The first line of defense for the United States,CIA appoints Indian-origin Nand Mulchandani as first-ever Chief Technology Officer. CIA has its Headquarters in Langley, McLean, Virginia, United States. Five months after he retired as secretary to the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Tarun Kapoor, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, was appointed adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Experienced policy economist and research administrator Suman Bery takes over as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra takes charge as new foreign secretary.Kwatra succeeded Harsh Vardhan Shringla who retired from service on Saturday.Kwatra was serving as India’s envoy to Nepal before assuming the charge of the foreign secretary.
