India's former PM Manmohan Singh dies aged 92

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister who governed the South Asian country for two terms and liberalised its economy in an earlier stint as finance minister, has died, local media reported on Thursday. He was 92.

Singh, an economist-turned-politician who also served as the governor of the central bank, was ailing and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, local media reported late on Thursday.

(Reporting by Urvi Dugar; Writing by YP Rajesh; Editing by Louise Heavens)

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