HOW TO DOWNLOAD VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE

     Hello Friends. This one seems to be an interesting topic. Everyone of us watch videos on Youtube and there must be some videos that we want to download but we are unable to do that. So today I am going explain you how you can download videos from Youtube.

     There are several ways through which you can download Youtube videos, but I am explaining you only one way which is very fast and reliable.

STEP 1

Open www.youtube.com and open the video which you want to download.

STEP 2

Click on the link of the video above and insert "ss" before the word "youtube"as shown in the picture below and press enter.

For example, if your video link is "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h25S27rh4oY&t=1s"

it should look like                         "https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=h25S27rh4oY&t=1s"

STEP 3

After pressing enter, you will see a new page opening as below

STEP 4 

You can select the quality in which you want to download and the download will start automatically.

I hope you now have understood how can you download a video from Youtube without any hassle and in few simple steps. 

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HOW TO LINK AADHAAR CARD WITH PAN CARD

The Government of India has made the linking of Aadhaar card mandatory with the PAN card. The government has extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar-PAN from 31st August 2017 to 31st December 2017. Linking Aadhaar-PAN is also mandatory for filing Income Return for the Assessment year 2017-18. If the linking is not done, then the return filed will be considered invalid and the person will have to fill a return again which be a belated return.

INDIA SEALED THE SERIES WITH AN UNACCESSIBLE LEAD

     What will be called a terrific performance from the Indian team has resulted in a series win for home team. The home team has taken an unaccessible lead of 3-0 in the 5 match ODI series.

     The Indian team lead by the Indian Captain, Virat Kohli, has now won the series and will now try to whitewash the the Australians. Virat said, "it has been a complete series for us" in the post match presentation.

     The star of the series till now is the all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who has been absolutely magnificent with the bat, ball as well as in the field. He has been man of the match twice in 3 ODIs and the way he is playing he promises to be an asset to the team in the future.

     The Australian have completely failed to tackle the Indian Spin bowling attack lead by the two new wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. The wrist spinners are the new found for the Indian team. Both of them have bowled beautifully, not giving batsmen any room to score and this has led them to became the wicket takers for the team in the recent series. 

     In the batting department, the captain, Virat Kohli, himself is leading the team who is No. 1 in ODI ranking. The openers and middle order batsmen has also contributed in their position according to the need and requirement of the situation. As batting was never an issue in the Indian Dressing Room, it still is not an issue for the time being.

     With every player in the playing XI performing consistently well, the team looks in good momentum. On the other hand, the visitor are not getting any momentum as far as win is concerned and are outplayed by the Indians in every department.

     After the win in 3rd ODI against Australia, India has now registered their 9th Consecutive win in ODIs and Virat Kohli has now joined MS Dhoni's record of most consecutive ODI wins. If he wins 4th ODI against Australia he will be the first captain to win 10 consecutive ODIs. 

    The next ODI is scheduled on 28th Spetember in Bengaluru at 13:30 (IST). See you all there.

LET'S CHEER FOR TEAM INDIA.

BHAWANIPUR COLLEGE - AN OCEAN OF OPPURTUNITIES

     

   Hello friends. I am currently a 3rd year B.Com(H) student in The Bhawanipur Education Society College (BESC) which is located in the City of Joy i.e. Kolkata. The student of Bhawanipur call themselves BE-ITES. The College offers a wide range of courses like B.Com, BBA, BA, B.Sc, MA and M.Com. The College was founded in 1966 and completed it's 50 year in 2016. The College has more than 9000 students presently.

    The College has more than 150 faculty with many of them being CA,CS,CMA as well as we have faculties from different profession depending on the requirement of the course. What makes Bhawanipur College stand apart from other colleges is its Campus and the extra-curricular activity which the College organises throughout the year. Let's take a Campus Tour of the Bhawanipur College.

CANTEEN

The most famous spot of students where they chit chat with friends, take selfies and eat. The Canteen offers a variety of foods which teenagers love to have. The students prefers to spend their time in canteen when not in class. The atmosphere inside the canteen is always jolly. There are two big computer screen fitted in canteen which displays the upcoming events in the college so the students remain updated.

