Parag Jain Appointed as New RAW Chief:
Senior IPS Officer Parag Jain has been appointed as the new Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s premier external intelligence agency. Jain, who is credited with a critical role in Operation Sindoor—India’s swift and covert response to the Pahalgam terror attack—will assume office following the retirement of Ravi Sinha on June 30, 2025.The appointment follows a high-stakes intelligence and military operation named Operation Sindoor, initiated after a brutal terror attack on April 22, 2025, in the tourist town of Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The attack, which claimed 26 civilian lives, was immediately linked by Indian agencies to terror groups supported by Pakistan’s deep state.
