Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
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Our nation is facing a major challenge of uplifting 260 million people who are below poverty line and we have to give better life for many millions who are on border line of poverty or just above the poverty line. To meet the needs of one billion people we have the mission of transforming India into a developed nation .... We have identified five areas where India has a core competence on integrated action for agriculture, food processing, education and health care, reliable and quality electric power, surface transport and infrastructure for all parts of the country, information technology and other strategic sectors.Abdul Kalam
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
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The military will be testing for HIV in new recruits and undertake pre-natal examination of wives of personnel in the services,
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My government is committed towards creating such an environment so that the latent potential of our people can blossom and create a new India of our dreams.
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