{"id":312136,"date":"2019-05-11T07:23:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T07:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=312136"},"modified":"2019-05-11T07:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T07:23:10","slug":"president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-nation-on-national-technology-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-nation-on-national-technology-day\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind, PM Modi greet nation on National Technology Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305552 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-696x461.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-634x420.jpg 634w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President\u00a0Ram Nath Kovind\u00a0and\u00a0Prime Minister\u00a0Narendra\u00a0Modi on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of National Technology Day and remembered the achievements of the scientific community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Kovind tweeted, \u201cGreetings to our scientific community on National Technology Day, marking the anniversary of the Pokhran Tests of 1998. India is committed to using technology to accelerate the developmental process and ensure a dignified existence for every citizen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi said, \u201cWe remember with immense pride the accomplishment of our scientists on this day in 1998. The hard work of our scientists has always ensured a stronger and safer India. May we continue leveraging the power of technology for national progress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe patriotism and farsightedness of Atal Ji and his team have a major role to play in the success of tests of 1998. Atal Ji\u2019s unwavering faith in our scientists proved valuable during that crucial time. It also demonstrated the difference a strong political leadership makes,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">National Technology Day is commemorated every year on May 11, the day on which India successfully tested nuclear bombs in Pokhran in 1998.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Ram Nath Kovind\u00a0and\u00a0Prime Minister\u00a0Narendra\u00a0Modi on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of National Technology Day and remembered the achievements of the scientific community. President Kovind tweeted, \u201cGreetings to our scientific community on National Technology Day, marking the anniversary of the Pokhran Tests of 1998. India is committed to using technology to accelerate the developmental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":305552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,11332,1452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312137,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312136\/revisions\/312137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}