CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Anupam Ray has been appointed as India’s new permanent representative at UN Conference on Disarmament. Indian Foreign Service officer, Anupam Ray is currently serving as a joint secretary in the MEA’s headquarters in Delhi. Ray will succeed Pankaj Sharma, who has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. A 1987 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Ruchira Kamboj is presently serving as Ambassador of India to Bhutan.

Detailed explanation-3: -India has said that it supports the full and effective implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and emphasises the strengthening of the OPCW to fulfill its important mandate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dr Anupam Ray, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva. He is a 1994 batch IFS officer.