Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:21pm on 27 Dec 2024,Friday India
India bids farewell to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who passed away at 92. The funeral procession will begin at 9:30 am from Congress headquarters, with the last rites at 11:45 am at Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi. A seven-day national mourning period has been declared, with flags at half-mast across India. Global leaders, including French President Macron and US Secretary of State Blinken, paid tributes to the architect of India’s economic liberalization. The government plans to allocate a memorial site for the veteran leader, honoring his remarkable contributions as an economist, statesman, and two-time Prime Minister.
