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Solar industry pioneer Govind Kant, 47, the second Australian to die of Covid in India
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A Sydney father of two has died of Covid in India after becoming stuck in the country when he visited family following the death of his mother.
Govind Kant, who has been described as a “stalwart” of Australia’s solar industry, reportedly died in a Delhi hospital on Sunday, after contracting Covid-19 at the end of April.