Mansukh Mandaviya appointed new sports minister

Mansukh Mandaviya, who previously served as the union health minister during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, has been appointed as India's new sports minister, replacing Anurag Thakur in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet. The 52-year-old Mandaviya secured victory in the Porbandar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, defeating his nearest Congress rival Lalit Vasoya by a significant margin of 3.83 lakh votes.