The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin today with the swearing-in of the newly elected Members of the Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pro-tem speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab will administer the oath to the new members.

During the Lok Sabha session, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha will be elected and new MPs will take their oaths of office.

First session of Parliament Session: President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 27 and is likely to outline the new government's roadmap for the next five years.

Here is the list of Union Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, MoS with Independent Charge whose portfolios have been changed in the newly formed PM Modi-led government in 2024.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new 72-member council of ministers features a diverse mix of professionals. Among the 30 cabinet ministers, six are lawyers, three hold MBA degrees, and ten are postgraduates. Prime Minister Modi and Rajnath Singh are notable for their master's degrees.

According to the IMD, temperatures across Delhi NCR varied from 45.2 degrees Celsius to 49.1 degrees Celsius, with Mungeshpur's reading being an outlier. The department suggested that this discrepancy could be due to a sensor error or a local factor affecting the reading.

Delhi continues to toil under extreme heat as the national capital on Wednesday recorded a minimum temperature of 29.4 degrees Celsius, 2.8 notches above the seasons' normal, the IMD said.

The Union Minister said China was nervous and uncomfortable due to PM Modi reversing Congress' policy of not developing border areas of the country. He also warned that "this was not 1962" and accused Congress of furthering Chinese propaganda.

Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned on Tuesday (March 19) as he accused the BJP of doing injustice with his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) by excluding it from the seat-sharing deal with allies for the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.

The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will cover around 6,700 km - mostly on buses with stretches of walking - and culminate on March 20, comes nearly year after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi completed Bharat Jodo Yatra on foot from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, traversing over 4,000 km in 136 days.

Muizzu formally requested India to withdraw its military personnel from the country during a meeting with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. India and the Maldives agreed to discuss 'workable solutions' to continue the use of Indian military platforms, said government sources.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju was accompanied by Munu Mahawar, India’s High Commissioner to Maldives, and other officials from the Indian High Commission. The new Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer and other officials from the host country were present on the occasion.

Apart from Rijiju, the ceremony was well attended by several leaders from South Asia, diplomats, and even some former presidents from all over the world. The ceremony was attended by former president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the outgoing administration.

Assembly election on all 40 seats in Mizoram will take place on November 7 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3. In 2018 polls, the BJP won just one seat.

The marathon is India's first high-altitude marathon and has been organised by the state government with assistance from the Indian Army.

In December, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said that the deep ocean mission involving indigenous submersible MATSYA-6000 is expected to come to fruition by 2026.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Centre has sanctioned the upgradation of 91 roads and 30 long-span bridges in Arunachal Pradesh.

Rahul Gandhi's remarks against PM Modi describing him as a "specimen" who thinks he knows more than God triggered a fresh spell of war of words between BJP and Congress leaders.

Kiren Rijiju's car was hit by a truck on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban on Saturday. No injuries were reported in the road accident.

Adani Row: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday alleged that the Adani issue is being raked up to brighten the political career of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.