Gyanesh Kumar’s children have also followed his footsteps and have served as Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.

Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the senior of the two election commissioners after Chief Election Commission Rajiv Kumar, will succeed him, the government announced today. The notice came shortly after a meeting of the Election Committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi this evening.

BBC reporters analyse what European powers in Paris, and Russian and US officials in Saudi Arabia aim to achieve. 

​BBC reporters analyse what European powers in Paris, and Russian and US officials in Saudi Arabia aim to achieve.