As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted the importance of technology in the fight against the Coronavirus as Technology Day was observed.
Vajpayee was known as a man of paradoxes -- Hindutva leader who criticised Babri Madjid demolition, conducted nuclear tests but negotiated peace talks with Pakistan, shortest serving PM and also India’s first non-Congress PM to complete 5 years in office.
In the year 1998, India became a full-fledged nuclear state after the successful culmination of ‘Operation Shakti’ (Pokhran II) on…