SPORTS ARENA

The Games Room of the college is named 'Sports Arena'. Here, you will find a number of games like Carrom Board, Snooker, Chess, Dart, Table Tennis and 8 Ball Pool. One can spend hours of time and will still want to stay here. The College organises an Intra-College Sport annually. Cricket, Football, Basketball, Table Tennis, Chess are a few games to name, there are long list of games which is organised in the Intra-College Sport.

CONCEPT HALL

Our College has two Auditorium, the bigger one located in the 6th floor is known as the 'Concept Hall'. It is the center of all the important events that take place in the college. It can accommodate nearly 300 people. One will never find Concept Hall closed because everyday we have some event or the other lined up there.

SOCIETY HALL

The second auditorium of our college is located in the 2nd floor of the college building. The Society Hall is renovated last year and now it looks a state-of-the-art auditorium which can accommodate around 100 people. It is very well furnished and looks absolutely fabulous.

LIBRARY

Our College Library is one of the best in the country and is named 'The Knowledge Centre'. It is built so beautifully that one would love to spend hours studying here. The library has a rich collection of all text and reference book of all the courses offered in the college apart from many journals, magazines and newspaper. It remains open from 8 am to 8 pm on all days except Saturday on which it remains open from 8 am to 5 pm and remain close on Sunday. There are around 10 computers in the library with wi-fi connectivity for the convenient of the students to get any information from the internet as and when required.

If a person visits Bhawanipur College, then he should compulsorily visit our Library. It will be an experience worth remembering.

Well, by now you must have got a good idea about our Campus. Now, lets talk about the events which are organised by our college. Honestly speaking, I can't write about all the events which we have as there more than 100 events that take place in our college every year which include Seminars, Workshops, Fests, Celebrity Visits, etc. But let me give you a brief idea about few events :

THE CALCUTTA TIMES, OPPO FRESH FACE '17

The event is held in the college itself on 6th June, 2017. 110 participants  took part in the event to win the Title. Model Tina Mukherjee was the Judge for the Event. Participants had to go through rounds of intense competition and finally four contestants were declared the ultimate winners. The event was a very successful one organised by the collective 'Fashionista'.

NUMBER KRUNCHERS

On 10th August, a different type of event was held in our college - Number Krunchers. The event was a competition to decide the college representative for Maths Olympiad. Abhishek Singh, Senior Faculty & Subject Matter Expert in Roads Institute was the Guest of Honour. Around 150 student took part in the programme and it got overvhelming response.

CELEBRITY VISITS

Throughout the year, we see a lot of celebrity visiting our college. Akshay Kumar came to our college to promote his movie Rustom, Hritik Roshan and Yami Gautam came to promote Kaabil, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhaat came for their movie Badri Ki Dulhania. Earlier in the year, during IPL 10 few players of the Kolkata Knight Riders team visited our college. Few days back, famous writer and motivational speaker Chetan Bhagat came to our college as Chief Guest for the Graduation Felicitation Ceremony 2017. 

UMANG

One of the biggest college fest in India. Every year Bhawanipur organises Umang at the year end. It's a three day fest. Numerous events like Fashion Show, Singing, Dancing, etc are held throughout the three day in the College Campus itself. But the Mega Event take place at the end of third day when a celebrity visits the College and perform infront of thousands of student. Last year singer Sunidhi Chauhan came as the Star Performer. The winners of various events are announced at the end of third day and with a speech from our beloved Dean Dilip Sir, the event gets over.

Sunidhi Chauhan performing in Umang 2K16

CAREER CONNECT

This year a new programme is launched by the college to help student gain knowledge in professional course of their interest. There are seven Professional Courses in it, namely Commerce+, Certified Financial Planner, Capital Market, Corporate Communication, ACCA, Cyber Security and GST. After completion of the course the participants are given placement too so that they can get working experience of the profession. It is really a boon to the students.

The Bhawanipur College has a Placement Cell too. Every year Companies like TCS and E&Y come to our college for Campus recruitment and many students get placement in these companies even before their graduation gets completed. Apart from these, many companies come to take Interns from our college which helps students gain valuable work experience during their studies. 

