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FOR POSTERITY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and nine Nobel laureates at Science City. Their handprints will be installed on "Nobel Path" at the Nobel Prize Exhibition

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Modi inaugurates Nobel Exhibition  

By Sujit Bhar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hurricane tour of the country landed him, Monday evening (January 9), at his home state of Gujarat, at Ahmedabad’s Science City, far from his political affiliates.

Amid a fascinating crowd, that had no less than nine Nobel laureates, including Indian-origin Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Nobel in Chemistry, 2009, for his work on ribosome structure), he inaugurated the Nobel Exhibition—“The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing World” —a travelling exhibition that showcases the best in every discipline that the Nobel Committee offers.

This was no political or business meeting, but Modi was not one to be caught off-guard. His speech converged on the “innovation” issue that fell in with his Make in India policy. He said: “…today, we are making history by having a galaxy of Nobel laureates in Gujarat… My government has a clear vision of where we want India to be in the next 15 years. Science and technology is the pivot on which that vision will translate into strategy and action.”

This is a special exhibition, which 250 students selected from around the country through a competition are attending, interacting with some of the best scientific minds from around the world. Addressing these students, Modi said: “Globally, science and technology have emerged as one of the major drivers of socioeconomic development. You will be scientists soon and must not neglect the challenge posed by poverty.”

BENIGN INFLUENCE: These past PMs nurtured scientific research during their tenures

BENIGN INFLUENCE: These past PMs nurtured scientific research during their tenures

A few special qualities would separate the achievers in this field, he said. “Be inspired and be daring, have courage and be your own person and not imitative. That is how our honoured guests succeeded and that is what you should learn from them.”

Even Lars Heikensten, executive director, Nobel Foundation, had come down for the exhibition. Said he: “(Alfred) Nobel knew that good role models – people and organizations – can show that it is possible to understand the world and improve it. It is in this spirit that we organize events such as this one.”

He talked about the 15 Nobel Laureates from India, of Indian origin or who have worked in India.”Persons like Tagore, Raman, Sen and Satyarthi are the role models Nobel was looking for. In the world today, many of his ideals are threatened. Even facts are refuted—climate change is good example of this. Thus, we all have good reason to work on what he believed in,” he said.

This year, India has been fortunate to receive a double bounty, around the same time. A day before Modi had inaugurated the 104th Science Congress at the Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati (Tuesday, January 10). That was before he went over to meet the Nobel laureates.

Science and India

Science was the predominant occupation of the intelligentsia, especially in the east, in pre-Independence India. Eminent scientists of the era, starting from Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, to Prafulla Chandra Ray were pioneers in this. Later, world renowned scientists Satyen Bose, Nobel laureate CV Raman, nuclear scientist Homi J Bhabha, father of Indian space research Vikram Sarabhai and others were instrumental in promoting progressive thoughts in society.

To this end, and with the help of two British chemists, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P. S. MacMahon, the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) was set up in Kolkata in 1914. Today it has a membership of over 30,000 scientists.

The association meets in the first week of January, and helps in the advancement of scientific thoughts and teaching in the country.

Science thoughts have always been apolitical in this country, though it was because of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s initiative that science has seen phenomenal growth in the country. His dream of setting up premier scientific schools around India resulted in the formation of Indian Institutes of Technology as well as the Indian Institute of Science.

Later, his daughter and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, stressed on the use of science to boost India’s agriculture.

Modi has taken up the cause that had seen some slack in the recent past, and science education, he has said before, fits well into his development agenda. To this end, this was a great opportunity for him to make the best of a brief appearance.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1484053914518{background-color: #afafaf !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THE NOBEL LAUREATES PRESENT” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]The following were the Nobel laureates present at the Nobel Exhibition:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

  • Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Nobel in Chemistry, 2009, for his work on ribosome structure). He shared the prize with Dr Thomas A Steitz and Dr Ada Yonath.
  • Dr Ada Yonath
  • Dr Richard J Roberts (1993, Medicine)
  • Dr Harold Varmus (1989, Medicine)
  • Dr David J Gross (2004, Physics)
  • Dr Serge Haroche (2012, Physics)
  • Dr Randy Schekman (2013, Medicine)
  • Dr W E Moerner (2014, Chemistry)
  • Dr H C Harmut Michel (1988, Chemistry)

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PM Modi says Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram

PM Modi slammed Congress during a rally in Chhattisgarh, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party for declining to attend the pran pratishtha ritual at the Ayodhya Ram temple on January 22 this year.

