducted the test, described it as a user's trial.
After achieving the precision guidance capability from a fixed launcher in its fourth trial on October 29 last, the missile was on Sunday test-fired from a mobile launcher.
India on Thursday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile with a strike range of 350 km as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha.
India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the army.
This variant of the missile takes just 300 seconds to reach a target located at a distance of 150km.
The sleek 3.8 metre high missile has a striking range of 25 to 40 km.
The DRDO has so far conducted 16 trials of the army version of the missile since its first trial on February 22, 1988.
Describing the trial as "fully successful", the sources said, the sophisticated missile travelled for 19 minutes and covered 4,900 km.
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It was the third user trial in the Agni-III series carried out to establish the repeatability of the missile's performance.
The number of people who file tax returns has also increased by about 65 per cent during this period from 3.31 crore in FY 2013-14 to 5.44 crore in 2017-18 fiscal, the CBDT said in the statement.
I-T officials say many lawyers, CAs, consultants, designers have not filed their TDS
Non-compliance, underreporting or misreporting will attract a penalty of 50-200 per cent. The authorities may during assessment even tax assets that are 15-20 years old
CBI sources said Singh appeared before the probe team on Tuesday morning and was questioned.
As part of efforts to boost revenue collection, CBDT has asked the Income Tax Department to monitor cases of over five lakh taxpayers who have not filed their latest tax returns.
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India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed sub-sonic long range cruise missile, 'Nirbhay' from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha.
India on Monday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of about 4,000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast.
16 lakh refunds worth crores lying unclaimed at I-T.
India on Friday night successfully conducted maiden night test of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.
India on Sunday successfully test-fired its medium-range nuclear-capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of more than 2,000 km from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the army.
Inducted into India's SFC in 2003, Prithvi II, the first missile to be developed by DRDO under India's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme is now a proven technology
Describing the launch of the sophisticated missile as a complete success, ITR Director M V K V Prasad said all the mission parameters were met during the trial. "The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the launch activities were carried out by the specially formed Strategic Force Command and monitored by scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation as part of training exercise," sources said.
The department has suggested taxpayers to validate and include in the 'white/safe list' of their respective inboxes the official handle of the department -- 'DONOTREPLY@incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in', so that it does not land in the spam or junk folder of the taxpayer.
India on Tuesday successfully test-fired for the second time in two days its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, from a test range at Chandipur.
India on Monday successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile -- with a strike range of 350 km -- from a test range at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha.
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The indigenously made Agni V missile was test-fired from off the Odisha coast.
Have you planned to file your income tax return? But, did you check Form 26AS before tax filing? If you haven't verified it, you could be looking at trouble
Calculate the tax already paid via TDS, and accordingly arrive at your tax liability for the year.
The new return forms also make life easier for expatriates.
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