1. Subrata Bhattacharjee appointed as Next Ambassador Of India To Serbia.
Highlights
Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia.
Key Facts
Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee (IFS: 1989), currently Joint Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia.
He is expected to take up his assignment shortly.
Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee
He was Born in 1964 and an Engineering graduate by academic background. Mr. Subrata Bhattacharjee joined Indian Foreign Service in 1989. Since then, he has served in many Indian diplomatic Missions located in four different continents.
He began his career as 3rd Secretary / 2nd Secretary in Embassy of India, Bonn. His subsequent assignments include posting as 2nd Secretary / 1st Secretary in the High Commission of India in Lusaka, as Consul in the Consulate General of India, Frankfurt, as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, as Counsellor at Embassy of India, Ankara, as Assistant High Commissioner of India in Chittagong (Bangladesh) and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India, Cairo.
He assumed the charge as Ambassador of India to Republic of Guatemala on 24th April, 2012. He has appointed as the Ambassador of India to Arab Republic of Egypt on 2015. As of now, he has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia on 3rd April 2018.
2. Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli On 3-Day Visit To India.
Besides holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister, the Nepalese premier will also call on the President and Vice-President. He would also meet External Affairs Minister and Home Minister.
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will begin his three-day visit to India from today amid hopes of both sides resetting their ties to restore full measure of mutual trust and confidence.
External Affairs Ministry stated that India and Nepal enjoy age-old, special ties of friendship and cooperation and the visit will provide and opportunity to review wide-ranging cooperative partnership and to progress it further.
Besides holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister, the Nepalese premier will also call on the President and Vice-President. He would also meet External Affairs Minister and Home Minister.
PM Oli will also visit G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. He will also engage with the business community as well as the Nepalese diaspora in India.
3. Mithali Raj Becomes Most Capped Player In Women`s ODIs.
Indian skipper, Mithali Raj etched her name in record books on Friday after becoming the most capped player in women’s ODI cricket. Raj achieved the milestone when she led the Indian team onto the field for the first match of the ICC Women’s Championship ODI series in Nagpur. Former England captain Charlotte Edwards’ tally of 191 matches was the previous record. Teammate, Jhulan Goswami is on the third spot of the elusive list. It has been almost two decades since Raj made her debut for India in June 1999 against Ireland. She went on to score a hundred on debut and since then has continually climbed the ladder of success.
This is just one of the several records that Raj holds. She also holds the records of being highest run-getter in women’s ODIs. and has the hit the most number of fifties and nineties. Incidentally, with her 192nd appearance, Raj also registered 50 ODI matches against England itself.
However, recently the Indian team has gone through a rough patch as they performed dismally in the tri-series against England and Australia. With age not on Raj’s side, quite a few questions were raised on the future of Indian cricket. While it will not be long before the sun sets on her glorious career, Raj had recently spoken on the future of Indian cricket and said that the women in blue are good enough even without her and all that they need is to believe in themselves.
“Everything is a process, and it’s gradual. Overnight a team doesn’t become bad or become the best. There is still time for these girls to come into a position where they can hold the responsibility of the team on their shoulder,” cricinfo had quoted Raj saying.