S.P. Mookerjee laid foundation of Indian industrialization: Modi
New Delhi, June 24 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday credited Jan Sangh ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookerjee with laying a solid foundation to India's industrialisation in his capacity as the country's first Industry Minister.
"Shyama Prasad Mookerjee became the first Industry Minister of India and laid a solid foundation to the country's industrialisation. The first industrial policy of independent India had Mookerjee's signature all over it," Modi said in his ‘Mann Ki Baat' address.
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inducted Mookerjee into the Interim Central Government as Industry Minister on August 15, 1947.
Mookerjee died on April 23, 1953 at age 52 in Jammu and Kashmir. He was arrested on entering Kashmir on May 11, 1953 and his condition deteriorated while he was in custody.
He was declared dead early on June 23 due to heart attack.
"The most important thing for Mookerjee was the country's unity and integrity and for this he had to lay down his life at the age of just 52 years," Modi said.
Modi also highlighted that Mookerjee was the youngest Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University at the age of 33.
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Kerala-born entrepreneur linked to Lebanon pager blasts, Bulgarian agency clears him of involvement
Wayanad: Rinson Jose, a Kerala-born entrepreneur and Norwegian citizen, has been linked to the investigation into the recent pager explosions in Lebanon that resulted in at least 20 fatalities and thousands of injuries.
Jose, 37, is the owner of Bulgaria-based Norta Global Limited and is suspected of being involved in the supply chain for the pagers used in the attacks on September 17, 2024.
“Although on paper it was BAC Consulting that signed the contract with Gold Apollo, Norta Global was actually the one behind the deal,” Telex, a Hungarian media outlet quoted sources as saying.
Reports suggest that Jose has gone missing since the attacks.
However, an investigation by Bulgaria's security agency, SANS, has cleared Jose and his company of any direct involvement, stating that no shipments related to the pagers passed through Bulgaria.
“Following verifications, it has been indisputably established that no communication equipment corresponding to those that exploded on September 17 was imported, exported or manufactured in Bulgaria,” the agency was quoted as saying by AFP. It added that the company and its owner had not carried out any transactions linked to the sale or purchase of the merchandise or that “falls under laws on terrorism financing".
