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No room for Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh in PM Modi’s council of 57 ministers

B.S. Nagaraj -
From Karnataka & Telangana, Modi opts for just 3 cabinet ministers and 2 ministers of state. Kerala doesn't give PM an option to choose from.
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UP gets biggest slice of Modi ministries, followed by Maharashtra & Bihar

Moushumi Das Gupta -
States going to assembly polls this year — Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand — got a total of 10 ministers in the Modi govt, including 4 cabinet posts.
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Pratap Sarangi — the new entrant in Modi govt who stands out for his simplicity

PTI -
BJP leader Pratap Sarangi continues to live in a mud and bamboo house & rides a bicycle to most places.
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Modi sticks with Harsimrat Kaur Badal, picks her over husband Sukhbir

Chitleen K Sethi -
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, food processing minister in the previous Modi govt, is one of only two Akali MPs in Lok Sabha this time.
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BJP leader JP Nadda likely to replace Amit Shah as BJP president

PTI -
Nadda enjoys the confidence of the party's top brass and was left out of PM Modi's new council of ministers.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is the lone Muslim face in Modi’s new govt

PTI -
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was the Minority Affairs Minister in the previous Modi government and is credited with major reforms in the Haj policy.
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Many fresh faces in Modi govt as state BJP leaders get rewarded with ministerial berths

Kritika Sharma -
While only two state leaders — ex-Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal & Karnataka’s Pralhad Joshi — will be cabinet ministers, numerous others have been made MoS.
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New Modi govt — Amit Shah, Jaishankar in, Sushma, Maneka & Rathore out

Ruhi Tewari -
A total of 58 ministers, including PM Modi, took oath late Thursday evening in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Sworn into new council of ministers, Sanjeev Balyan still under Muzaffarnagar riots shadow

PTI -
The 46-year-old lawmaker has denied his involvement in the riots and has claimed that he has been booked in a false case.
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Youngest cabinet minister in 2014, Smriti Irani gets a place again in second Modi govt

PTI -
Smriti Irani was shifted out of the HRD Ministry to Textiles after a two-year tenure replete with controversies during PM Modi's first term.
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Opinion

Pakistan is drawing several lessons from its moment under the sun

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Most of the diplomatic messaging was driven not by Islamabad but by regional powers and their calculations—Washington, Tehran and even the UAE.

Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC—a quiet warrior, a gentle soul, the Lion of Ladakh

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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