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NEW DELHI: In a book written by Manmohan Singh’s daughter, it was revealed that during his stay in the UK, the former prime minister sometimes survived on a sixpence Cadbury’s chocolate bar instead of a full meal due to problems financial.In the book titled “The Strictly Personal Book: Manmohan and Gursharan in 2014”, Daman recounted…

Source: archivespmo.nic.in NEW DELHI: The White House on Saturday issued a statement from US President Joe Biden, expressing his condolences on the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday night at the age of 92. Singh, widely regarded as a transformational leader and the architect of the economic liberalization. He served…

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (file photo) NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh played a pivotal role in placement United States–India relations on a “fundamentally new foundation” with the historic 2008 Civil Nuclear Agreement between the two nations, said former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.Singh, who was chief minister for two consecutive terms…

Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met on Saturday michael waltzUS president-elect Donald Trump’s candidate for National Security Advisorduring his official visit to the United States from December 24 to 29.“Nice to meet Rep. Michael Waltz tonight,” Jaishankar said in a post on X.He added: “I enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation about…

MUMBAI: Bombay HC refused to further delay the trip of a woman and her 9-year-old son to visit her parents in Singapore after her ex-husband tried to stop it. The trip was originally scheduled between December 22 and January 4.“I am not willing to interfere with the permission granted by family court (FC), which has…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Punjab chief secretary and police chief why contempt proceedings are not being initiated against them for non-compliance with its December 20 order of hospitalization of farmer Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is fasting until death. at the Shambhu border for almost a month.A special panel of Justices Surya…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim posted a moving tribute to Dr Manmohan Singh on Friday ‘X’, recalling the many kindnesses of “his dear friend” when he, Anwar, was imprisoned, and describing him as “a little clumsy as a politician but undeniably upright, firm and determined as a statesman,” a man “whose legacy…

JAMMU: The lockdown in Katra town in J&K’s Reasi district against the proposed ropeway project entered the third day on Friday even as Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samitiwho led the strike, extended the agitation for another 72 hours and said all activities in the holy city would remain suspended during the lockdown.Meanwhile, the J&K…

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday criticized the BJP-led central government and termed its decision to conduct the last rites of former prime minister Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat as “a deliberate insult” to the prime minister. Sikh Prime Minister of India.Sharing a post on a monument to honor his legacy.”“The people…

NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh believed that India’s development priorities should shape its foreign policy and, in his own words, create a conducive global environment for India’s growth. With this in mind, he met with President Bush in 2005 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and asked if the United States could help…