CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -During the nine-year tenure of its first Secretary, Rameshwar Nath Kao, R&AW quickly came to prominence in the global intelligence community, playing a role in major events such as accession of the state of Sikkim to India. Headquartered in New Delhi, R&AW’s current chief is Samant Goel.

Detailed explanation-2: -Samant Kumar Goel is an Indian civil servant working as an intelligence officer and is of the IPS cadre. He is the current Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s foreign intelligence agency. He was appointed as the Chief of R&AW on 26 June 2019 replacing Anil Dhasmana.

Detailed explanation-3: -The full form of RAW is the Research and Analysis Wing. RAW is India’s main international intelligence agency. After the Indo-China War in 1962 and the Indo-Pak War in 1965, the RAW agency was created. RAW was formed in September 1968 under the guidance of Rameshwar Nath Kao, with its head office in New Delhi, India.

Detailed explanation-4: -RAW provides intelligence support to a number of high-profile operations taking place on foreign land. It collaborates closely with Indian intelligence agencies such as the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Through clandestine and overt operations, the agency gathers military, economic, scientific, and political intelligence.