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TopicDr APJ Abdul Kalam

Topic: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Rising numbers of unemployed graduates will destabilise social structure: Kalam at UGC event

On 28 December 2003, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam delivered an address to mark the 50th anniversary of the UGC in New Delhi, outlining the role of the education sector and universities in national development.

PM museum expands AI legacy project with Abdul Kalam hologram. ‘Gandhi could be next’

The museum is preparing to unveil the hologram in November. Officials say that the first 'holobox' of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel has been drawing 25 to 30 visitors daily.

ThePrint Quiz, 27 July, 2025: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

On his 10th death anniversary, find out how much you know about Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, by taking this edition of ThePrint Quiz.

Kalam didn’t want to be called ‘power-hungry’. He refused a second term without consensus

In 'Kalam: The Untold Story', R.K. Prasad, who was the former president's private secretary from 1993 to 2015, shows us a vulnerable Kalam.

Not just Pranab Mukherjee, Mahatma Gandhi and Abdul Kalam too attended RSS events

From Mahatma Gandhi to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the RSS has continuously invited leaders of different affiliations to address its events in its 93-old history.

It’s the highest office

APJ Abdul Kalam had a politician's tact, thick skin and magnanimity. He would make a pretty solid politician.

Kalam’s banana republic

Science is rational, transparent business. It should be open to competition and peer review. Wrap it in the tricolour, and you legitimise mediocrity.

His Rashtrapati reward

Adulation for Kalam as President will be short-lived. The rest of us will soon learn to treat him like a mortal instead of worshipping him.

The story behind why President Kalam sat on the floor while we sat on chairs

Chief Guest Kalam, in front row, got involved in a debate on media ethics, got so animated, he hauled himself on to the stage & intervened, seated on the floor!

Merely angry, Left-secular activism can’t defeat Modi

By choosing fury over fact, delusion over reason, passion over politics, Modi's enemies — beginning with the Congress — make Gujarat politics a one-horse race

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.