If you are good in anything then Bhawanipur gives you a platform to showcase your talent and excel in it. Whether it is Studying, Sports, Dancing, Singing, Debating or anything if you have talent you will get the opportunity to master it and make it your profession. 

GOOGLE TEZ APP

On Monday, 18^th September 2017, in the presence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Google’s vice-president for Next Billion Users, Caesar Sengupta, Google launched it’s digital payment app GOOGLE TEZ. Google Tez, is an UPI based payment app for Android and Apple IOS launched by Google. Through this app people can transfer money from one bank account to another without having the need to provide their personal detail. The app supports seven Indian languages, which includes Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, and Marathi and supports English as well.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE APP ?

The app I available on Google’s Play Store, and Apple’s App Store on iOS as well, people can download the app in their smartphone easily. The size of the app is just 7mb, so it won’t require much space in phone.

HOW TO REGISTER IN GOOGLE TEZ ?  

The registration in Tez is very simple and don’t require much time .

After downloading the app, the user need to select the language which he/she prefers.

Now, the user has to enter the phone number which is linked to the bank account.

Then, choose a Google account and set app lock. You have now reached the home screen and the app is ready to use.

 

Arun Jaitley at the launch of Google Tez App

HOW TO TRANSFER MONEY THROUGH GOOGLE TEZ ?

In order to carry out a transaction the user will require a Gmail account and a working mobile number. Google has partnered with 55 banks which support UPI and can be linked to the Google Tez account.

Users can make payments via phone numbers, QR code or UPI Id on Tez. Google has also launched a “Cash Mode” in Tez app. It is a proximity based transfer. The user can transfer money to a nearby device which has a Tez app and UPI installed in it. The user can transfer money without sharing UPI ID, mobile number, bank details. The “cash mode” transfer money using audio. Both the person receives laert when the transaction is completed.

Importantly, Google Tez has not included Aadhaar verification for payments. So it’s more simple than BHIM, another UPI payment app.

CONCLUSION

Google says Tez will soon support credit cards, debit card storage and addition of e-wallets as well. There will be phones coming up in the market with Tez app preloaded from Lava, Micromax, Nokia and Panasonic. Google has confirmed that transaction done through Tez would be free for consumer and small merchants.

For money transfer, there is a limit of ₹100000 in one day across all UPI apps and 20 transfer in one day. With the launch of Tez app and government’s push toward cashless economy, the country is growing and expanding like the west.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PM MODI

A very Happy Birthday to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 67th Birthday. PM Modi was born on 17th September, 1950 in a village in Gujarat named Vadnagar. During his childhood, he used to help his father sell tea and later on began to run his own stall.

AUSTRALIA TOUR OF INDIA, 2017

Australia tour of India is beginning from tomorrow, 17th September and they will be playing 5 ODIs and 2 T20s. Virat Kohli, who is currently in the peak of his career will lead the Indian team against Australia in a very crucial home series. 

BULLET TRAIN - DREAM OF NEW INDIA

PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese Counterpart during the launch of Bullet Train 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart laid the foundation stone for India’s first bullet train project in Ahmedabad on Thursday. “This is the new India and the flight of its dreams is endless,” Modi said at the ceremony. “The bullet train project will bring speed and employment. It is human-friendly and eco-friendly.”

The prime ministers of the two countries laid the foundation stone for an institute that will come up at Vadodara where around 4,000 people will be trained for the bullet train project. The total cost of the project is ₹1.1 lakh crore. It is a joint venture between the Indian Railways and Japanese firm Shinkansen Technology. Japan will fund 81 per cent of the project, nearly ₹88,000 crores, in soft loans at an interest rate of 0.1%. The loan will have to be repaid over 50 years.

The Bullet train will run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai in a 508 km stretch of which 92% of the route will be elevated, 6% will go through the tunnel and only the remaining two per cent will be on the ground, so the Railways won’t require much land. The tunnel through which the train will go will be India’s longest tunnel of 21 km out of which 7 km will be under the sea.

