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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi sworn in for third term

This handout photograph taken on 7 June 2024, released by the Indian Press Information Bureau, shows President Droupadi Murmu feeding curd to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him after he was elected for his third term following the country's general election, at the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. AFP - -

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern.

Modi met President Droupadi Murmu and accepted her invitation to head the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government, which will run the world's most populous nation for the next five years.

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