(Reuters) -Apple once again became the world's most valuable company on Wednesday, dethroning Microsoft from the top spot, as the iPhone maker pushed ahead in a race to dominate artificial intelligence technology.
Mohan Charan Majhi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he took oath of office as Chief Minister of Odisha. - The Statesman/ANN
NEW DELHI: The eastern Indian state of Odisha got a new chief minister on Wednesday after the 24-year rule of Naveen Patnaik, the seasoned leader of the regional party Biju Janata Dal , ended, following the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in the recent provincial assembly election. BJP leader Mohan Charan Majhi, who belongs to a tribal community, was sworn in as the new Odisha chief minister for a five-year term at a ceremony in Bhubaneswar attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.Majhi, 52, is a four-time state legislator and comes from the mineral-rich region of Keonjhar.
In the adjoining southern state of Andhra Pradesh, political veteran and regional Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu took the oath as chief minister in Vijayawada.It will be 74-year-old Naidu's fourth chief ministerial stint. His party scored a thumping victory in the state election against the outgoing chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party .When will Singapore polls be called? Still a lot of work to be done domestically, externally, says PM WongHell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes
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