Yogi Adityanath (C), Uttar Pradesh's new chief minister, attends his swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow on March 19, 2017.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing party on March 18 picked a controversial firebrand leader to head India's most populous state, where it won a landslide victory last week. After an hours-long meeting with local BJP legislators, senior party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu announced 44-year-old Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh's next chief minister.
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In this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, an Indian man works at a call center of TravelKhana in Noida.
Passengers on India's vast railway network have long complained of the terrible food on offer to sustain them on long journeys, but now all that is changing thanks to a slew of new services bringing fast food to your seat. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: 'India-Lifestyle-Transport-Food', FEATURE by Bhuvan BAGGA (Photo credit should read CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images)
