India’s former president dies after testing positive for Covid-19

India’s former president Pranab Mukherjee, a senior leader of the country’s opposition Congress party, has died aged 84.

Mr Mukherjee had emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain on August 10 at New Delhi’s Army Hospital Research and Referral.

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