India gets first full-time woman Defence Minister

In a Cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday, India has got its first full-time woman Defence Minister in Nirmala Sitharaman. 

With this decision, India now has 6 Cabinet rank ministers who are women.

According to the United Nations, India ranks 148 on a list of 193 countries when it comes to representation of women in Parliament.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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