TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to UN, assumes chair of UN’s Counter-Terrorism Committee

TS Tirumurti was named the new Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations. Tirumurti, before taking up his current position as the Permanent Representative of India to the UN, had served as the Secretary in the External Affairs Ministry. In 2021, India was asked to chair three important Committees of the UNSC.  CURRENT AFFAIRS