Parag Jain Appointed New RAW Chief for Two-Year Term •The government has appointed senior IPS officer Parag Jain as the next Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) for a term of two years. • Jain, who is a 1989-batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre, will succeed Ravi Sinha. • Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) is the foreign intelligence agency of the Republic of India. • The agency’s primary function is gathering foreign intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advising Indian policymakers, and advancing India’s foreign strategic interests. • It is also involved in the security of India's nuclear programme. • Formed: 21 September 1968 • Headquarters: New Delhi • Motto: Dharmō Rakṣati Rakṣitaḥ (Dharma protects, When it is protected) • Minister responsible: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India • Secretary: Parag Jain • Parent department: Cabinet Secretariat India’s First Wildlife Corridor Built on...
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