CM Devendra Fadnavis will attend the last rites of cartoonist RK Laxman.
Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday paid tributes to iconic cartoonist R K Laxman by posting online his cartoon 'common man' reaching Mars, the last of his works, which he had sent to the space agency after the success of the historic Mars Mission.
Fadnavis paid tribute at his official residence 'Varsha' to the revered artist.
R K Laxman immortalised the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny perception
The cartoonist fraternity of the country on Monday mourned the death of R K Laxman calling him the 'original god of cartooning' and an 'institution'.
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86-year-old Laxman, who was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital on Sunday after suffering three mild strokes, is responding to medicines and is stable but the next two days are crucial, doctors attending on him said on Tuesday.
R K Laxman was suffering from a prolonged illness.
President said prestigious awards are a public recognition of talent, merit and hard work.
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"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
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