CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Industrialist N S Srinivasa Murthy has been named the honorary consul of Vietnam for Karnataka.

Detailed explanation-2: -Honorary consuls receive only an expense allowance for the work they do. Most honorary consuls hold the position in addition to their regular job. They carry out tasks on the basis of a volunteer agreement rather than an employment contract. Honorary consuls are appointed for a period of five years or less.

Detailed explanation-3: -Honorary consuls are not career diplomats. They are usually citizens of the host country, where they live, work and pay taxes. They are designated by a foreign government to look after the affairs of its citizens. It is not just a former star that is on the list of honorary consuls in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -An honorary consulate or honorary consul is a person who is appointed to act in the interests of a country’s citizens in another country. Honorary consuls differ from career consuls in several ways.

Detailed explanation-5: -Absolute authority was expressed in the consul’s imperium (q.v.), but its arbitrary exercise was limited: the consuls, nominated by the Senate and elected by the people in the Comitia Centuriata (a popular assembly), held office for only a year, and each consul had power of veto over the other’s decisions.