National Technology Day in India is celebrated on May 11 every year to commemorate the successful test of the Shakti-I nuclear missile at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan in 1998. The day is also dedicated to the achievements of India's scientific and technological advancements. It was founded by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999
India is celebrating National Technology Day 2023 by highlighting the country's technological achievements and its contribution to the world. Events and activities are being conducted across the country to raise awareness about the importance of technology in our daily lives and its potential to solve global problems
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Technology Day function at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. He along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh released a commemorative stamp
PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple projects related to scientific and technological advancement in the country, worth more than Rs 5,800 crore
The projects for which the foundation stone was laid included Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory-India (LIGO-India) in Hingoli; Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Jatni, Odisha; and Platinum Jubilee Block of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai
PM Modi tweeted a video of the National Technology Day event at Pragati Maidan as he said, “On National Technology Day, we salute the dedication and tenacity of our scientists and those passionate about technology.”
25 years ago on this day, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced that India had conducted three nuclear tests at Pokhran. On May 13, 1998, after two more tests were conducted, he declared India as a nuclear weapon state. Pokhran Test 1 on May 18, 1974, was when India conducted its first successful nuclear bomb test at the army base Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan
Some of the key people involved in the making of India’s first nuclear weapon were Homi Jehangir Bhabha and the then DRDO head Dr APJ Abdul Kalam under the supervision of the then Department of Atomic Energy chairman, R Chidambaram
At 3:45 pm on May 11, 1998, India achieved a milestone under the code name Operation Shakti and successfully conducted the Pokhran-I test, which came as a shock to the United States
Those involved in India’s nuclear testing has been using code names such as White House, Whiskey and Taj Mahal to counter CIA’s spying on communication lines
Soon after the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s announcement on successful nuclear testing, the Bill Clinton administration said it was “deeply disappointed” and slapped sanctions against India