Foreign Secretary of India Current Affairs, GK & News

Vijay Keshav Gokhale charge as new Foreign Secretary of India

Vijay Keshav Gokhale, the 1981-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has taken charge as the new Foreign Secretary of India on January 29, 2018. Prior to this post, Gokhale was serving as the Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He succeeded S Jaishankar and will have a two-year tenure. Gokhale had ..

Topics: Ambassadors of India • Anil Wadhwa • Doklam • Foreign relations of India • Foreign Secretary of India • Gokhale • Government of India • Indian Foreign Service • Ministry of External Affairs • Nirupama Rao • Subrahmanyam Jaishankar • Vijay Keshav Gokhale

T S Tirumurti appointed as Secretary (Economic Relations) in MEA

T S Tirumurti, a 1985-batch officers of Indian Foreign Service, has been was appointed the Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry on January 5, 2018. According to the order issued by the personnel ministry, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post, in place of Vijay Keshav Gokhale, ..

Topics: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet • Foreign relations of India • Foreign Secretary of India • Government of India • Indian Foreign Service • Ministry of External Affairs • T. S. Tirumurti • Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Vijay Keshav Gokhale appointed as new Foreign Secretary of India

Vijay Keshav Gokhale, the 1981-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been appointed the new Foreign Secretary of India. He will succeed S Jaishankar, whose term ends on January 28, 2018. Currently, he is Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He has also held the post of India’s ambassador to China ..

Topics: Ambassadors of India • Foreign relations of India • Foreign Secretary of India • Government of India • Indian Foreign Service • Ministry of External Affairs • Nirupama Rao • Ruchira Kamboj • Subrahmanyam Jaishankar • Vijay Keshav Gokhale

4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue

The 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue was hosted by Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Foreign Secretary of India, with Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia Frances Adamson and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, in New Delhi on December 13, 2017. The three sides highlighted the growing convergence of ..

Topics: Association of Southeast Asian Nations • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade • Foreign relations of Australia • Foreign relations of India • Foreign Secretary of India • Government of India • Ministry of External Affairs India) • Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Southeast Asia • Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Shyam Saran author of book “How India Sees World: Kautilya to 21st Century”

The book “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century” has been authored by former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, which is launched by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on September 6, 2017. The book records the crucial meeting of the CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security) on the eve of India-Pakistan Defence Secretary-level ..

Topics: Cabinet Committee on Security • Foreign relations of India • Foreign Secretary of India • Government of India • Manmohan • Manmohan Singh • National Security Council • Shivshankar Menon • Shyam Saran