In this handout photo provided by the Indian Presidential Palace, the newly sworn in ministers, right, stand with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, third left in front row, and other senior ministers during swearing in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken a massive rejig of ministries and entrusted technocrats and specialists to ensure effective and faster implementation of policies on the ground.
Health and pharma have been allocated to the same cabinet minister to bring critically needed synergy between the two wings in the middle of a raging pandemic. The new health minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, has been in the core Covid response team over the past year. He had ensured a regular flow of life-saving drugs and brings continuity and hands-on experience. The cabinet minister is complemented with a junior minister who is a tribal woman and practising doctor, and has on-ground experience in fighting m
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Earthquake strikes during Rahul Gandhi s live session. Watch his reaction
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with Prof Dipesh Chakrabarty & students of The University of Chicago, Institute of Politics, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)Premium
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However, Rahul Gandhi smoothly continued virtually interacting with the students of the University of Chicago
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was unflustered by an earthquake that struck Tajikistan on late Friday night while he was virtually interacting with the students of the University of Chicago and calmly continued with the live programme. By the way, I think there s an earthquake going on, Rahul Gandhi was heard saying in the live virtual interaction with historian Dipesh Chakrabarty and political science students from the University of Chicago when strong tremors were felt across north India in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand.
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