The prime minister said Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram and denied invitation for Pran Pratishtha at Ram Temple, while speaking at a rally in Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. The PM question the people present at the rally that is it not a disrespect of Mata Shabri? Congress leaders inclination toward appeasement politics runs in their family.

For political appeasement, they won’t think twice about stealing the rights of Adivasis, the poor, and Dalits. Poor, young, and women are BJP’s top priorities, Modi said.

PM Modi criticized the Congress again during the rally for claiming that the BJP would alter the constitution.

The leaders of Congress recite the same old phrases whenever an election is about to happen, the PM said. He also said they claim that if the BJP wins power, it will renounce the constitution and abolish reservations. For how long will you continue selling lies?” he asked.

The prime minister continued saying that nobody can change the Constitution, even if Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar were to come and insist on it, it wouldn’t happen.

Those in the Congress threaten to break Modi’s head. Nobody can harm Modi as long as the mothers and sisters of this county stands by him. These mothers and sisters are Raksha Kavach, Modi remarked.

The prime minister further attacked the Congress after Viriato Fernandes, the party’s candidate for South Goa, asserted that Goa was forced to adopt the Indian Constitution.

Referring to his conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Fernandes said he had told him, when Goa was liberated in the year 1961, the Indian Constitution was forced upon us.

The prime minister said, Congress candidate from Goa says Constitution was forced upon Goans; is this not an insult of Ambedkar and Constitution.

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Amit Shah says neither Congress nor Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with CAA

Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal.

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said neither Congress nor Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He was speaking at the Karandighi rally in West Bengal where he also made the prediction as to how many seats BJP will win in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

The union home minister asked the masses to cut the money culture. Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections the BJP had won 18 out of 42 seats in West Bengal. He asked Mamata Banerjee, what problem will she have if the Buddhist and Hindu refugees from Bangladesh get citizenship in India?

Shah further added if the people of West Bengal want to stop infiltration in the state, then they will have to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India again. He said if the people of West Bengal want to free Bengal of violence, stop infiltration in the state, give citizenship to refugees, to stop disrespecting mothers and sisters of the state as it happened in Sandeshkhali, then  only way is to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister.

Amit Shah said that PM Modi had sent Rs 7 lakh crore to West Bengal but the TMC indulged in corruption. He said one can see the houses of Trinamool Congress leaders; 10 years ago they used to live in a hut, moved on cycle and now all of them have 4-storey houses and move around in big cars. He added this is the money of people of West Bengal.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), will make it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to get Indian citizenship, was enacted in 2019. But the rules were notified in March this year by the Centre.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi says listening to Hanuman Chalisa under Congress rule is a crime

PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, on a day as India celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the Congress and said even listening to Hanuman Chalisa has become a crime under the party’s rule. The Prime Minister also said it was difficult to follow one’s faith under the party and accused it of hatching a deep conspiracy to snatch people’s wealth and distribute it among selected few people in the society. PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, on a day as India celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

PM Modi said in a state like Rajasthan where people chant Ram-Ram, Congress banned Ram Navami. He reffered to the redistribution of wealth remarks he had made during a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara on Sunday and said it has angered the Congress and INDI Alliance so much that they have started throwing abuses at Modi everywhere.

The Prime Minister said that Congress has written in their manifesto that they will survey the wealth. He said the Congress leadership had said in a speech that an X-ray of wealth will be done. He added when Modi exposed the secret then the hidden agenda came out and this has left the people trembling. PM Modi further added that the Congress party has played with the Constitution of the India.

He said when the Constitution was drafted, reservations based on religion were opposed, so that Scheduled Casts (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) could get protection. He said former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had said that Muslims have the first right to the country’s resources.  The prime minister further added Congress’s ideology has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics. He said stones would still be pelted in Jammu and Kashmir, and enemies would still be cutting off the heads of India’s soldiers had Congress been in power.

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