Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's term extended by one year
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, whose term was to end on January 28, has been given a one-year extension in office. Jaishankar, a 1977-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, was appointed in 2015, after the then Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh was asked to resign. He has been a former ambassador to the US and China, and also a high commissioner to Singapore.