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Mohan Charan Majhi has taken oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha. BJP has returned to power after 24 years by winning 78 seats in the Odisha Assembly elections. He has been an MLA four times and comes from the Scheduled Tribe. At the same time, Kanak Vardhan Singh Dev and Parvati Parida have taken oath as Deputy Chief Ministers.

Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi will be the next Chief of the Indian Army. Upendra Dwivedi will take over as the Army Chief from General Manoj C Pandey on June 30. An alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa, Lt Gen Dwivedi was commissioned into the 18 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles on December 18, 1984. Lt Gen Dwivedi has also served as Deputy Chief at Army Headquarters and also headed the 9th Corps in Himachal Pradesh.

A total of 7 women ministers have got a place in the new government led by PM Modi. Out of which 2 are cabinet and 5 are ministers of the rank of Minister of State. The two cabinet ministers include Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi. Other state ministers include Shobha Karandlaje, Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya, Savitri Thakur, Defense Nikhil Khadse and Anupriya Patel.

Recently, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has included the Israeli army in the global list of criminals committing crimes against children. According to a diplomatic source, along with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were also added to the list. Let us tell you that the Hamas-Israel war started on 7 October with a Hamas-led attack on Israel.

Iga Swiatek defeated Jasmine Paolini to win the French Open women's title for the third consecutive time. The 23-year-old from Poland became the first female player to win three consecutive trophies in Paris since Justine Henin from 2005 to 2007. Iga is currently the world number 1 player in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association.

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) chief Prem Singh Tamang has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim state for the second consecutive time. The 56-year-old politician was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya at a ceremony held at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. The SKM had won 31 out of 32 seats in the state in the assembly elections.

Narendra Modi has created history by taking oath as Prime Minister for the third time. PM Modi has become the second leader of Indian politics who has taken oath as PM for the third consecutive time. Earlier, only the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Nehru had done this feat. The cabinet includes 30 cabinet ministers, 5 ministers of state with independent charge and 36 ministers of state.

India, US, South Korea, Japan and the European Union have formed the Biopharmaceuticals Alliance. Its first meeting was held during the Bio International Convention 2024 in San Diego. Biopharmaceuticals derived from living organisms are set to account for 50% of future medical drugs. The alliance aims to prevent drug shortages like those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic by diversifying and mapping the drug supply chain, ensuring a resilient and sustainable system.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko set a world record by spending 1,000 days in space. His latest mission to the ISS begins on September 15, 2023, along with NASA astronauts Loral O'Hara and Nikolai Chub. A cosmonaut since 1996, Kononenko, an aviation mechanical engineer, has commanded four Soyuz missions. His accomplishments highlight his dedication to space exploration, which was supported by his family during many important events in orbit.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP) have partnered to build a UPI-like payment system in Peru. This makes Peru the first South American country to adopt NPCI's technology, which will enable instant payments between individuals and businesses. The initiative aims to expand digital payments among Peru's large unbanked population.