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While "+ respected bhadralok, a semi-lit sacked him from his first Bengal, to stand shoulder to when he called me to the A few weeks later, I got a leaving I asked, Why # ". pipe hanging loose from his lips Cabinet, only to reinstate him shoulder at the first UNCTAD Rashtrapati Bhawan at the rel- call from him requesting me to me? He said, “How . " being a cartoonists’ delight till with full dignity a few months in New Delhi alongside Cuban atively late hour of 10 pm, pref- launch the second volume of many Oxford educated .O"" he kicked the habit nearly 30 later. By the time he was rein- legend Fidel Castro. But over acing his invitation by saying his memoirs. Addressing a dis- journalists do we have in . years back. ducted, he had risen to a stature the years, he made all Indians " ."" He became a trusted lieu- befitting none else. Having proud of his deft handling of + tenant of Indira Gandhi with- held the External Affairs port- economy and politics. It was .2256 .6+,2,1 in a few years but fell out later folio for close to a decade, and said that it was not possible for QR ,25 after she was advised by former widely reputed for his knowl- anyone to negotiate with a colleagues to get rid of the edge of international trade and tiger to part with its skin but "!4 5+ diminutive but highly intelli- finance, Pranab Mukherjee was Pranabda would achieve that clot in his brain and later alist and the trusted Man 6 gent and ambitious politician. the acknowledged don of com- and leave the tiger smiling in developed a lung infection. Friday of three Congress Prime "". However, realising his 360 plex matters on global eco- the end. ormer President Pranab Pranab Mukherjee was the Ministers, Pranab Mukherjee’s . FMukherjee breathed his last 13th President of India from climb up the political ladder # on Monday after battling var- 2012 to 2017 and was conferred stopped just short of his ambi- "2 ious ailments, including coro- with the highest civilian award, tion to occupy the PM’s post *.")+ navirus, for almost 20 days. His Bharat Ratna, by the Narendra in 2004, and instead fortunes "" son Abhijit Mukherjee Modi Government. sent him to the highest office "" + R announced the demise of the President Ram Nath Rashtrapati Bhavan as the "# 84-year-old Mukherjee who Kovind, Vice President M country’s first citizen. # was admitted to Army hospi- Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Though he had many . +7 tal in the national Capital on Minister Narendra Modi, for- facets in his over five decades "+ August 10. mer VP Hamid Ansari, Union of a political career, he was 2 262,65, )52 A people’s person till the Ministers, UPA Chairperson Congress’ troubleshooter " end, “Citizen Mukherjee” Sonia Gandhi and several oth- through the decades and one of tweeted that he had tested pos- ers led the nation in condoling the country’s most respected " itive for Covid-19 on August the death of the former politicians. Demonstrating his " . 10. It was his last post and his President saying the country ability to quickly adapt to sit- " last words to the public. has lost a statesman. uations as they arose, “With a heavy heart, this is While Pranab Mukherjee’s Mukherjee was at ease with the . # to inform you that my father house in Birbhum’s Mirati vil- new mode of .)+ ." Shri Pranab Mukherjee has lage in West Beny wore a sad, communication. just passed away in spite of the forlorn look after the passing A politician of the past era, ". best efforts of doctors of RR away of the former President, Mukherjee realised the signif- " . " Hospital and prayers, duas and sources in Government said he icance of social media tool . prarthanas from people will be cremated in the nation- and used Twitter a platform to . ."". ension flared up at the throughout India. I thank all of al Capital. The Centre reach out to people and always + Talready volatile Line of you folded hands,” Abhijit announced a seven-day nation- expressed his condolences on #)6128)62,&,6512 Actual Control (LAC) in Mukherjee tweeted. al mourning period —August the death of leaders and friends, Ladakh when the Chinese The late President was 31 to September 6. greet people on festivals or wish " # $ &$' troops tried to intrude into operated for the removal of a A quintessential party loy- them on their birthdays. L India at the Pangong Tso (lake) &'K) *') ) + on the intervening night of August 29-30. The alert Indian nearly 400-km long Srinagar- # % %!%& troops foiled the aggression. 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LAC in the region where stand- already on the northern bank . + off is on for the last more than of the Pangong Tso between three months and the latest “Finger 4” and “Finger 8” sec- #% ". #&%' “provocative” step on the tor. Despite agreeing to disen- #/ %''!%&# southern side of the Pangong gage in the several rounds of *12- ," Tso by the Chinese, the Indian military-level talks, the Chinese * """ Army has rushed more troops have refused to withdraw their " ." to the region, sources troops from there. They also " "" said. have of late erected more tents /. ## 0 Also, movement for gen- and built bunkers indicating , *1() eral traffic was restricted on the their intent. ""!- . + ! economy. R According to the data, n a virtual freefall, India’s gross value added (GVA) IGDP collapsed 23.9 per cent !"# growth in the manufacturing in the April-June quarter year- sector contracted by 39.3 per on-year, the biggest shrinkage Ahead of GDP data, the outlier as all other sectors, cent in the first quarter of in 40 years, as the coronavirus fresh clash at LAC with China including manufacturing, con- 2020-21, from 3 per cent lockdowns battered an already spooked the market, which struction and services, suf- expansion a year ago. slowing economy. Most rating was also apprehensive about a fered steep declines. However, farm sector GVA agencies and RBI had project- poor growth data. India’s economy had grown grew at 3.4 per cent, compared ed a sharp contraction in India’s The news of Chinese by 5.2 per cent in the same to 3 per cent in the corre- GDP for the first quarter of aggression turned the senti- quarter of last fiscal, as per the sponding period of 2020-21. ments negative and BSE flag- data released by the National 2019-20. Even before the coron- ship Sensex plunged over 1,615 Statistical Office (NSO). Construction sector GVA avirus outbreak, India’s GDP points from its day’s high. At The Government had contracted by a whopping 50.3 started to shrink. The GDP had close, the index ended down imposed a nationwide lock- per cent from 5.2 per cent grown at 3.1 per cent in the 839 points for the day to down from March 25, 2020 to expansion earlier. Mining sec- January-March quarter, which 38,628. Nifty closed 260 points curb the spread of Covid-19 tor output declined at 23.3 per was the slowest growth in at to 11,387. infections which adversely cent, as against a growth of 4.7 least eight years.