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Innovative products coupled with cost effective and quality manufacturing are the agents that President A P J Abdul Kalam said could transform India into a developed nation.
Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday asked the industry to encourage entrepreneurship to achieve an economic growth of 10 per cent and help eliminate poverty in the country.
The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cleared the proposal to set up a Rs 542.90 crore (Rs 5.42 billion) project to link 53 countries of the African Union.
In a letter to Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam thanked her for proposing his name for the President's post and for the "grateful politics". Banerjee posted his letter on her Facebook page, along with her reply. Here's what she said.
President Kalam is scheduled to attend the diamond jubilee celebrations of the high court no Saturday.
A P J Abdul Kalam, who became the first President to return a bill to the Parliament, has said that his decision to send back the legislation on Office of Profit was to convey his personal opposition. Kalam, who demitted office in July, said he was aware that it was the first time in the history of the Parliamentary system that a bill was being sent back and contended that he had to do it.
The Missile Man said that while rigorous research and integrating it on all levels is very important, the social context of it cannot be done away with. Sharing his Vision for 2020, Kalam said that he visualises an India where rural and urban divide is reduced to a thin line, people get energy and quality water, all sectors work in coordination, best of health care is available and governance is transparent and free from corruption.
President A P J Abdul Kalam suggested on Friday setting up of three special economic zones in Meghalaya for Rs 2500 crore (Rs 25 billion) additional revenue to the state's kitty and creation of 25000 employment opportunities.
Kalam gifted pictures of the Alps taken on May 22 by the recently launched Indian satellite Cartosat.
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam's letter, which he sent to Foreign Minister S M Krishna in last July, has now come into public domain, slamming Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen for forcing him out of his brainchild project of the Nalanda University in Bihar as its first visitor.
The Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance on Friday indicated that it will try to mobilise support of non-Congress parties for A P J Abdul Kalam, whose name has been floated by SP and Trinamool Congress.
The security forces want to take no chances.
In an apparent breach of security, former President A P J Abdul Kalam was forced to walk for nearly 15 minutes in search of his car in the premises of a private medical college in Kochi, after attending a function on Thursday.
Kalam has given his assent to the Delhi Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006, and the Delhi goverment will soon issue a notification regarding it, sources said.
BJP's announcement has come at a time when the climate is warming up for the assembly polls in four states, including Uttar Pradesh where Muslims are a key factor.
A clear aim , knowledge, hard work and perseverance are some of the qualities that help achieve success according to India's former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.
'He was very down to earth; he said Good Luck with a heartful Smile which meant a lot to me since he was the leading Nuclear Scientists that I had ever met'
In the aftermath of the 2002 riots in Gujarat, the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee appeared to be not keen on President APJ Abdul Kalam's official visit to the state, according to a book.
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday unfolded a five-point integrated plan stressing on agriculture, education and communication technology to make India a developed country by 2020
"I have written to the President seeking justice," said the aggrieved son.
"Air India has prepared a very good lunch (which is) ready for you and it is getting cold," he quipped as he walked to his chamber in the aircraft, leaving the media delegation dumbfounded.
The Left has never been comfortable with Kalam and had even put up the late Captain Lakshmi Sehgal when the NDA sought to make him a consensus candidate in 2002 and the Congress had no option left but to support him.
A day after the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security filed an FIR against Continental Airlines for frisking former President A P J Abdul Kalam, the government on Wednesday said it knew about the incident and had issued a show cause notice to the airline on July 9."The BCAS, after getting the information in time, first conducted an inquiry and then issued the show cause notice on July 9. On Tuesday, they filed an FIR also Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said.
The 75-year-old Kalam, who is in Greece on a three-day state visit, began his morning on Friday with a visit to the prestigious Hellenic Aerospace Industry.
The nine VCs include that of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, according to a tweet by Kerala Raj Bhavan on behalf of the Governor.
During their 20-minute long meeting with Kalam, the NDA leaders also complained that the United Progressive Alliance government reportedly attempted to "dissuade" Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, from calling on Vajpayee during his recent visit.
India can become economically developed by 2020 if it maintains a GDP of 10-11 per cent as there are nine more years to achieve 'Vision 2020' goals, former President A P J Abdul Kalam said.
Citing his experience of the 'Agni' missile programme, President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday asked auditors to adopt real-time and online corrections to various state-run schemes instead of audits after the programme.
Lamenting that the country is busy in elections throughout the year, former president A P J Abdul Kalam said parliamentary, assembly and panchayat elections should be held on a single day.
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