Appointments Committee

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar gets 1-year extension, likely to focus on ties with US, China

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, whose tenure was scheduled to end on 28 January, has been given a second extension of his term by one year, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said in a notification on Monday.

The Opposition should have a say in appointing CBI chief

It would be wrong to question the integrity of the government's choice of CBI chief, but the opposition should surely have a say in his appoinment