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1. Charanjit Singh Channi sworn in as Punjab's new Chief Minister on Monday after Amarinder Singh's dramatic weekend resignation just four months before an election in the state. Punjab's first Dalit Sikh Chief Minister took charge with two deputies, both carefully chosen to tie up the Congress's poll math- Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Om Prakash Soni. 2. After Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as Punjab's first Dalit chief minister, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati asks Dalits to be wary of the Congress' 'election stunt'. 3. Actor Kangana Ranaut files a counter-complaint against lyricist Javed Akhtar in a Mumbai court, alleging "extortion and criminal intimidation". She has accused Mr Akhtar of threatening her and also said she had "lost faith" in the Metropolitan Magistrate's court in Andheri. 4. A new travel advisory by the United Kingdom says people from India and a few other countries will be considered "unvaccinated" even with two doses of AstraZeneca's Covishield. 5. Actor Sonu Sood, breaking his silence on tax raids at his Mumbai home and offices last week and allegations of tax evasion, says on Monday that "every rupee" in his foundation was "awaiting its turn to save a life." He also took a swipe at the Income Tax department, commenting that he had been "busy attending to guests" for four days. 6. About two dozen women activists protests outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.