The new train will be carrying 750 passengers and will have a top speed of 320-350 km per hour, with an average speed of 250 km per hour. It is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities to around 2 hours from the existing 7-8 hours. On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route, 12 stations have been proposed: Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati. The fare could be between ₹3000 - ₹5000.

It is expected that the Bullet train would roll out by 2023, but Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said PM Modi wants the train to start on 15 August 2022 - when India completes 75 years of Independence. The government said it will create around 15 lakh new jobs in India.

APPLE EVENT - 12.09.2017

The Apple on 12th September 2017 launched 3 new iPhone i.e. iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus and much anticipated iPhone X. It also launched Apple TV 4K and Apple Watch Series 3 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. The event was a tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, and was the first event at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple's new campus. Here is a detail of the Products launched in the event :

APPLE WATCH SERIES 3

The first product that was launched was Apple Watch. The new Apple Watch have its own cellular connectivity, which allows the user to remain connected without a smartphone for calls, music, etc. and can also support apps such as Maps and WeChat. Siri also gets a boost on the watch. Conversations with Apple's artificial intelligence can happen without even lifting an arm.

Apple said the new smart watch offers several improvements including cellular connectivity and applications to help detect health problems such as heart arrythmia. The Watch will have up to 18 hours of battery life. The watch will go on sale from September 22 for a price of $399. Without celluar connectivity, it will cost $329.

APPLE TV 4K

Tim Cook announced Apple TV 4K, offering two new features - High Dynamic Range (HDR), and high resolution support of 4K. Supporting 4K makes Apple TV far ahead in competition. The company is also adding live news and live sports sections to the Apple TV app. The price of Apple TV 4K will be $179. It will go on sale on September 15.

IPHONE 8

iPhone 8

The iphone 8 features a glass back and front, with a 4.7 inch display. It will run on ios 11, which is set to launch on September 19. It will also have A11 bionic processor and 2 GB Ram. iPhone 8 have a 12 MP rear camera and a 7 MP front camera. It offers wireless charging. It’s camera will use a feature called "portrait lighting" that will automatically optimise the lighting in your photos. Other features present in earlier version will also be there in iPhone 8.

Siri is getting a new voice that makes her much more lifelike too. The new smartphone will be available in three colours – silver, space grey and gold. iPhone 8 is priced at $699 for 64GB variant and $849 for 256GB variant. Pre-order for iPhone 8 will start from September 15 and shipping from September 22.

IPHONE 8 PLUS

The iPhone 8 Plus is not much different from iPhone 8, expect a few features which makes it a bit superior. It have a 5.5 inch display with better screen resolution than iPhone 8, 3 GB Ram. The battery life of iPhone 8 Plus is also more than iPhone 8. iPhone 8 Plus will also run on the latest ios 11. It too have wireless charging facility.

The iPhone 8 Plus is available in two variants – 64GB for $799 and 256GB for $949. And is available in three colours as iPhone 8 - silver, space grey and gold.

IPHONE X

iPhone X

To mark the tenth-anniversary of iPhone, Apple has launched iPhone X. It is being stated as the future of smartphone. Apple CEO Tim Cook called iPhone X “the biggest leap since the original iPhone”.

It offers a lot updated of updated features than its earlier versions. It has an all glass back and front. It sport a 5.8 inch screen with OLED display and has highest resolution phone display with edge-to-edge display.

One of the most unique feature of iPhone X is that it has no Home Button. User will have to tap on the screen to wake it. It has a new gesture language altogether. In Camera specification, iPhone X has a dual rear camera with both 12MP and a front camera of 7MP. It runs on A11 bionic chipset.

The battery life of iPhone X, Apple claims, offers two hours of battery than iPhone 7. Wireless charging feature is there in iPhone X too.

One of the major update in iPhone X is that FaceID has replaced TouchID. There is no fingerprint sensor in iPhone X. The iPhone X has an advanced array of cameras for facial recognition, which allows the phone to become unlocked just by looking at it. Apple claims that FaceID is much easier and safer. There is a one in a million chance of someone being able to hack your phone.

