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Aug 02, 2022

Founder of Kannada Daily 'Udayavani' T. Mohandas Pai Passes Away

T. Mohandas Pai, founder of popular Kannada daily 'Udayavani', died following prolonged illness. He was 89.
He was the eldest son of Dr. T. M. A. Pai, the founder of the Manipal Group of Institutions. He was also the president of the Dr. T. M. A. Pai Foundation and Manipal Media Network, which runs 'Udayavani'.
Pai was a law graduate and is regarded as the architect of modern Manipal. He also headed ICDS Limited.

Indian Women Savitri Jindal Replaces China's Yang Huiyan as Asia's Richest Woman

Savitri Jindal, the Chairperson Emeritus of OP Jindal Group, surpassed China's Yang Huiyan and became Asia's richest woman, as per the real-time Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Savitri Jindal who also holds the position of the richest woman in India has a total fortune of $11.3 billion.
Jindal's net worth fluctuated wildly in recent years. It fell to $3.2 billion in April 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, then to $15.6 billion in April 2022 due to a rise in commodity prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The fortune of Yang Huiyan, owner of China's largest real estate developer 'Country Garden Holdings', dropped by more than half in 2022, from $ 24 billion to $11 billion. She had been Asia's richest woman for the past five years.

Aug 01, 2022

Fidel Valdez Ramos, ex-Philippine President Dies

Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, a US-trained ex-general who saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars and played a key role in a 1986 pro-democracy uprising that ousted a dictator, died. He was 94.
Ramos, known for his "we can do this" rallying call, thumbs-up sign, attention to detail and firm handshakes, served as president from 1992 to 1998, succeeding the democracy icon, Corazon Aquino.
In 1992, Ramos won the presidential elections and became the largely Roman Catholic nation's first Protestant president. His term was marked by major reforms and attempts to dismantle telecommunications and other business monopolies that triggered a rare economic boom, bolstered the image of the impoverished Southeast Asian country and drew praise from business leaders and the international community.

Jul 29, 2022

Eminent Assamese Writer Atulananda Goswami Passes Away

Veteran Assamese litterateur and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Atulananda Goswami, passed away. He was 87. Goswami was known as a short story writer, a litterateur and a novelist par excellence. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award in 2006, for his novel 'Seneh Jorir Ganthi' in 2006.
Some of his other notable works include 'Namgharia' 'Hamdoi Pulor Jon', 'Rajpaat', 'Polatok' and 'Ashray'. He had translated many English, Bengali and Odia works into Assamese, and also Assamese texts into English.

Jul 28, 2022

Punjabi Singer Balwinder Safri Passes Away at 63

Popular UK-based Punjabi singer Balwinder Safri died at the age of 63, weeks after recovering from coma.
Punjab-born Safri, who was based in Birmingham, was part of the UK bhangra scene since 1980 and formed the Safri Boyz Band in 1990.
Safri, known for hit Punjabi tracks such as "Rahaye Rahaye" and "Chan Mere Makhna", slipped into coma in April after suffering brain damage following a heart surgery.

Jul 27, 2022

Bengal's 'One Rupee Doctor' Sushovan Bandyopadhyay Passes Away

Sushovan Bandyopadhyay famous as Bengal's 'one rupee doctor' passed away in Kolkata.
A doctor and a politician, Bandyopadhyay treated patients for close to 60 years. He had treated people for just one rupee and is fondly known as 'Ek Takar Daktar' (one rupee doctor).
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020. The same year his name was recorded in the Guinness World Records for treating the maximum number of patients.
He is an ex-MLA from Bolpur seat and had contested on Congress ticket in 1984. He was a member of Trinamool Congress in the past and was its Birbhum district president but had later quit the party.

Good Friday Agreement Architect David Trimble Dies

David Trimble, the Northern Irish leader who steered the region's Protestant majority into an historic peace deal with their Catholic rivals that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, died aged 77.
Trimble, who became Northern Irish first minister in the power-sharing government that emerged from the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, was one of the chief architects of the accord that mostly ended three decades of bloodshed in the region.
Trimble and Irish nationalist John Hume jointly received the Nobel Prize in 1998 for their roles in helping end the violence between Catholic nationalists seeking Irish unity and pro-British Protestants wishing to stay in the United Kingdom that claimed some 3,600 lives.

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