CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Suella Braverman was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department on 25 October 2022. She previously held the same role between 6 September 2022 and 19 October 2022. She was Attorney General between 13 February 2020 and 6 September 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -This post is held by a senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. The current Home Secretary is Ajay Kumar Bhalla. All Central Forces including the CRPF, CISF, BSF and State Police Forces are under the Union Home Secretary.

Detailed explanation-3: -The home secretary in the United Kingdom is a senior minister of the British Government and the head of the Home Office. Since 25 October 2022, the office has been held by Suella Braverman. She is responsible for immigration, the police and other matters relating to the safety of the United Kingdom.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a result of these further revelations, Patel was summoned to Downing Street once more on 8 November, where she met with the Prime Minister and subsequently resigned from her cabinet position, after 16 months in the post. She was replaced by pro-Brexit MP Penny Mordaunt the following day.

Detailed explanation-5: -Braverman was born in Harrow, Greater London, and raised in Wembley. She is the daughter of Uma (née Mootien-Pillay) and Christie Fernandes, both of Indian origin, who emigrated to Britain in the 1960s from Mauritius and Kenya respectively.