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Theresa May becomes Britain's new Prime Minister: 2nd Woman PM of UK

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 Theresa May became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016. She is the second woman prime minister of UK.<br />
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Theresa Mary is a British politician and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 11 July 2016. She has been the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead since 1997.<br />
Theresa May has made Boris Johnson as new foreign secratary who was the former London mayor.<br />
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Cameron stepped down as Britain's PM after being rejected his entreaties and voted to leave the European Union in a referendum last month<br />
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Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female prime minister.</div>

Theresa May becomes Britain's new Prime Minister: 2nd Woman PM of UK

Theresa May became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016. She is the second woman prime minister of UK. Theresa Mary is...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Sash

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The honour is named after founder of the modern Saudi state, Abdulaziz Al Saud.<br />
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Among other notable recipients of this honour are US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.</div>

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Sash

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Sash, on final day of his ...

Prime Minister Launches Setu Bharatam Programme

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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;">Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Setu Bharatam programme for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways, in New Delhi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;">Setu Bharatam programme aims to make all National Highways free of railway level crossings by 2019. This is being done to prevent the frequent accidents and loss of lives at level crossings. 208 Railway Over Bridges (ROB)/Railway Under Bridges (RUB) will be built at the level crossings at a cost of Rs. 20,800 crore as part of the programme. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: justify;">In addition to this, about 1500 old and worn down bridges will also be improved by replacement/widening/strengthening in a phased manner at a cost of about Rs. 30,000 crore.</span></div>
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