Apple introduced “animoji” in iPhone X. Animated Emoji. Animated emoji imitates your facial movements and lets you record animated messages through texts.

The iPhone X comes in two variants – 64GB and 256GB and two different colours – space grey and silver. It price starts from $999.  

REMEMBERING 9/11 ATTACK

11th September, 2001.

It was a pretty normal Tuesday Morning in the New York City until 08:45 am when Airline Boeing 767, travelling at a speed of 470 mph, crashed into the north tower of World Trade Center. Then again at 09:03 am United Airline flight No.175 travelling a speed of 590 mph crash into the South Tower of World Trade Center. After 56 minutes i.e. at 9:59 am the 110 story Tower collapsed with debris all around and causing fire in almost entire World Trade Center Complex including 7 World Trade Center Tower. At 10:28 am the North Tower too collapsed leading to more debris and havoc. Throughout the New York City there were chaos, panic accompanied with fear. There were power supply failure in many places, telephone lines were jammed with more than 230 million calls. Nearly 200 firefighters died in performing their duties.

At 05:20 pm World Trade Center Building No. 7 collapsed, the cities emergency nerve center destroyed. 

World Trade Centre after being hit by the Flight

Not only the terrorist attacked World Trade Center, they also attacked the Pentagon at 9:45 am, where the flight crashed into the west side of the Pentagon.

The third attack, however, failed as the flight got delayed in taking off and the passengers already came to know that the flight is hijacked and much destruction has been caused by other terrorists. The Passengers fought the terrorists and saved the city from third attack but unfortunately the plane flipped and crashed into the ground in a rural field at 500 mph in Pennsylvania at 10:10 am. All people on board were killed. 

2996 people died in the attack including 19 terrorists who hijacked the planes. 

At 9 pm President George W. Bush said, “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”

September 11,2001 the most deadliest and tragic day in New York City history.Today, is the 16th anniversery of the deadly attack. We Condemn the attack and pay huge respect to the brave who lost their life fighting to save others.

ROHINGYA MUSLIM - WHAT'S HAPPENING ?

WHO ARE ROHINGYA ?

         The Rohingya are often described as "the world's most persecuted minority". They are an ethnic Muslim group who have lived centuries in the Buddhist Majority Myanmar. Nearly 1.1 Million Rohingya Muslim live in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, where they have co-existed uneasily alongside Buddhists for decades.

       The Rohingya speak Rohingya or Ruaingga, a dialect that is distinct to others spoken in Rakhine State and throughout Myanmar, they speak a language similar to the Bengali dialect of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Rohingya people say they are descendants of Muslims, perhaps Persian and Arab traders, who came to Myanmar generations ago. They are not considered one of the country's 135 official ethnic groups and have been denied citizenship in Myanmar since 1982, which has effectively rendered them stateless. 

ETHNIC GROUPS IN MYANMAR

FROM WHERE ROHINGYA CAME ?
     During the British rule, there was a significant amount of migration of labourers to what is now known as Myanmar from today's India and Bangladesh. Because the British administered Myanmar as a province of India, such migration was considered internal, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The migration of labourers was viewed negatively by the majority of the native population. After independence, the government viewed the migration that took place during British rule as "illegal, and it is on this basis that they refuse citizenship to the majority of Rohingya," HRW said in a 2000 report. This has led many Buddhists to consider the Rohingya as Bengali.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM ?
      Violence broke out in 2012, when Rohingya men were accused of raping and killing a Buddhist woman. Buddhist nationalists responded by burning Rohingya homes, killing more than 280 people and displacing tens of thousands. 

     Last October nine police officers were killed by armed men, believed by officials to be Muslims. Amid the ensuing violence, 87000 Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh and government troops expanded their presence in Rakhine state. In November 2016, a UN official accused the government of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims. The Myanmar government has repeatedly denied accusations of “ethnic cleansing”.

