October 15, 2025 1:23 PM
PM Modi pays tribute to Abdul Kalam, calls him a ‘Rashtra Ratna’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary, calling him a ‘Rashtra Ratna’ even before he assumed the office of ‘Rashtrapati’. Remembering Kalam, the Prime Minister highlighted his journey from humble beginnings in Rameswaram, where he sold newspapers to support his family, to becoming India’s leading aerospace scientist and the 11th President of India. Known as the “Missile Man of India”, Kalam played a ...