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India's Modi sworn in for a third term as prime minister
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays a letter from the President of India, Draupadi Murmu, inviting him to form the next central government, outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2024

NARENDRA MODI was sworn in for a third term as India’s prime minister today.

President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

Mr Modi’s third term as the country’s leader has only ever been matched by the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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