Seasoned diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Sunday took charge as India’s new foreign secretary at a time New Delhi is dealing with various geopolitical developments including the crisis in Ukraine. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, 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. “Shri Vinay Kwatra assumed charge as Foreign Secretary today morning. #TeamMEA wishes Foreign Secretary Kwatra a productive and successful tenure ahead,” MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted on Sunday. Kwatra is known to be having extensive expertise in dealing with India’s neighbourhood as well as the US, China and Europe. He took charge as the foreign secretary at a time India is dealing with various geopolitical developments including the Ukraine conflict, the severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka and situation in Afghanistan and developments in the Indo-Pacific. Before his diplomatic posting to Nepal in 2020, he served as the Ambassador of India to France from August 2017 to February 2020. A career diplomat with over 32 years of experience, Kwatra has also held the position of a Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for two years between October 2015 and August 2017. Kwatra headed the Policy Planning & Research Division of the Ministry of External Affairs between July 2013 and October 2015 and later served as the head of the Americas Division in the Foreign Ministry where he dealt with India’s relations with the US and Canada.

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Seasoned diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Sunday took charge as India’s new foreign secretary at a time New Delhi is dealing with various geopolitical developments including the crisis in Ukraine. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, 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. “Shri Vinay Kwatra assumed charge as Foreign Secretary today morning. #TeamMEA wishes Foreign Secretary Kwatra a productive and successful tenure ahead,” MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted on Sunday. Kwatra is known to be having extensive expertise in dealing with India’s neighbourhood as well as the US, China and Europe. He took charge as the foreign secretary at a time India is dealing with various geopolitical developments including the Ukraine conflict, the severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka and situation in Afghanistan and developments in the Indo-Pacific. Before his diplomatic posting to Nepal in 2020, he served as the Ambassador of India to France from August 2017 to February 2020. A career diplomat with over 32 years of experience, Kwatra has also held the position of a Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for two years between October 2015 and August 2017. Kwatra headed the Policy Planning & Research Division of the Ministry of External Affairs between July 2013 and October 2015 and later served as the head of the Americas Division in the Foreign Ministry where he dealt with India’s relations with the US and Canada.

Seasoned diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Sunday took charge as India’s new foreign secretary at a time New Delhi is dealing with various geopolitical developments including the crisis in Ukraine. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, 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. “Shri Vinay Kwatra assumed charge as Foreign Secretary today morning. #TeamMEA wishes Foreign Secretary Kwatra a productive and successful tenure ahead,” MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted on Sunday. Kwatra is known to be having extensive expertise in dealing with India’s neighbourhood as well as the US, China and Europe. He took charge as the foreign secretary at a time India is dealing with various geopolitical developments including the Ukraine conflict, the severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka and situation in Afghanistan and developments in the Indo-Pacific. Before his diplomatic posting to Nepal in 2020, he served as the Ambassador of India to France from August 2017 to February 2020. A career diplomat with over 32 years of experience, Kwatra has also held the position of a Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for two years between October 2015 and August 2017. Kwatra headed the Policy Planning & Research Division of the Ministry of External Affairs between July 2013 and October 2015 and later served as the head of the Americas Division in the Foreign Ministry where he dealt with India’s relations with the US and Canada.

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Two weeks after its release, Yash-starrer ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ is showing no signs of flagging at the box office. The pan-India blockbuster from down south has crossed Rs 1,000 crore in worldwide collections and looks on course for greater glories.

The movie, directed by Prashant Neel, is the first movie from Karnataka to break into the Rs 1,000 crore club. It is only the fourth movie after ‘Dangal’, ‘Bahubali 2’ and ‘RRR’ to achieve this distinction.

The Hindi version of ‘KGF 2’ continues to rake in collections.

On the 16th day, gross collections of Rs 5.01 crore, and overall collections for Hindi was Rs 416.60 crore.

Trade analyst Himesh Mankand tweeted, “It’s 1000 not out! #KGFChapter2 zooms past the Rs 1000 crore club at the global box office. #Yash starrer becomes the fourth Indian film after #Dangal, #Bahubali2, and #RRR to attain this feat. First ever film of Kannada origin to clock four digit number. HISTORIC INDEED”.

On Saturday, film trade analyst Ramesh Bala also took to Twitter, and announced “#KGFChapter2 has crossed ? 1,000 Crs Gross Mark at the WW Box Office.. Only the 4th Indian Movie to do so after #Dangal , #Baahubali2 and #RRRMovie.”

In more good news for its makers, KGF 2 has emerged as the third highest grossing Hindi movie in India with its collections overtaking the lifetime earnings of the super hits ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’, ‘PK’, and ‘Sanju’.

KGF-Chapter 2 released with a bang on April 14, recording the highest opening day collections. It continued its winning run as the Hindi movie to register the highest earnings on the opening weekend, and opening week. It also became the the fastest Hindi film to breach the Rs 250 crore nett mark.