Sachin named Mumbai Indians 'ICON'

1.    Sachin named Mumbai Indians 'ICON' 

i. Defending champions Mumbai Indians on Wednesday named batting great Sachin Tendulkar as their "ICON" ahead of the seventh Indian Premier League beginning in the UAE on 16th April.

ii. Tendulkar was icon player of the Mumbai Indians since the first edition in 2008 before he went on to win the title in his last IPL in 2013. 

iii. "We are very happy to have Sachin as the Mumbai Indians ICON. I am sure the youngsters in the team will be delighted to have him around for guidance, and so would be the Mumbai Indians fans," team owner Nita Ambani said in a statement. 

2.    India successfully conducts maiden night test of Agni missile 

i. India 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 on Friday night as part of a user trial by the Army. 

ii. The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 2310 hours from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from here, Defence sources said. 

iii. "The trial was successful and all mission objectives were met," Ravi Kumar Gupta, spokesman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

iv. The DRDO-developed medium-range ballistic missile from the production lot was launched as part of a regular training exercise by the armed forces, sources said. The Agni-I missile has a specialised navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision, he said.