Daily updates 26 March 2015

1. Vikas Swarup to be new spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry

i. Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and noted novelist Vikas Swarup of Slumdog Millionaire-fame will be the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.

ii. The Hollywood movie Slumdog Millionaire which won eight Oscar’s was based on Mr. Swarup’s successful debut novel “Q&A”.

iii. The third edition of the summit is scheduled to take place in India on October 29.