New Delhi, July 7
Midway into his second term, PM Narendra Modi today pressed the reset button by putting together one of the youngest Council of Ministers to steer India past Covid-19 challenges and effect a generational shift in the ranks ahead of forthcoming Assembly and 2024 General Election.
The average age of the new 77-member Council is 58, with 14 ministers now below 50 years of age.
The expectation is that new appointees will be “on their toes” to deliver government’s ambitious agendas across health, education, social justice and economic revival through the mid and post-pandemic periods.
Top among the 12 casualties of the Cabinet revamp today Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal signal PM’s urge to correct the government’s global and domestic image that took a massive hit during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Suvendu Adhikari A Thorn In Modi-Mamata Meeting Over Cyclone Yaas Relief
West Bengal has informed the Centre of its reservations against the scheduled presence of BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari during the scheduled meeting between PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee might give a miss to her scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in West Midnapore district on Friday afternoon. During the meeting, Modi and Banerjee are going to discuss the damage, relief and reconstruction following the devastations caused by cyclone Yaas.
Mamata Skips Cyclone Yaas Meeting With Modi, Officials Cite Suvendu Adhikari s Presence
However, she went to the venue of the scheduled meeting, met the PM, and handed over a list of damages and requirement for funds
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees gave a miss to her scheduled meeting with prime minister Narendra Modi in West Midnapore district on Friday afternoon citing the need to meet an administrative meeting of the state government in the neighbouring district of East Midnapore.
With increasing COVID-19 deaths in India, hundreds of children are being traumatized and left in the lurch.
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A woman holds on to two children as they wait their turn to get tested for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021.
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As the second wave of COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across India with more than 400,000 cases being reported daily in the country, thousands of families have lost their kin to the deadly virus.
While experts suggest that the mortality rate in the second wave is similar to last year’s wave, data shared by the Indian government clearly shows that the ratio of young adults, in the 30 to 40 age group, dying of the disease is higher than the first wave. This means there are more young children losing their parents and some have been left totally alone as their entire immediate family has s