Close X
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
ADVT 
India

'Slumdog Millionaire' Writer Vikas Swarup To Be New MEA Spokesperson

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Mar, 2015 01:02 PM
    Vikas Swarup, joint secretary (UN-Political) in the ministry of external affairs, is set to take over as the next spokesperson, replacing Syed Akbaruddin who has been named the pointsperson for the India Africa Forum Summit to be held in October.
     
    Swarup, who shot to fame with his book "Q&A" which was adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film "Slumdog Millionaire", is expected to take charge in April after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return from his official visit to France, Germany and Canada.
     
    The 1986 batch Indian Foreign Service officer has also penned other popular novels like "Six Suspects" and "The Accidental Apprentice" besides "Q&A" which has been translated into 43 languages.
     
    Akbaruddin, a 1985 batch IFS officer, has been named the chief coordinator for the October 26-30 India Africa Forum Summit which is being seen as one of India's most significant diplomatic events at home this year. He is also due to be promoted as additional secretary.
     
    India is inviting all the 54 countries of the African Union for the first time to the Summit.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    AAP candidate gets police notice after liquor seizure

    AAP candidate gets police notice after liquor seizure
    Delhi Police Tuesday said it has served notice on the AAP candidate from Uttam Nagar assembly constituency and asked him to join the probe in connection with the recovery of a large haul of liquor in a house in the area.

    AAP candidate gets police notice after liquor seizure

    Kiran Bedi's Office Vandalised, Three BJP Workers Injured

    Kiran Bedi's Office Vandalised, Three BJP Workers Injured
    A group of around 150 lawyers Monday vandalised the office of BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi in her Delhi assembly constituency of Krishna Nagar, in which three party workers were injured, police said.

    Kiran Bedi's Office Vandalised, Three BJP Workers Injured

    Set Up SIT For 1984 Sikh 'Genocide', Badal Asks Modi

    Set Up SIT For 1984 Sikh 'Genocide', Badal Asks Modi
    Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday sought the personal intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

    Set Up SIT For 1984 Sikh 'Genocide', Badal Asks Modi

    Elect A Government Accountable To Me: Modi To Delhiites

    Elect A Government Accountable To Me: Modi To Delhiites
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday called for a BJP government in Delhi, saying the national capital needs an administration which works in harmony with the Centre and is also accountable to him.

    Elect A Government Accountable To Me: Modi To Delhiites

    Delhi Polls: AAP Mps Raise Punjab's Drugs Menace To Prevent Redux

    Delhi Polls: AAP Mps Raise Punjab's Drugs Menace To Prevent Redux
    They are just four of them but the AAP quartet in parliament is determined to make Punjab's festering problem of drugs an issue for the Delhi assembly polls with an eye on the large Punjabi population in the national capital - and to prevent the worrying problem from spilling over into Delhi.

    Delhi Polls: AAP Mps Raise Punjab's Drugs Menace To Prevent Redux

    Akali Candidate With Rs.239 Crore Is Richest In Delhi Polls

    Akali Candidate With Rs.239 Crore Is Richest In Delhi Polls
    Shiromani Akali Dal's Manjinder Singh Sirsa with assets worth Rs.239 crore is the richest among the 673 candidates in the fray for the Delhi assembly polls, a think-tank said Friday.

    Akali Candidate With Rs.239 Crore Is Richest In Delhi Polls