Senior Journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee HK Dua passes away at 88 | India Information

Senior journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee HK Dua handed away in New Delhi on Wednesday on the age of 88, his household mentioned, in line with The Tribune. He had been admitted to a non-public hospital three weeks in the past and had been unwell. His cremation shall be held at 12 midday on March 5 on the Lodhi Street Crematorium.Dua was the previous Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune and served as media adviser to former Prime Ministers HD Deve Gowda and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He additionally represented India as Ambassador to Denmark.He led The Tribune from 2003 to 2009 and was credited with enhancing the newspaper’s nationwide standing and editorial credibility. Over a distinguished profession spanning a number of a long time, Dua held senior editorial positions at The Indian Categorical, The Instances of India and Hindustan Instances.In 2009, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the place he participated in debates on media freedom and public coverage. He was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 2008 in recognition of his contributions to journalism.Congress MP Manish Tewari expressed grief over Dua’s demise, recalling him as “an editor when being an editor nonetheless mattered.”In a publish on X, Tewari mentioned Dua stood by his convictions, refused to compromise editorial independence, and by no means sought favour from political leaders or media proprietors. He described him as a heat and unpretentious particular person who spoke his thoughts with readability and integrity. “Unhappy to be taught in regards to the passing away of Sh HK Dua. He was an editor when being an editor nonetheless mattered. Editor in Chief of Instances of India, Hindustan Instances, Indian Categorical & The Tribune he selected to dwell by his convictions slightly than grow to be a lackey of the house owners and kowtow to Politician’s for commercial’s. Media Adviser to Prime Minister Late Sh. Atal Behari Vajpayee, Indian Ambassador to Denmark & nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Prime Minister Late Dr. Manmohan Singh. A really heat human being and completely unpretentious he knew the best way to name a spade a spade,” Tewari wrote on ‘X’.