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India needs technology and 'logical temperament', says PM Narendra Modi

PM was speaking at Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru as part of two-day visit to Karnataka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the I-STEM portal as Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan and Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa (L) look on, during the inauguration of 107th Indian Science Congress.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: PTI

Yuvraj Malik Bengaluru
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the science community should focus on innovations for rural poor and farmers, but also exercise discretion in choosing causes to work for.

“New India needs technology as well as a logical temperament so that our effort for social and economic development of the individual is in the right direction,” Modi said in a speech after inaugurating 107th Indian Science Congress at the University of Agriculture in Bengaluru.

Yesterday, Modi inaugurated 5 new laboratories of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which will employ only scientists under 35 years, and work on