Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee passes away at 93; India mourns its loss
New Delhi's AIIMS had issued a statement on Wednesday informing that the condition of the 93-year- old leader was critical and that he had been kept on life support Current Affairs News : Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee , who had been admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) since June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion, passed away on Thursday. He was 93 years old. Since Wednesday evening, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), as well as those from other parties, had been visiting the hospital to enquire about the health of the former prime minister. This was after AIIMS issued a statement saying the condition of the 93-year-old leader was critical and informing that he had been kept on life support. While prime minister Narendra Modi visited AIIMS on Wednesday evening as well as today morning, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, External Affairs Ministe...