Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha is new Indian high commissioner in Britain

Question: Recently Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to which of the following country?
(a) Australia
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Bangladesh
Ans: (b)
Related facts:

  • On 27 September 2016 Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
  • Presently he is the India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.
  • He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1981 batch.
  • He will be replacing Navtej Sarna in the UK.

Reference:
https://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/27440/Yashvardhan+Kumar+Sinha+appointed+as+the+next+High+Commissioner+of+India+to+the+United+Kingdom