Abdul Kalam

Honouring APJ Abdul Kalam, UN celebrates birthday of 'People's President' on 15 Oct as World Students Day

Kalam was later awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest-civilian award, for his contributions to research, the field of science as well as his work with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Amid Chandrayaan 2 mission, a reminder of how ISRO grappled with setbacks to create success stories

The successful SLV-3 flight was a real morale booster for ISRO; India had become the sixth member of the exclusive club of space-faring nations | In this excerpt from ISRO: A Personal History, R Aravamudan and Gita Aravamudan recount the challenges the space agency faced in launching the first made-in-India rocket, the SLV-3

Quacks and pseudoscientists at ISC 2019 thrash Newton, Einstein and Abdul Kalam

Apparently, Kauravas were test tube babies & gravitational waves are actually 'Narendra Modi waves'.

Ram Nath Kovind will be the first BJP leader to be President, says Amit Shah

Ram Nath Kovind will be the first BJP leader to occupy the hallowed precincts of the Rashtrapati Bhawan, underscoring the saffron party's preeminent political position

African Development Bank meet: Narendra Modi govt should ensure racist attacks don't imperil African goodwill

Successive Indian governments, since the UPA time have been wooing Africa and holding bi-annual India-Africa summits

Narendra Modi's Mann Ki Baat: PM advices students to smile more to score more in exams

With the exam season around the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday exhorted students and their families to treat exams as a festival and not as a source of stress, saying they should "smile more to score more" and not take it as "test of life".

PM Modi asks for country to contribute to his Independence Day address

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the country needs to focus on research and innovation in the field of technology to fulfill former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's dream.

Memoir released by Kalam's aide on the former president's first death anniversary

Featuring many little-known stories and never-before-seen photographs of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, a book on the former President's life was released by his aide on his first death anniversary.

Abdul Kalam memorial: Manohar Parrikar lays down foundation stone in Rameswaram

India's former president APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on 27 July, 2015 due to cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM-Shillong.

PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam, calls him a 'rashtra ratna' on 84th birth anniversary

He recalled how he worked closely with Dr Kalam during the post-earthquake reconstruction work in Kutch.