NEWS 25-02-2018. NEWS FOR 26-FEB (MONDAY) 1. Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from naval ship off Odisha near Paradip in the Bay of Bengal. It is short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear as well as conventional warheads. It is also known as Prithvi-III. It is naval variant of indigenously-developed Prithvi-II missile.2. Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei have successfully conducted India’s first 5G (fifth generation) network trials. 3. Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly MiG-21 fighter aircraft solo.4. Aruna Budda Reddy has created history by becoming the first Indian to win an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup. She clinched a Bronze in the Women's Vault event in Melbourne. 5. India's Men's and Women's Cricket teams beat South Africa to clinch Twenty-20 series. < < Back