PM Modi condoles passing away of Prof Stephen Hawking

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 14, 2018, condoled the passing away of Professor Stephen Hawking. “Professor Stephen Hawking was an outstanding scientist and academic. His grit and tenacity inspired people all over the world. His demise is anguishing. Professor Hawking’s pioneering work made our world a better place. May his soul rest in peace,” the Prime Minister said, according to a PIB release.

Hawking,76,  a British Physicist, was suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a rare neurological disease, for the past several years.  He died on March 14 at his Cambridge home in UK.