Media Eye News Bureau: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the capabilities of women in the country while delivering his first "Mann Ki Baat"of 2018on Sunday.

Modi said that nothing is impossible for women if they have a strong will.

Indian PM recalled the brave astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who lost her life just before the landing at the American soil while coming back from her space mission, ahead of her death anniversary on February 1

"…Her message is, 'Nothing is impossible for women, if they have a strong will'," said Modi in the 40th edition of "Mann Ki Baat".

"Let me tell you that one daughter is equal to 10 sons… The punya (good) we get from 10 sons, we get that from one daughter…," said Modi in his radio programme.