VILLAGE BEING BURN IN RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR

      Last month i.e. August 2017, Myanmar further increased the number of troops in Rakhine, after seven Buddhists were found hacked to death. The buildup of troops prompted warnings of a fresh wave of violence. Since the violence erupted, rights groups have documented fires burning in at least 10 areas of Myanmar's Rakhine State. Nearly 300,000 people have fled the violence, with thousands trapped in a no-man's land between the two countries, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).Residents and activists have described scenes of troops firing indiscriminately at unarmed Rohingya men, women and children. 

      The most recent violence is seen as a major escalation not only because of the scale, but also because of the involvement of a new Rohingya militant group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). It says the attacks on government forces were an act of self-defence. The government declared ARSA a terrorist organization following the attacks.

MYANMAR GOVERNMENT'S SAY

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, has denied that ethnic cleansing  is taking place and dismissed international criticism of her handling of the crisis, accusing critics of fueling resentment between Budddhists and Muslims in the country. The government has accused international aid workers of helping terrorists, besiege a village in Rakhine state. When Aung San Suu Kyi rose to power there were hope that the Nobel prize winner would help heal the country’s entrenched ethnic divides. But she has been accused of silently standing by while violence is committed against the Rohingya. International pressure is growing on her to curb the military operations. 

Some argue that Aung San Suu Kyi fears an unpredictable military. Despite her position as state counsellor, the military has retained significant political power, with an allocated 25% of seats in parliament.

 HOW IS THE REGION IS RESPONDING ?

Protesters have at times gathered in cities in India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Bangladesh to condemn the killing and persecution of Rohingya. The UN, as well as several rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have consistently decried the treatment of the Rohingya by Myanmar and neighbouring countries. The Governments in Southeast Asia lack established legal frameworks to protect refugees’ rights, and the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have not coordinated a response to the deepening crisis. The members of the ASEAN has not raised any significant voice over the issue.

HURRICANE IRMA

Hurricane Irma at it's peak with a wind speed of 185 mph

Hurricane Irma thrashed a string of northeast Caribbean Islands with rain and winds of up to 185 mph, it now ranks among the most powerful Hurricanes ever recorded to make landfall. Irma has sustained winds speed of 185 mph for more than 24 hours, which is a record. On the Island of Barbuda, the category five hurricane destroyed nearly all buildings and have left the place barely habitable.

On Wednesday, Irma hit the leeward Caribbean Island moving through Barbuda and St. Martin. The New York Times reported that widespread damage has been done to property, homes and infrastructures on these Islands. Gaston Browne, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda told reporters "Barbuda is literally rubble. The entire housing stock was damaged. It is just a total devastation".                                                                                                                                            

Cars drowned in St. Martin Island 

Irma blacked out much of Puerto Rico early on Thursday, covering it with heavy wind and rain as it headed towards the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Puerto Rico was spared from a direct hit but it got lashed by strong winds and torrential rainfalls, leading to hundred of thousands without power.

The Hurricane has left the entire Island of Barbuda and St. Martin destroyed. It has left the entire population without shelter and the condition is pathetic. We pray for the fast recovery of the hurricane victims.

MODI GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his Cabinet for the third time since taking oath in 2014. Nine new ministers took oath in the fresh cabinet reshuffle which took place on Sunday, 3rd September 2017.

Four ministers - Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were elevated to cabinet level. Arun Jaithley kept Finance. Suresh Prabhu was transferred to Commerce ministry from Railways. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has been also given the charge of Water Resources. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore replaced Vijay Goel as Sports Minister, which was applauded a lot by Milkha Singh.

The biggest gainer of the Cabinet reshuffle was Nirmala Sitharaman, who was holding the Commerce portfolio as a Minister of State being elevated to Cabinet. She will now be a part of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which will now have two women members for the first time. The Cabinet rejig could be seen as a reward for those who performed well and a punishment for those who couldn't do well. Six Ministers resigned to make way for the new faces. The Council of Ministers now has 76 Ministers, up from 73. 

The Prime Minister and BJP Chief Amit Shah met the new ministers in the morning at the Prime Minister's residence. The PM told them to "do a good job" as he starts his preparation for the Lok Sabha election scheduled in 2019. The Prime Minister left for China soon after the oath ceremony to attend the ninth edition of BRICS summit.