Cyclone Yaas, which is bearing down on Bengal and Odisha from the Bay of Bengal, will make landfall near Balasore coast in Odisha - 240km from Kolkata - on May 26 noon with a thunderous wind speed of 155kmph-165kmph. While Bengal will avoid a direct hit, several of its districts East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Jhargram, Bankura and Purulia falling within the core area of Yaas are likely to be severely affected. Each of these districts may receive heavy rain accompanied by very high wind speed.
Cyclone Yaas is expected to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands around 12 noon on May 26 (Tuesday) as a very severe cyclonic storm
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During the test, many new technologies were proven, including the Solid Fuel based Ducted Ramjet Technology. Visuals from the test site. | DRDO 
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ll subsystems, including the ground booster motor, performed as per DRDO s expectations
Last month, the DRDO had successfully launched indigenously-designed and developed Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile
Chandipur: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully conducted a Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Technology from Interim Test Range in Odisha’s Chandipur.
“All subsystems, including the ground booster motor, performed as per our expectations,” DRDO officials said, according to news agency
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