Former IAS officer Alphons Kannanthanam takes the oath during the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on September 03, 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi named a female legislator as India's new defence minister on September 3, the first time a woman has been appointed to the key portfolio overseeing border tensions with China and Pakistan. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
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