National Technology Day is being observed across India on May 11 to glorify the importance of science in day-to-day life and motivate students to adopt science as a career option.
- The theme of the year 2016 is ‘Technology enablers of Startup India’.
- The day is being commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of first of the five tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test, held on 11 May 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
- India also conducted successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.
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