abdul kalam Archives

News Reports

RBI denies reports of issuing currency notes with the faces of Abdul Kalam or Tagore, says no such proposal

OpIndia Staff - 6 June, 2022

On June 5, several media outlets published reports citing 'government sources' that the RBI is considering the usage of watermark images of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Rabindranath Tagore on currency notes.

News Reports

Nation pays tribute to the ‘People’s President’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his 5th death anniversary

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2020

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away at the age of 83 after having a cardiac arrest while giving a speech in the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong on 27th July 2015

Politics

Andhra Pradesh: After outrage, YS Jaganmohan Reddy reinstates the award in name of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2019

The Andhra Pradesh government had earlier decided to rename "Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Pratibha Puraskar Awards" as "YSR Vidya Puraskars" from this year onwards.

Opinions

When APJ Abdul Kalam was called a ‘Muslim in name only’ by Muslim ‘intellectuals’

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2019

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, or as the world fondly knew him, APJ Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India and a scientist par excellence and was derided often for not being 'Muslim enough'.

Opinions