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• Rajnath pitches for reform of UN August 16, 2022
  The potential geopolitical fault line in the maritime domain in East Asia could be "graver" than what is being witnessed, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, amid escalating tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
• Cattle smuggling scam: CBI likely to question arrested TMC leader's daughter, accountant August 16, 2022
  The central agency suspected that several bank accounts belonging to Mondal's daughter were used for financial transactions in the scam, he said. "We have found several joint bank accounts of Mondal and his daughter. The two are joint holders of many other assets as well. Several accounts belonging to his daughter were used for transactions […]
• Sonia Gandhi picks Ghulam Nabi Azad as JK Congress campaign chief, he declines August 16, 2022
  Azad is a prominent member of the G23 grouping within the Congress which has been critical of the leadership and has been seeking an organisational overhaul. Azad, who retired from the Rajya Sabha last year, was not renominated to the upper house by the Congress.
• Bihar ministry expansion: 31 take oath; 16 from RJD August 16, 2022
  Tejashwi Yadav had declared that he would like to expand his social base from MY to every caste and community in the state. The new government has two ministers each from the Bhumihar and Rajput communities and one each from the Brahmin and Bania communities. Regional representation too has been ensured with ministers drawn from […]