Live Updates: S Jaishankar Takes Charge As External Affairs Minister As Newly-Elected Ministers Take Oath
NDTV
PM Narendra Modi's cabinet in his historic third term has retained the known faces in the big four ministries - Amit Shah (Home), Rajnath Singh (Defence), S Jaishankar (Foreign), and Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance).
S Jaishankar today took charge as the External Affairs Minister a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi retained him in his cabinet in his historic third term. Mr Jaishankar is among the senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Nitin Gadkari, who have retained the ministries they handled in the previous government.
Other ministers are also set to take charge of their respective ministries today.
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