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Modi chairs first Cabinet meet, challenges ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah, more

A day after Narendra Modi was sworn in as the prime minister for the second time consecutively, the first Cabinet meet of Modi sarkar 2.0 took place, which saw the entire cabinet flowing in to take charge of their respective ministries.

The biggest news maker of the day, Amit Shah, took oath as the Home Minister at the North Block in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind. With the assembly polls in several states such as Haryana and Maharashtra approaching, Amit Shah and Narendra Modi will be wrapping up the appointment of a new Party President.

Nirmala Sitharaman, who served as the Defence Minister in the Narendra Modi government from September 2017 to May 2019, bagged the Finance ministry, making her the first full-time woman Finance Minister of India.

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TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.