- Saturday, February 22, 2025
During five decades in Indian politics, Pranab Mukherjee, who died on Monday after a lung infection, led some of the nation's most powerful ministries and eventually became its president, but the ultimate prize still eluded him: the prime ministership. Mukherjee tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 10 and had been…
Former India president Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran powerbroker once described in leaked US diplomatic cables as "the ultimate Congress Party fixer", died Monday at the age of 84, his family said. He died of multiple organ failure after being admitted to hospital weeks ago, having also contracted coronavirus. The Bengal-origin…
India's top court imposed a symbolic one rupee fine (one US cent) Monday on a celebrated public service lawyer for contempt in a case that raised concern about free speech in the world's largest democracy. Prashant Bhushan said after the decision that he would pay the fine, but did not…
India's economic growth suffered a historic 23.9 percent decline between April and June, official figures showed Monday, as manufacturing and productivity were battered by a strict coronavirus lockdown. The contraction was the biggest since New Delhi started publishing quarterly statistics in 1996, and the latest figures came as the country's…
