Former Indian BJP leader Jaswant Singh passes away

India's former foreign, defence and finance minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died in New Delhi today following a protracted bout of illness. A former Army officer from the Rajasthan state, 82-year-old Jaswant Singh had been ailing after suffering a fall at his home in August 2014 and was admitted to the Army Research and