Key Communist leader in India Sitaram Yechury dies

General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechury passed away at the age of 72 in New Delhi on Thursday. He was admitted to a government hospital after he suffered from an acute chest infection. A Communist leader in Indian politics for several decades, Yechury served as a lawmaker in Indian parliament's upper house Rajya Sabha during 2005-2017. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences over his demise. Enditem Source: The Namibia News Agency