Disabled Girl Urges Kalam to Intervene Against the Denial of Admission

The girl from Orissa, who was denied admission to a medical college here because she was stricken with polio and certified with 87 percent disability, has urged President// A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to intervene. Susmita Haro, a topper in the Scheduled Tribe category of the state joint entrance exam...

Abdul Kalam Moved by Orissa Topper’s Eye Disorde

President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, who is on a three-day visit to Orissa, was moved by a boy who secured the 10th rank in the state board examination despite suffering// from an eye disorder and urged doctors to help him out. While inaugurating the Bhubaneswar Eye Institute (BEI) located on the outs...

President Kalam Meets Striking Medicos However Stir to Continue

President A P J Abdul Kalam today met representatives of the striking medicos but the meeting could not break the impasse with the students and doctors deciding// to continue with their agitation. A 12-member delegation of agitating medicos, which also included members of AIIMS Faculty Associa...

President Kalam Meets Striking Medicos However Stir to Continue

New Delhi, May 25: President A P J Abdul Kalam today met representatives of the striking medicos but the meeting //could not break the impasse with the students and doctors deciding to continue with their agitation. A 12-member delegation of agitating medicos, which also included members of AI...

Abdul Kalam Confident of AIDS vaccine on Indian market soon

It is estimated that India has an estimated 5.1 million HIV-infected people, next only to South Africa. President A.P.J Abdul Kalam on Friday in Shillong (capital of the northeastern state of Meghalaya.) said that the vaccines // against AIDS developed would be available in India in three to four y...

HIV Drugs Unaffordable for Common Man: Kalam

Urging the medical community to develop 'much cheaper' drugs to combat HIV/AIDS, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said the available first and second line treatment of the deadly disease is still out of reach of the common man in the country. Stating that the Indian companies have done for...

Nearly 2,500 Mentally Ill Women in Delhi are Destitute: Abdul Kalam

Highlighting a problem that has been long overlooked, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday said that the national capital is home to 2,500 mentally ill women// who have no home. "While mental illness for women itself is severe enough not only for themselves but also for their families, it be...

Make Healthcare Accessible, Affordable, Urges Kalam

President Kalam Thursday called upon doctors to serve in rural areas for at least three to four years and underlined the need to make quality healthcare services// accessible and affordable to the poor. He was speaking after commissioning India's first tele-radiology network at the Kakarla Su...

Autistic Children Need Sense of Equality: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

New Delhi: Noting that "any disorder in human faculties" increases dependence on others and reduces the individual's self esteem, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Wednesday urged researchers to "direct their efforts in bringing about a sense of equality among children affected by autism".// Equal...

Teachers are Creators of Enlightened Citizens in the Country- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India greeted the teachers by saying that we have to remember Dr. S. Radhakrishnan’s words that ‘teachers should be the best minds in the country’.// He emphasized that teachers are builders of our society and creators of enlightened citizens in the country. Dr....

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